{"AmendmentNumber":"773","ParentBillNumber":"S4","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2026-05-05T16:30:53.877"},"Category":"Other","Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Snow Removal Service Liability Limitation","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Tarr, Finegold, Fattman and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section_ the following section:-\r\n\"SECTION_. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 29C, the following new section:-\r\nSection 29C1/2. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:-\r\n'Service provider', a person providing services under a snow removal and ice control services contract.\r\n'Service receiver', a person receiving services under a snow removal and ice control services contract.\r\n'Snow removal and ice control services contract', a contract or agreement for the performance of any of the following: (1) plowing, shoveling, or other removal of snow or other mixed precipitation from a surface; (2) de-icing services; or (3) a service incidental to an activity described in item (1) or (2), including operating or otherwise moving snow removal or de-icing equipment or materials.\r\n(b) A provision, clause, covenant, or agreement that is part of or in connection with a snow removal and ice control services contract is against public policy and void if it does any of the following: (1) requires, or has the effect of requiring, a service provider to indemnify a service receiver for damages resulting from the acts or omissions of the service receiver or the service receiver's agents or employees; (2) requires, or has the effect of requiring, a service receiver to indemnify a service provider for damages resulting from the acts or omissions of the service provider or the service provider's agents or employees; (3) requires, or has the effect of requiring, a service provider to hold a service receiver harmless from any tort liability for damages resulting from the acts or omissions of the service receiver or the service receiver's agents or employees; (4) Requires, or has the effect of requiring, a service receiver to hold a service provider harmless from any tort liability for damages resulting from the acts or omissions of the service provider or the service provider's agents or employees.\"\r\n"}