Bill Text: MA H268 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempt certain sprinkler fitters who maintain fire hydrants and public water systems from licensing and examination requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H268 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H268-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul Kujawski
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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 to Maintain Public Water Systems.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Paul Kujawski |
8th Worcester |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to Maintain Public Water Systems.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 146 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 88A: Sprinkler Fitters, inapplicability of provisions, as follows:
Chapter 146: Section 88A. Sprinkler Fitters, inapplicability of provisions
Section 88A. The provisions of sections eighty-one to eighty six, inclusive, relative to the examining and licensing of sprinkler fitters shall not apply to sprinkler fitting performed by a person regularly in the employ of a public water system for work related to the installation, repair, testing and maintenance of hydrants and appurtenant pipes and valves that are within the jurisdiction of the public water system nor shall such provisions apply to utility contractors, approved and working for the public water system, for work related to the installation, repair, testing and maintenance of hydrants and appurtenant pipes and valves within the jurisdiction of the public water system. Said non-applicability shall apply only to work related to hydrants and appurtenant pipes and valves and shall not include work on any other component of a fire protection sprinkler system.
