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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1032 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2199
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven S. Howitt
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/18/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1032 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2199
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2199) of
Steven S. Howitt relative to exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design
criteria. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2321 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act exempting barber shops from certain system sewage flow design criteria.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 13 of chapter 21A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the first paragraph, the following paragraph:-
3 The department shall not classify barber shops and beauty salons together so as to require
4the same system sewage flow design criteria for on-site subsurface sewage disposal. Until such
5time as the department classifies barber shops and beauty salons as two distinct types of
6commercial uses, businesses that operate exclusively as barber shops pursuant to section 87T of
7chapter 112, shall be exempt from any rule related to the system sewage flow design criteria for
8beauty salons; provided further, that any qualified barber shop as described herein shall apply to
9the department for a unique determination of system sewage design flow.