Bill Text: MA H1216 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Promote fair working standards in the production of housing

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/23 at 10:30 AM in Hearing Room A1 [H1216 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1216-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kevin G. Honan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act promoting fair working standards in the production of housing. .

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Kevin G. Honan	17th Suffolk
Peter J. Koutoujian	10th Middlesex
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera	10th Hampden
Michael J. Moran	18th Suffolk
Matthew C. Patrick	3rd Barnstable
Christine E. Canavan	10th Plymouth
William Lantigua	16th Essex
Ellen Story	3rd Hampshire

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1245 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act promoting fair working standards in the production of housing.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

            SECTION 1. Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by  inserting after section 60A the following new section:-

Section 61.  No building permit shall be issued for the construction of a building containing 50 or more housing units unless the developer, contractor or subcontractor working on the developers behalf: (1) meet all of the employer requirements of chapter 324 of the acts of 2006; (2) participate in a bona fide apprentice training program that is approved by the Division of Apprentice Training; and (3) properly classify and treat their employees as employees for tax, unemployment insurance, workers compensation insurance and wage and hour purposes

A state or municipal officer or agency that has issued a permit for such a project shall revoke that permit if, after a hearing, the officer or agency finds a substantial violation of this section.  A municipal office or agency shall hold such an investigatory hearing no later than 21 days after receiving credible evidence of a violation