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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2485 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1646 |
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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 | | Nick Collins |
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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 violation of regulation regarding hot work processes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2485 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1646 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1646) of Nick Collins for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | to develop a database to collect data on written notices of code violations and fines relative to hot |
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| 20 | 20 | | work processes. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2712 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes. |
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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 Chapter 22 of the General Laws us hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 Section 23. The department of fire services in cooperation with the division of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3occupational licensure and code enforcement officers authorized under chapter 148A, shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4collect data on written notices of code violations and fines arising from violations of, or non- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5compliance with, chapter 148 or any rules or regulations issued under said chapter 148 including, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6but not limited to: (i) the failure of an individual to maintain hot work training certification; (ii) |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7performing hot work without hot work training certification; and (iii) failure to comply with hot |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8work permit requirements. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 The department shall develop, operate and maintain a database containing the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10information required to be collected under this section. The database shall: (i) be publicly |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11accessible on the department's website; and (ii) allow for an automated notification system to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12alert affected property owners and insurance companies. |
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