1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1824 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3037
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Denise C. Garlick
_________________
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 relative to technical changes in chapter 30B.
_______________
PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk1/17/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/7/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1824 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3037
By Representative Garlick of Needham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3037) of
Denise C. Garlick and Jason M. Lewis relative to technical changes to the uniform procurement
law. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
_______________
An Act relative to technical changes in chapter 30B.
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 1 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 10 and 11, and in lines 134 and 135,
3the words “thirty-eight A1/2 to thirty-eight O, inclusive, of chapter seven” and inserting in place
4thereof, in each instance, the following words:- 44 to 57, inclusive, of chapter 7C.
5 SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 1 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is
6hereby amended by striking out clause (5), as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the
7following clause:-
8 (5) a contract for the purchase of materials under specifications of the division of
9highways in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and at prices established by the
10division, pursuant to advertising and bidding for such purpose, in connection with work to be
11performed under chapter 81 or chapter 90; 2 of 2
12 SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby further
13amended by striking out, in line 109, as so appearing, the words “subclause (r)” and inserting in
14place thereof the following words:- subclause (s).
15 SECTION 4. Section 5 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
16striking out, in lines 64 to 66, inclusive, as so appearing, the words “the provisions of section
17eleven A 1/2 of chapter thirty A, section nine G of chapter thirty-four or section twenty-three B
18of chapter thirty-nine” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- sections 18 to 25,
19inclusive, of chapter 30A.
20 SECTION 5. Section 16 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
21striking out, in line 46, the words “forty J of chapter seven” and inserting in place thereof the
22following words:- 38 of chapter 7C.
23 SECTION 6. Section 18 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
24striking out the definition of “Disadvantaged vendor” and inserting in place thereof the following
25definition:-
26 “Disadvantaged vendor”, a business beneficially owned by at least 1 minority person as
27provided in the definition of “Minority-owned business” in subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter
287C and any business beneficially owned by at least 1 woman as provided in the definition of
29“Women-owned business” in said subsection (b) of said section 6 of said chapter 7C.
30 SECTION 7. Section 23 of said chapter 30B is hereby repealed.