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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 812 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2041 |
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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 | | Jacob R. Oliveira |
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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 Commonwealth building projects. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and WorcesterMichael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/2/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 812 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2041 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2041) of Jacob R. Oliveira and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Michael O. Moore for legislation to further regulate public building projects. State |
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| 20 | 20 | | Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3214 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 Commonwealth building projects. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 7C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 5. The commissioner shall, in a manner and to the extent provided by this |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4chapter, control and supervise any building project to be undertaken by a state agency or building |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5authority when the estimated cost of the project exceeds $1,000,000 and involves structural or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6mechanical work. The commissioner may, upon request of a state agency or building authority, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7delegate project control and supervision to that state agency or building authority over projects |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8involving structural or mechanical work whose estimated cost is less than $10,000,000 if the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9commissioner determines that the agency or authority has the ability to control and supervise |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10such project. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any state agency or building authority 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11shall control and supervise its own building projects when the estimated cost of such project is |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12less than $1,000,000, or if the project does not involve structural or mechanical work. As used in |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13this section, ''estimated cost'' shall mean the estimated construction cost stated in a study or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14program prepared in accordance with section 59. |
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