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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 11 - Inspectors Appointed From Civil Service List; Approval of Plumbing or Gas Fitting; Exemption

Section 11. The said inspector of buildings, if any, otherwise the board of health, of each city and town, shall, within three months after it becomes subject to sections one to sixteen, inclusive, appoint from the classified civil service list one or more inspectors of plumbing and one or more inspectors of gas fitting, who shall, in the case of the inspectors of plumbing, be practical plumbers and shall have had practical experience either as master or journeymen plumbers, continuously, during five years next preceding their appointment and in the case of inspectors of gas fitting, be practical gas fitters and shall have had practical experience either as master or journeymen gas fitters, continuously, during five years next preceding their appointment; provided, that any time spent in wartime service as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four shall be deemed a part of the continuous practical experience so required; provided, however, that any such city or town may appoint plumbing inspectors who shall also be gas fitting inspectors. Such inspector of buildings or board may remove them subject to chapter thirty-one, and shall, subject to approval of the city council or board of selectmen, fix their compensation, which shall be paid by the city or town. Said inspectors of plumbing or inspectors of gas fitting shall inspect all plumbing or gas fitting, as the case may be, in the process of construction, alteration or repair for which permits are granted within their respective cities and towns, and shall report to their appointing power or board violations of any law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation relative to plumbing or gas fitting; they shall perform such other appropriate duties as may be required. The approval of plumbing or gas fitting by any inspectors other than those provided for by this chapter shall not be a compliance therewith.
In a town having a population of less than five thousand persons the appointment of a plumbing inspector shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 11a - Plumbing and Gasfitting Inspectors; Cities Over Seventy-Five Thousand; Appointment

Section 11A. In any city with a population over seventy-five thousand which accepts the provisions of this section, notwithstanding the provisions of section eleven or any other general or special law or ordinance to the contrary, inspectors of plumbing and the inspectors of gasfitting shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 11b - Plumbing and Gas Fitting Inspectors; Continuing Education

Section 11B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, inspectors of plumbing and inspectors of gas fitting shall complete a minimum of 12 hours per year of continuing education which shall include the review and interpretation of plumbing and fuel gas codes and related codes, rules and regulations.
The examiners shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation and requirements of continuing education for inspectors of plumbing and inspectors of gas fitting.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 12 - Additional Inspectors; Inspector Engaging in Plumbing or Gas Fitting Work

Section 12. No inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall inspect or approve any plumbing or gas fitting work done by himself, his employer, employee or one employed with him, but in a city or town subject to sections one to sixteen, inclusive, the said inspector of buildings, or the board of health, shall in the manner provided in the preceding section appoint an additional inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting as therein provided, who shall inspect plumbing or gas fitting so done. Said additional inspector may act in the absence or disability of the local inspector and for his services shall receive like compensation.
This section shall not apply to any city or town establishing an annual salary for an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting, and in such city or town an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall not engage or work at the business of plumbing or gas fitting; provided, however such an inspector may perform the work of a journeyman plumber or gas fitter outside the area over which he exercises jurisdiction as an inspector.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 13 - Regulations

Section 13. In all cities and towns, the examiners shall make and from time to time in like manner alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations relative to the construction, alteration, repair and inspection of plumbing in such cities and towns, which rules and regulations shall be reasonable, uniform and based on generally accepted standards of plumbing practice; provided, however, that the application of such rules and regulations may be varied by the examiners in a particular city or town upon petition of the board of health or health department thereof. The examiners shall adopt a regulation requiring all cities and towns to use a uniform application for a permit to perform plumbing work.
The examiners shall make and from time to time in like manner alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations relative to gas fitting in buildings throughout the commonwealth, and relative to liquefied petroleum gas fitting in buildings throughout the commonwealth, and relative to liquefied petroleum gas fitting containers and regulating equipment in such buildings, which rules shall be reasonable, uniform, based on generally accepted standards of engineering practice, and designed to prevent fire, explosion, injury and death, and not inconsistent with rules and regulations relative to the distribution of natural gas which are promulgated pursuant to chapter one hundred and sixty-four or the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty-two or the rules and regulations made under the authority thereof. Any person aggrieved by a ruling interpreting the rules and regulations made under this paragraph, including any person aggrieved by any such rule made by the building commissioner of Boston, may appeal to the examiners in writing within ten days after such ruling; and, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A relative to adjudicatory proceedings, said examiners shall hear and decide such appeal. Subject to said provisions of chapter thirty A, such decision shall be final and binding upon, and complied with by, all parties in interest.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 15 - Reports by Inspectors of Buildings and Boards of Health

Section 15. Inspectors of buildings and boards of health shall annually, before June first, make a detailed report to their respective cities or towns of all their proceedings under sections one to sixteen, inclusive, during the preceding year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 16 - Work or Employment of Workers Without Required Registration or License; Violation of Statute, Ordinance or Regulation by Persons, Cities or Towns

Section 16. Every person engaged in the business of a master plumber or a master gas fitter or working as a journeyman plumber or a journeyman gas fitter or as an apprentice gas fitter or an apprentice plumber or as an undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer or a limited undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer not lawfully registered or licensed, if required by the chapter, every person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing or gas fitting in a city or town when forbidden to do so under section seven, every master plumber or master gas fitter who engages or employs any person to work as a journeyman or as an apprentice who has not been so licensed, and every person so licensed violating any provision of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, of this chapter or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Any city or town subject to the preceding sections of this chapter neglecting to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit fifty dollars to the commonwealth for each month during which such neglect continues.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 17 - Statements by Manufacturer on Range Boilers and Water Heaters; Certificates Relative to Cast Iron Water Fronts, Heater Elements and Hot Water Tanks

Section 17. No range boiler, tank, vessel or container, ferrous or non-ferrous, in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure for domestic, culinary or sanitary purposes, in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen referred to as hot water tanks, shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is plainly marked by the manufacturer, by stamping into the metal of the tank, or on a metal plate permanently attached to the tank, in a conspicuous place, as follows:—
A. Manufacturer's name or registered trade mark.
B. Rated capacity of hot water tank in United States gallons.
C. Hydrostatic pressure in pounds per square inch at which the tank has been tested by the manufacturer, following the words ''Tested to''.
D. Maximum allowable working pressure in pounds per square inch.
Notwithstanding the requirements of the preliminary paragraph and paragraphs A to D, inclusive, of this section, the markings therein referred to shall not be required, in the case of cast iron hot water fronts, so called, or hot water tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing, to be stamped into the metal thereof or to be stamped on a metal plate permanently attached thereto; provided, that any manufacturer selling such hot water fronts within the commonwealth shall in writing certify to the department of fire services and the board of state examiners of plumbers that every such water front sold by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law; and provided, further, that any manufacturer of hot water tanks that are insulated or enclosed in a jacket or casing which are to be sold within the commonwealth shall certify in writing to the department of fire services and the board of state examiners of plumbers that every such tankless water heater coil or element, or hot water tank manufactured by him complies with the pertinent provisions of law, and shall permanently attach to the largest segment of said jacket or casing, in a conspicuous place, a metal plate which has stamped into the metal thereof the requirements of paragraphs A to D, inclusive.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 18 - Construction, Installing, Relocating and Repairing Requirements; Capacity; Strength; Solder; Pressure

Section 18. No hot water tank shall be repaired, relocated or installed and connected, unless it meets the following construction requirements:—
A. The actual capacity of a hot water tank shall be within seven and one half per cent of the capacity stamped on the tank.
B. A hot water tank shall be so constructed by riveting, welding, or otherwise, as to withstand the stamped test pressure without visible permanent distortion, and be so designed as to have an ultimate strength sufficient to withstand a hydrostatic pressure twenty-five per cent higher than the stamped test pressure.
C. Solder which melts at a temperature below seven hundred degrees Fahrenheit shall not be used to hold the tank together, but may be used to make it water tight, cistern tanks excepted.
D. A hot water tank in which water is to be heated or stored under pressure greater than fifteen pounds per square inch shall have a stamped test pressure of not less than two hundred pounds per square inch.
E. The maximum working pressure at which a hot water tank may be installed shall not be greater than fifty per cent of the test pressure marked on the tank.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 21 - Buildings Owned, Used and Constructed by Commonwealth

Section 21. The examiners shall formulate rules relative to the construction, alteration, repair and inspection of all plumbing and gas fitting work in buildings owned, used and constructed by the commonwealth and in buildings owned, used and constructed by the University of Massachusetts Building Authority, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Port Authority, Metropolitan district commission and the government center commission and all plans for plumbing and gas fitting in such buildings shall be subject to the approval of the examiners.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 21a - Permits for Plumbing and Gas Fitting Work; Proof of Liability Insurance or Bond

Section 21A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no licensed plumber or gas fitter, acting in the capacity of a self-employed contractor, shall be issued a permit for the performance of plumbing and gas fitting, pursuant to this chapter unless the licensee has a current liability insurance policy including completed operations coverage, which has been issued by an insurance company licensed to do business within the commonwealth, or other type of indemnity against liability providing substantially equivalent coverage, or a bond. The licensee shall check the appropriate block on the uniform application to perform plumbing and gas work.
In lieu of such insurance requirement, plumbing and gas inspectors shall accept the signature of the owner or his agent on the uniform application for a permit to perform plumbing or gas work upon the property of said owner.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing › Section 22 - Enforcement and Violation of Statutes

Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of section seventeen, eighteen or nineteen shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Inspectors of plumbing or other proper authorities shall cause the provisions of said sections to be enforced.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 3 - Civil Actions; Private Arbitration Program

Section 3. (a) Any party may bring an action to enforce any provision of this chapter, or to seek damages subject to the provisions of this chapter, in the superior court, the district court, or the small claims division of the district court.
(b) In the alternative, an owner may request that a dispute resulting from and relating to residential contracting be decided under the terms of a private arbitration program approved by the director.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 4 - Arbitration; Appeals

Section 4. (a) There shall be a private arbitration services program approved by the director, to consider disputes between owners and registered contractors and subcontractors, concerning or arising from contracts for residential contracting services. No claim may be filed for arbitration after two years from the date of the contract. Such arbitration shall be performed by private arbitration services approved by said director, and shall operate in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the director. Either party may elect to pursue an action in small claims court if the amount of the dispute is within small claims jurisdiction.
(b) All registered contractors and subcontractors who enter into contracts for residential contracting impliedly consent to the provisions contained in this section.
(c) A contractor or subcontractor who is required to submit to arbitration as a result of an owner's application for arbitration may file a counterclaim, based on or arising from the same contract, in that arbitration.
(d) All findings of fact issuing from arbitration shall be taken as prima facie evidence in any subsequent appeal brought by either party ensuing from the matter considered in said arbitration.
(e) A contractor, subcontractor or homeowner may also appeal the decision of an arbitrator for a trial de novo in superior court or district court. Such appeal must be filed within twenty-one days from the issuance of such findings and shall stay any work or payment to the owner, contractor or subcontractor.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 5 - Residential Contractor's Guaranty Fund; Regulations

Section 5. There shall be established a Residential Contractor's Guaranty Fund within the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, to compensate owners for actual losses incurred by them as a result of registered contractor or subcontractor conduct which has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be work performed in a poor or unworkmanlike manner or which is a common law violation or a violation of any statute or regulation designed for the protection of consumers, including but not limited to, prohibited acts listed in section seventeen; provided, however, that the owner has exhausted all customary and reasonable efforts to collect the judgment but the contractor has filed for bankruptcy, fled the jurisdiction or the owner is otherwise unable to collect such judgment after execution. The director shall promulgate such regulations as he may deem necessary to implement the fund under this chapter. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, the director shall give notice and hold a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of chapter thirty A. The fund administrator shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this chapter and such regulations as the director may promulgate as they relate to the fund.
For purposes of recovery against the fund, the conduct of a registered contractor or subcontractor shall be deemed to include the conduct of his employees, salespersons and subcontractors, whether or not an express relationship exists, provided the work or activities of such individuals is within the scope of the contract and not for additional work beyond the contract which such individuals undertake by separate agreement with the owner.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 6 - Operation of Fund; Deposits; Interest; Use of Funds

Section 6. The fund administrator shall operate the fund in accordance with this chapter and maintain the fund at a level which is commensurate with claims anticipated to be made against it. All monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of the fund into a special interest bearing account to be administered by the fund administrator who shall invest or reinvest the money of the fund. No portion of monies in said account shall be used for the administration of the fund, except as required by this paragraph. Interest accruing from investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund, with a portion of the interest, the amount of which shall be determined by the fund administrator, to be applied to educating consumers, contractors and others as to the requirements of this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 7 - Claims Against Fund; Award Limitations

Section 7. An owner may make a claim to the fund only if he has complied with the provisions of section three of this chapter, and has filed his claim with the fund within six months after the owner has obtained a judgment or arbitration award, and has exhausted all such customary and reasonable efforts to collect the judgment or award.
A claim under this section shall not be construed to limit the availability of other legal or equitable remedies unless the claim made is for the full amount of the value of the work claimed as damages, in which case the contractor or subcontractor, upon repayment to the fund, may use repayment as a defense via settlement.
The fund administrator may not award: (1) more than ten thousand dollars or any amount necessary to compensate the owner for his actual loss, whichever is less to any one claimant or; (2) more than seventy-five thousand dollars to claimants on account of the conduct of any one registered contractor or subcontractor within a twelve month period, unless after the fund administrator has paid out said seventy-five thousand dollars the registrant has repaid the fund the full amount; provided, however, that it is within the discretion of the fund administrator to waive the limit with cause; or (3) any amount for consequential damages, except as may be allowed under section four, or for personal injury, punitive damages, attorney's fees, court costs or interest.
If at any time the money deposited in the fund is insufficient to satisfy any approved claim or portion thereof, the fund administrator, when sufficient money has been deposited in the fund, shall satisfy the unpaid claims or portions thereof in the order that the claims were originally filed with the fund administrator.
The pendency of a claim against the fund shall not limit the director from taking disciplinary action against any registered contractor or subcontractor pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 8 - Subrogation of Fund Administrator; Right to Reimbursement; Repayment by Contractor; Judgment for Unpaid Amount

Section 8. When the fund administrator has paid from the fund any sum to a claimant, the fund administrator shall be subrogated to all the rights of the claimant up to the amount paid, and the claimant shall assign all the claimant's right, title, and interest in the claim up to the amount paid to the claimant by the fund administrator.
Payment from the fund of any sum to a claimant under this section shall vest in the fund administrator a right to reimbursement to the fund, with interest, any money paid on account of the registered contractor or subcontractor found by the fund administrator to be responsible for the claim.
If the amount paid from the fund, plus interest at a rate set by the fund administrator, is not repaid by the registered contractor or subcontractor on whose account a claim was paid in full, within thirty days after notice, the attorney general may seek legal proceedings to recover against the registered contractor or subcontractor the amount unpaid. The fund administrator shall be entitled to a judgment for such amount upon a showing that: (1) the registrant was afforded notice and an opportunity to be heard in legal actions which resulted in the judgment against the registrant, or in an arbitration proceeding pursuant to section four, and (2) no appeal is pending, and (3) the fund administrator has directed payment from the fund based on the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or an award of an arbitrator pursuant to section four.
The fund shall be deemed a creditor with respect to any amount paid from the fund for the purpose of excepting to any discharge of the registered contractor or subcontractor under federal bankruptcy law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 9 - Registration of Contractors or Subcontractors

Section 9. (a) No contractor or subcontractor shall undertake, offer to undertake, or agree to perform residential contracting services unless registered therefor with the approval of the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.
(b) It shall be the duty of the director to issue and deliver a certificate of registration to all applicants who have been approved for registration.
(c) In the case of registration by a corporation or partnership, an individual shall be designated to be responsible for the corporation's or partnership's work. The corporation or partnership and its designee shall be jointly and severally liable for: the payment of the registration fee, the payment to the fund, as required herein, and for violations of any provisions of this chapter, including actions by the registrant's employees, subcontractors or salespersons.
(d) Each applicant for registration shall submit to the director a completed copy of an application form supplied by the director and necessary supporting documents, along with the fees required by section 11; provided, however, that the applicants shall be given the option to pay any registration fee or fund fee using a major credit card.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 10 - Registration Applications; Required Information

Section 10. In order to be registered as a contractor or subcontractor, an applicant shall make a written application under oath to the director on a form provided by him. Said application shall set forth information that includes, but shall not be limited to:—
(a) applicant's name, home address, business address exclusive of post office box addresses, and social security number;
(b) the names and addresses of any and all owners, partners or trustees of an applicant including, in case of corporate entities, the names and addresses of any and all officers, directors and principal shareholders, and copy of a business certificate if a registrant is not incorporated. If such corporate information is accurately reflected in the articles of organization or amendments thereto, or a current annual report of condition or other documents on file with the secretary of state or the Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy of the relevant sections of such filing shall satisfy the application requirements specified herein. If a person is conducting business in the commonwealth under any title other than his real name, individually or as a partnership, a copy of the certificate filed with the clerk of the city or town where an office of such person or partnership may be situated pursuant to section five of chapter one hundred and ten shall satisfy the application requirements specified herein.
(c) whether the applicant has ever been previously registered in the commonwealth as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant to this chapter, under what other names he was previously registered, whether there have been previous judgments or arbitration awards against him, whether there is money owing to the fund on account of such judgments or awards against him, and whether his registration has ever been suspended or revoked.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 11 - Registration Fees

Section 11. (a) Every contractor or subcontractor shall pay a registration fee in an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the fee paid by construction supervisors pursuant to section 94 of chapter 143; and (ii) an amount necessary to recover the aggregate cost to the commonwealth associated with the use of credit cards to pay fees charged pursuant to this chapter. The registration fee required by this paragraph shall be payable upon application for registration and renewal.
In addition, every contractor and subcontractor as defined in this chapter, shall pay a fee to the fund with his application for registration. The amount of such fee shall be based upon the number of persons in his employ at the time of application. A contractor or subcontractor with fewer than four employees shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars; with four to ten employees, the fee shall be two hundred dollars; with eleven to thirty employees the fee shall be three hundred dollars; with more than thirty employees the fee shall be five hundred dollars. Such payment shall be refunded if the application is denied by the director. No contractor or subcontractor shall be required to pay this fee more than once unless the fund administrator determines that the amount of the fund is insufficient to maintain it at a level commensurate with claims made against said fund. If such a determination is so made, after conducting a public hearing, the director, in consultation with the fund administrator, may assess each home improvement contractor or subcontractor an appropriate fee, the amount to be determined by the commissioner of administration and finance which shall not exceed the amount of the original assessment; provided, however, that the director shall not assess any registrant more than once in any twelve month period.
Each certificate of registration issued by the director shall bear a number which shall be valid for two years from the date of its issuance and may be renewed upon approval by the director of an application to be provided by him. Said certificate shall not be transferable.
[There is no paragraph (b).]
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 12 - Denial of Registration Applications; Grounds; Requests for Reconsideration

Section 12. No application for registration or renewal conforming to the requirements of this chapter may be denied except for a finding by the director that the applicant has done one or more of the following acts which are grounds for denial:
(1) made material omissions or misrepresentations of fact on application for registration or renewal under this chapter or on an application for licensure or renewal under section ninety-four I of chapter one hundred and forty-three; or
(2) failed to pay either the registration fee or the payment to the fund required by this chapter; or
(3) failed consistently to perform contracts or has performed said contracts in an unworkmanlike manner or has failed to complete said contracts with no good cause or has engaged in fraud or bad faith with respect to said contracts; or
(4) failed to meet or has violated any of the requirements for registered contractors or subcontractors set forth in this chapter or has performed or is attempting to perform any act prohibited by this chapter.
If a registration is refused, the applicant may, within ten days from the date notice of refusal is mailed, make a request for reconsideration. The director must render his decision within a reasonable period of time, but not more than sixty days following the request.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 13 - Registration Records; Building Permits, Contracts and Advertisements

Section 13. (a) The director shall keep on file, in convenient form and open to public inspection, all applications for registration and copies of registrations issued and the names of all contractors or subcontractors whose registration has been revoked, suspended or surrendered.
(b) All building permits shall clearly state that persons contracting with unregistered contractors do not have access to the guaranty fund under this chapter.
(c) Every contract, building permit and advertisement shall display the contractor's or subcontractor's certificate of registration number.
(d) Every registered contractor or subcontractor shall notify the director within thirty days of any change of trade name or address.
(e) Upon the expiration, termination or voluntary surrender of a registration, the registrant shall deliver the registration to the director who shall cancel the registration and endorse the date of expiration, termination or surrender.
(f) If a certificate of registration is lost, misplaced or destroyed, the registrant shall file an affidavit to that effect and the director for a nominal fee, shall issue a replacement registration, clearly identified as such, both on the certificate of registration and in the records of the director.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 15 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Registration

Section 15. Prior to its expiration date, a certificate of registration may be suspended or revoked by the director, in accordance with the procedures and on the grounds set forth in section eleven, or may be terminated by voluntary surrender by the registrant. Further grounds for suspension or revocation are: (a) a violation by a registrant or any agent or employee of the registrant of any of the provisions of this chapter and (b) the payment of any amount from the fund because of the conduct of a registered contractor or subcontractor where said contractor or subcontractor has not repaid the fund in full, including the appropriate amount of annual interest.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 16 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Director

Section 16. The director shall be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter and the promulgation of such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, the director shall give notice and hold a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of chapter thirty A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 18 - Administrative Penalties for Violations of Chapter Provisions

Section 18. If the director determines that any registrant is liable for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the director may suspend the registrant's certificate of registration for such period of time as shall be determined by the director, revoke the registrant's certificate of registration, or reprimand the registrant.
The director may assess an administrative penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars, payable within thirty days of his order, for each violation of any provision of this chapter committed by contractors or subcontractors who are registered or who are required to be registered under this chapter. This penalty shall be deposited in the fund.
In determining whether to impose an administrative penalty, the director shall consider the seriousness of the violation, the deleterious effect of the violation on the complainant, any good faith on the part of the contractor or subcontractor, and the contractor's or subcontractor's history of previous violations.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 19 - Fines and Imprisonment

Section 19. Any contractor or subcontractor who shall knowingly, willfully, or negligently operate without obtaining a certificate of registration as required by this chapter and who is not otherwise exempt from the registration requirement or any contractor or subcontractor who continues to operate after revocation of or during suspension of, or who fails to renew his certificate of registration, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.
Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter, with respect to which a greater penalty is not otherwise provided by the provisions of this chapter or by any other law may be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.
Such fines and imprisonment shall be in addition to any administrative penalty otherwise applicable thereto and may be sought in an action brought by the attorney general or the district attorney.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 20 - Continuing Violations; Injunctions; Restitution

Section 20. If the director concludes that the continuing conduct of any person alleged to be in violation of this chapter may result in substantial or irreparable harm to any citizen of the commonwealth, he may seek:
(a) A permanent or temporary injunction with respect to the conduct from the superior court of any county in which the alleged violation is occurring, or in which the violator has its principal place of business; or
(b) Restitution or an order requiring satisfactory completion of the contractor's contract.
(c) The director shall not be required to file a bond or to show a lack of an adequate remedy at law when seeking an injunction under this section against any person, association, partnership, or corporation not registered under this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 142a - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors › Section 21 - Construction of Chapter; State Liability

Section 21. This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility of any person registered under this chapter or licensed under section ninety-four of chapter one hundred and forty-three, nor shall the commonwealth be deemed to have assumed any such liability by reason of the issuance of registration or licensure.
2023 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 1 - Definitions

Section 1. In this chapter the following terms, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meanings:
''Alteration'', change in or addition to a building which reduces the means of exit or fire resistance or changes its structural support, use or occupancy.
''Board'', the state board of building regulations and standards established by section ninety-three.
''Building'', a combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof, to form a structure for the shelter of persons, animals or property. For the purpose of this definition ''roof'' shall include an awning or any similar covering, whether or not permanent in nature. The word ''building'' shall be construed where the context requires as though followed by the words ''or part or parts thereof''.
''Commissioner'', the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure.
''Division'', the division of occupational licensure.
''Inspector'', an inspector in the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, except when qualified by the word ''local'', whereupon it shall mean the inspector of buildings, building commissioner or local inspector of a city, town or district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
''Repair'', the reconstruction or renewal of a building or structure or part thereof damaged by fire or other cause.
''Specialized code'', all building codes, rules or regulations pertaining to building construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or demolition promulgated by and under the authority of the various boards which have been authorized from time to time by the general court.
''State building code'', the state building code and amendments and rules and regulations thereto as promulgated by the state board of building regulations and standards under the provisions of section ninety-three, ninety-four and ninety-five.
''Structure'', a combination of materials assembled at a fixed location to give support or shelter, such as a building, framework, retaining wall, tent, reviewing stand, platform, bin, fence, sign, flagpole, recreational tramway, mast for radio antenna or the like. The word ''structure'' shall be construed, where the context allows, as though followed by the words ''or part or parts thereof''.
''Theatre'', a building or part thereof in which it is intended to make a business of the presentation of performances for the entertainment of spectators, which has a seating capacity of more than four hundred, with a stage which can be used for scenery and other appliances.
2023 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 2a - Buildings Operated by Commonwealth or Its Subdivisions; Window Cleaners and Elevator Inspections

Section 2A. The provisions of this chapter relative to the safety of persons in buildings shall apply to buildings and structures, other than the state house, owned, operated or controlled by the commonwealth, and to buildings and structures owned, operated or controlled by any department, board or commission of the commonwealth, or by any of its political subdivisions, in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to privately owned or controlled buildings occupied, used or maintained for similar purposes. The provisions of this chapter relative to the inspection of buildings privately owned shall apply in the same manner to the inspection of buildings subject to this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of the state safety code for window cleaners and elevator inspections shall also be applicable to the state house in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to privately owned or controlled buildings.
2023 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 2b - Regulations Relative to Egress From, and Fire Prevention In, State House

Section 2B. The commissioner shall promulgate and from time to time may amend and transmit to the commissioner of administration and finance and to the state superintendent of buildings such regulations as he may deem necessary to provide proper means of egress from and fire protection and prevention in the state house. Said board and said superintendent shall enforce said regulations.
2023 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.
2023 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.