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MA Gen L ch 143 § 2c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 2c - Evacuation of State House in Case of Disaster; Fire Drills

Section 2C. The state superintendent of buildings and the sergeant-at-arms shall prepare plans and make all necessary preparations for effecting the prompt, speedy and safe evacuation of the state house and the several floors, basements and portions thereof, in case of fire or other disaster, and shall, from time to time, hold fire drills.  In carrying out the provisions of this section, they shall be entitled to the assistance of all constitutional officers, department heads, state police officers and general court officers, and may request the co-operation of the fire department of the city of Boston.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3a - Enforcement of State Building Code

Section 3A. Unless otherwise provided by the state building code, the local inspector shall enforce the state building code as to any building or structure within the city or town from which he is appointed, including any building or structure owned by any authority established by the general court but not owned in whole or in part by the commonwealth, and the state building code shall be the code for all buildings and structures within the city or town. In the event of a conflict between the code and a statute, ordinance or bylaw regulating an historic district, regional historic district or architecturally controlled district, the statute, ordinance or bylaw regulating exterior architectural features within that district shall prevail. The inspector shall enforce the state building code as to any building or structure within any city or town that is owned in whole or in part by the commonwealth or any departments, commissions, agencies or authorities of the commonwealth. The inspector shall have all the powers of a local inspector under this chapter and under the state building code as to buildings or structures that are owned in whole or in part by the commonwealth or any of its departments, agencies, commissions or authorities.  The inspector may review any order or decision of a local inspector. The inspector shall supervise the enforcement of the state building code, make periodic reviews of all local building inspection practices and make recommendations for improvement of such practices. Reports of such reviews shall be filed with the board of building regulations and standards.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to bridges and their appurtenant supporting structures which have been or are to be constructed by or are under the custody and control of the department of highways or the Massachusetts Department of Transportation or for which said department or authority has maintenance responsibility.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3l - Regulations Relative to Electrical Wiring and Fixtures; Notice of Electrical Installation

Section 3L. The board of fire prevention regulations shall make and promulgate, and from time to time may alter, amend and repeal, rules and regulations relative to the installation, repair and maintenance of electrical wiring and electrical fixtures used for light, heat and power purposes in buildings and structures subject to the provisions of sections three to sixty, inclusive, and the state building code. Such regulations shall be in accordance with generally accepted standards of engineering practice, and shall be designed to provide reasonable uniform requirements of safety in relation to life, fire and explosion.  Upon the making of such rules and regulations and prior to their promulgation, the board shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by advertising in at least one newspaper in each of the cities of Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Fall River, Lowell and Lynn, at least ten days before said hearing. If, subsequent to their being deposited with the state secretary, as provided herein, the board on its own initiative contemplates changes in said rules and regulations, or if a petition is filed by any other person for changes therein, like notice and a hearing shall be given and held before the adoption thereof.  Such rules and regulations, and any alterations, amendments or repeals thereof shall be deposited with the state secretary, and the same shall become effective when so deposited.  No person shall install for hire any electrical wiring or fixtures subject to this section without first or within five days after commencing the work giving notice to the inspector of wires appointed pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-six. Said notice shall be given by mailing or delivering a permit application form prepared by the board, to said inspector. Any person failing to give such notice shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. This section shall be enforced by the inspector of wires within his jurisdiction and the state examiners of electricians.  Any person installing for hire electrical wiring or fixtures subject to this section shall notify the inspector of wires in writing upon the completion of the work. The inspector of wires shall, within five days of such notification, give written notice of his approval or disapproval of said work. A notice of disapproval shall contain specifications of the part of the work disapproved, together with a reference to the rule or regulation of the board of fire prevention regulations which has been violated.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3n - Gas Fitting; Permit; Notice; Penalties

Section 3N. No person shall engage in gas fitting in the city of Boston without first making application to the building commissioner of said city and obtaining a permit therefor in accordance with the state building code; nor shall any person engage in gas fitting in any other city or town without first giving such notice as shall be prescribed by rules and regulations made by the board established under section twelve H of chapter twenty-five.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.  Rules and regulations adopted under section twelve H of chapter twenty-five may provide penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding five hundred dollars for any one offence and may provide that each day during any portion of which a violation is permitted to exist shall be a separate offence.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3o - Gas Fitting; Appointment and Duties of Inspector

Section 3O. Each city and town shall provide by ordinance or by-law for the appointment of an inspector of gas piping and gas appliances in buildings who shall be a licensed plumber or licensed gas fitter. Said inspector shall enforce the rules and regulations adopted by the board established under section twelve H of chapter twenty-five.  Said inspector shall also issue permits for the installation of containers of liquefied petroleum gas, and he shall inspect such installation and the regulating equipment used in connection therewith. He shall notify the head of the fire department, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight, of each permit so issued and the location of each container of liquefied petroleum gas installed thereunder.  A town in which the only gas available is undiluted liquefied petroleum gas and in which no licensed plumber or licensed gas fitter is available for appointment as an inspector of gas piping and gas appliances in buildings may appoint a licensed undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer to inspect gas piping and gas appliances in buildings. The appointing authority of such town shall certify to the board established under section twelve H of chapter twenty-five that the only gas available in such town is undiluted liquefied petroleum gas and that a licensed plumber or licensed gas fitter is not available therein.  If a city or town fails to provide for the appointment of a gas inspector as required by this section, said board shall cause gas inspections to be made therein, so long as such failure continues, by a gas inspector of a city or town within the same county who shall be designated by the board from time to time. The cost of such inspections shall be paid by the city or town which failed to provide for the appointment of a gas inspector.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3p - Appeal to Board of Electricians' Appeals; Judicial Review

Section 3P. Whoever is aggrieved by a notice, interpretation, order, requirement or direction of an inspector of wires or other person charged with the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations, may, within ten days after the service of notice thereof, appeal therefrom, to the board of electricians' appeals. Said board shall, after such notice as it may direct, hold a public hearing on such appeal at a time and place to be fixed by it, but not later than thirty days after the entry of such appeal, unless such time shall be extended by agreement with the appellant. The appellant may appear in person or by agent or attorney at such hearing. Said board shall hear all pertinent evidence and determine the facts, and shall issue an appropriate decision or order reversing, affirming or modifying in whole or in part said notice, interpretation, order, requirement or direction. Such decision or order of the board shall be made within a reasonable time, and within forty-five days after such hearing, unless such time is extended by like agreement. The board shall forthwith send by registered mail a copy of its decision or order to the interested parties.  Any person aggrieved by a decision or order of the board of electricians' appeals, whether or not a party to the proceeding, or any municipal board or officer, may within thirty days after receipt of notice of such decision or order appeal to the superior court sitting in equity for the county in which the building or installation concerned is situated. Said court shall hear all pertinent evidence and determine the facts and may annul such decision if it is found to exceed the authority of said board, or may make such other decree as justice and equity may require. The foregoing remedy shall be exclusive, but the parties shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases. Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that said board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision or order appealed from. Costs shall not be allowed against a party appealing from the decision or order of said board unless it appears to the court that said appellant acted in bad faith or with malice in making the appeal to the court.  Compliance with any notice, interpretation, order, requirement or direction of an inspector of wires or other person charged with the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations shall be excused pending the final determination of any appeal therefrom taken under this section.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3q - Convalescent, Nursing, etc., Homes; Rules and Regulations Regarding Safety of Persons and Fire Prevention

Section 3Q. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this chapter relative to the safety of persons and the prevention of fire in convalescent or nursing homes, rest homes and charitable homes for the aged licensed under the provisions of section seventy-one of chapter one hundred and eleven, including the regulation of the inspection, materials, construction, alteration and repair of such homes, shall be enforced under rules and regulations promulgated by the division and the board. Except in the case of new construction addition, alteration, such rules and regulations may provide for the installation of a sprinkler system where, after hearing, the division finds such system necessary for the safety of persons; provided, however, that where a sprinkler system would be unnecessary or impractical because of the location, size or construction of a home or because the home is authorized to contain not more than twenty-five beds, the division may require alternative methods of fire protection. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout any newly-constructed home, and in the case of any existing home where the licensee proposes an addition or alteration, as defined in the state building code, an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in the course of such addition or alternation to such extent as the division may direct in accordance with such rules and regulations.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3r - Apartment Houses; Exterior Doors and Locks

Section 3R. At least one of the doors of the main common entryway into every apartment house having more than three apartments shall be so designed or equipped as to close and lock automatically with a lock, including a lock with an electrically-operated striker mechanism, a self-closing door and associated equipment, and such lock, door or equipment shall be of a type approved by the state board of building regulations and standards. Every door of the main common entryway and every exterior door into every such apartment house, other than the door of such main common entryway which is equipped as provided in the preceding sentence, shall be equipped with a lock of a type approved by said state board of building regulations and standards; provided, however, that the said board may, in writing, waive any of the requirements of this section in appropriate cases in which, in its opinion, other security measures are in force which adequately protect the residents of such apartment house. Whoever, being in control of such premises, willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.  This section shall not apply to lodging houses, as defined in section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and forty, dormitories of charitable, educational or philanthropic institutions, or projects of housing authorities, as defined in chapter one hundred and twenty-one B.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3s - Multiple Dwellings; Posting Name and Address of Owner or Agent; Penalty

Section 3S. An owner of a dwelling which is rented for residential use, who does not reside therein and who does not employ a manager or agent for such dwelling who resides therein, shall post and maintain or cause to be posted and maintained on such dwelling adjacent to the mailboxes for such dwelling or elsewhere in the interior of such dwelling in a location visible to the residents a notice, not less than twenty square inches in size, bearing his name, address and telephone number. If the owner is a realty trust or partnership, the name, address and telephone number of the managing trustee or partner shall be posted. If the owner is a corporation, the name, address and telephone number of the president of the corporation shall be posted.  Where the owner employs a manager or agent who does not reside in such dwelling, such manager or agent's name, address and telephone number shall also be included in the notice.  Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Each day during which a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3t - Safety Glazing Materials; Use in Construction of Buildings in Hazardous Locations; Definitions for Secs. 3u and 3v

  Section 3T. The following phrases, as used in sections three U and three V shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:--[ Definition of "Safety glazing material'' effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  "Safety glazing material'', any glazing material, such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets such test requirements as may be adopted by the division of professional licensure shall, insofar as possible, adhere to the American National Standards Institute standard ANSIZ-97.1-1972 after notice and hearing as required by chapter thirty A, and which are so constructed, treated or combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of cutting and piercing injuries resulting from human contact with the glazing material.[ "Safety glazing material'' as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 85 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  "Safety glazing material'', any glazing material, such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets such test requirements as may be adopted by the division of occupational licensure shall, insofar as possible, adhere to the American National Standards Institute standard ANSIZ-97.1-1972 after notice and hearing as required by chapter thirty A, and which are so constructed, treated or combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of cutting and piercing injuries resulting from human contact with the glazing material.  "Hazardous locations'', means those installations, glazed or to be glazed in commercial and public buildings, known as framed or unframed glass entrance doors; and those installations, glazed or to be glazed in residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial buildings, and public buildings, known as sliding glass doors, storm doors, shower doors, bathtub enclosures, and fixed glazed panels adjacent to entrance and exit doors which because of their location present a barrier in the normal path traveled by persons going into or out of these buildings, and because of their size and design may be mistaken as means of ingress or egress; and any other installation, glazed or to be glazed, wherein the use of other than safety glazing materials would constitute an unreasonable hazard as the commissioner may determine after notice and hearing as required by said chapter thirty A, whether or not the glazing in such doors, panels, enclosures and other installations is transparent.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3u (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3u - Labeling of Safety Glazing Materials

Section 3U. Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in such a location within the commonwealth shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, firing of ceramic material on the safety glazing material, or by other suitable means so as to be easily visible and legible. The label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or installer, and the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material and the fact that said material meets the test requirements of section three T.  Such safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3v - Penalties for Failure to Install, Etc. Safety Glazing Materials; Applicability to Employees of Violators

Section 3V. Whoever knowingly sells, fabricates, assembles, glazes, installs, consents or causes to be installed glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or both.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to an employee of any person charged with the responsibility of compliance with sections three T and three U.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3w - Conformance of Plans and Specifications for Erection or Alteration of Public Buildings to Rules and Regulations of Board to Facilitate Use by the Physically Handicapped as Requirement for Issuance of Certificate of Approval

Section 3W. In issuing a certificate of approval for the erection or alteration of a public building under section fifteen, a supervisor of plans shall, in addition to any other requirements of this chapter, determine that the plans and specifications required to be filed under said section fifteen conform to the rules and regulations issued by the board to facilitate the use of public buildings by the physically handicapped, established by section thirteen A of chapter twenty-two, or if a specification of requirements for the erection or alteration of a public building is issued under said section fifteen, such specification shall, in addition to any other requirements of this chapter, require that the aforesaid plans and specifications conform to such rules and regulations.
MA Gen L ch 143 § 3x (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs|Section 3x - Building Permits for Ten or More Residential Units; Notice to Local Postmaster

Section 3X. The inspector of buildings in cities and towns shall notify the local United States postmaster upon the issuance of any building permit containing ten or more residential units.