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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2600 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2300 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Rob Consalvo |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to fire safety of state-owned buildings, structures and property. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk1/19/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/8/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2600 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2300 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2300) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rob Consalvo and Vanna Howard relative to fire safety of state-owned buildings, structures and |
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| 20 | 20 | | property. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2428 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to fire safety of state-owned buildings, structures and property. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 30 | 30 | | promote the safety of the public, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, |
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| 31 | 31 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 148 is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2new section: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 Section 4A. Applicability of the fire laws and fire code in state-owned buildings:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 “The provisions of the state fire code under said chapter 148 of the General Laws, and the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5rules and regulations promulgated therefrom by the board of fire prevention regulations, shall |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6apply to all buildings, structures and property owned, operated or controlled by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7Commonwealth, other than the State House. The Head of the Fire Department, as defined in 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8section 1 of chapter 148, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and section with respect to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9all buildings, structures and property owned, operated or controlled by the Commonwealth |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10located within such city, town or district.” |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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