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Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82 Section 40A Excavations; notice

a new facility or renovation where excavation is necessary shall: (i) premark the proposed excavation; and (ii) provide initial notice to ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 84 Section 27 Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners

railing or barrier in or upon such excavation or between such excavation and such way, sustains bodily injury or ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82 Section 40D Local laws requiring excavation permits; public ways

requiring a permit to be obtained before excavation in a public way or on private property ... building code or state fire code requires excavation by an excavator on a public way or on ...

Bill SD.3147 Excavation and Trench Safety 2025 Annual Report

82A of the General Laws) submitting its Excavation and Trench Safety 2025 annual report ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82A Section 3 Form of trench excavation permits; required statements

with regard to the proposed trench excavation on private property or proposed excavation of a city or town public way ...

Bill H.2089 An Act relative to roadway excavation quality assurance

A covered excavation project shall exclude construction work for which a permit may be ... or private water companies within the city or town where such excavation is to be made ...

Bill S.1329 An Act relative to roadway excavation quality assurance

A covered excavation project shall exclude construction work for which a permit may be ... or private water companies within the city or town where such excavation is to be made ...

Bill H.3702 An Act relative to excavation restoration on public ways

surface of the way caused by the excavation for a one-year period after the work has been ... by bill, House, No. 3702) of Steven S. Howitt relative to excavation on public ways ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title II Chapter 7 Section 38A American Indian skeletal remains; preservation; excavation; analysis

Upon the receipt of the commission of notice under section six B of chapter thirty-eight that a site evaluation will be made to determine if skeletal remains are American Indian ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. Amendment 21 for H.5375
An Act relative to excavation restoration on public ways

by adding the following section: “SECTION X. Chapter 82 of the General Laws as appearing ... surface of the way caused by the excavation for a one-year period after the work has been ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 84 Section 27A Erection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty

abuts a public way and on which an excavation has been made within fifty feet of said way ... Such fence or barrier shall not be removed until the area abutting such way has been made ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 81 Section 21 Excavations or driveway openings on state highways; conditions; enforcement

by registered mail, return receipt requested, within seven days of the excavation ... In the case of a driveway opening on a state highway, the said department shall not grant a permit ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XXII Chapter 166 Section 15D Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation

Prior to any excavation at the location specified for such repair work, the electric ... company shall at the time of the excavation furnish a qualified employee of the electric ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82 Section 40 Definitions applicable to Secs. 40A to 40E

at the nearest intersection to the excavation, the number of the buildings closest to the excavation or any other description, including landmarks ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82A Section 2 Trench excavating permits; permits issued by board or officer; certificate of insurance; fees

or officer to issue permits for the excavation of trenches on privately owned land and for the excavation of a public way of a city or town ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82A Section 4 Definitions

a ''trench'' shall be defined as an excavation which is narrow in relation to its length ... 15 feet and the words ''excavator'', ''excavation'' and ''emergency'' shall have the same ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82 Section 40C Excavator's responsibility to maintain designation markings; damage caused by excavator

The making of an excavation without providing the notice required by section 40A with respect to any proposed excavation which results in any damage to a pipe ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XXII Chapter 164 Section 76D Utility underground plant damage prevention system; establishment

purpose of receiving notices of proposed excavations in public ways, utility right of ways ... or to such city or town where such excavation is to take place of such proposed excavation ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. Amendment 649 for H.5500
VAC Trailer

for the procurement of a vacuum excavation trailer for the Wrentham department of public ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. Amendment 69 for H.5151
Clarifying construction

and including the excavation, construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 91 Section 21 Compensation for displacement of tidewater

to the commonwealth, in lieu of such excavation, an amount assessed by the department, or ... the costs typically associated with excavation or improvement of harbors or basins as ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 91 Section 19 Restriction on structures in great ponds

water mark; nor shall any erection or excavation be made at any outlet thereof whereby the ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XXI Chapter 149 Section 29C Indemnification as part of contract

maintenance work, including without limitation, excavation, backfilling or grading, on any ...

Bill S.2271 An Act relative to natural gas shut-off valves, gate boxes and public safety

sight at ground level in advance of any excavation; and that said gas gates and valves are ... prior to the start of and following an excavation, or blasting work, shall be subject to a ...

Not followable in MyLegislature. General Law Part I Title XIV Chapter 82 Section 40B Designation of location of underground facilities

at which because of the length of excavation the company cannot reasonably designate the ... identify for the company that portion of the excavation which is to be first made and the ...