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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 62 - Elevator Inspection System

Section 62. The commissioner shall cause a system of elevator inspection to be instituted and maintained in the commonwealth. The commissioner shall assign an adequate number of competent inspectors for all elevators in the commonwealth. The commissioner shall have supervision of the installation, alteration, maintenance, inspection and approval of all elevators and shall enforce the regulations of the board of elevator regulations. No elevator shall be installed or altered until a copy of the plans and specifications of such elevator or of the proposed alterations shall have been filed by the owner of the premises where such elevator is to be installed or altered, or by the manufacturer of such elevator, and a certificate of approval or a specification of requirements shall have been issued by the commissioner. The word ''elevator'' shall include moving stairways, dumbwaiters, moving walks, material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices, wheelchair lifts, automatic people movers and other associated devices, except stair lifts located and installed in residential homes, that are commonly included within the elevator industry.
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 62a - Fees for Inspections and Safety Tests

Section 62A. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall pay fees to be determined annually by the secretary of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven for inspection and safety tests by an inspector assigned by the commissioner; provided, however, that said fees shall be set at a rate sufficient to meet the cost of the division of occupational licensure for providing said inspections and safety tests; and, provided further, that each city and town may annually set a reasonable fee, and may collect such fee, for elevator registration of each elevator within such city or town. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall be subject to the following inspections and safety tests:
(1) For the inspection of a new installation, repair, or replacement of power passenger and freight elevators, hydraulic and electric passenger and freight elevators, hand power operated service elevators and temporary workmen's elevators.
(2) For each safety test and inspection of elevators and devices as described in paragraph (1).
(3) For the inspection of a new installation of a private residence elevator or an inclined lift.
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 63 - Test of Safety Devices on Completion of Work; Certificate of Approval

Section 63. On completion of the work of installation or alteration, the manufacturer of the elevator or the person making the alterations shall make a practical test of the safety devices of the elevator in the presence of an inspector assigned by the commissioner. If the test is satisfactory to said inspector, he shall issue a certificate approving the elevator and safety devices thereof.
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 66 - Reports as to Unsafe Conditions and Accidents; Inspection

Section 66. Any owner, operator or person in charge of an elevator or any person employed to inspect, repair or install an elevator shall immediately, if an accident occurs during such installation or repair, of if he thinks such elevator is unsafe, make a written report thereof to an inspector assigned by the commissioner, who shall forthwith inspect such elevator. If an accident occurs to an elevator, the operator, person in charge or owner having knowledge thereof shall immediately report such accident to an inspector assigned by the commissioner, who shall forthwith inspect such elevator. Upon completion of his inspection, said inspector shall upon request provide a copy of any accident report received by him in accordance with this section to each person who reported, or was involved in the accident so reported, and said inspector shall obtain a receipt for each report so provided.
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 68 - Board of Regulations; Amendments to Regulations

Section 68. The board of elevator regulations shall promulgate amendments to the regulations relating to the construction, installation, alteration and operation of all elevators, and relative to the location, design and construction of shafts or enclosures for elevators, safety devices, gates and other safeguards, protection against the elevator or hoisting machinery, and means to prevent the spread of fire, and also amendments to the regulations designed to make uniform the work of inspectors assigned to the office of public safety and inspections by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure.
All elevators in multi-story buildings containing dwelling units shall be of sufficient size to allow the transport of a person on a stretcher in a fully supine position, without having to raise, lower or bend such stretcher in any way and said board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
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 69 - Amendments to Regulations Generally; Assistance by Attorney General; Furnished to Persons Concerned; Hearings; Notice

Section 69. The board of elevator regulations shall from time to time draft amendments to the regulations referred to in section sixty-eight, and shall forthwith transmit such amendments to the commissioner who, within ten days thereafter, shall deposit with the state secretary a copy thereof, and the same shall become effective when so deposited. The attorney general shall assist the board in framing such amendments. The commissioner shall furnish, upon application, a printed copy of such regulations, as so amended, to all manufacturers of elevators operating in the commonwealth, to all inspectors of buildings or building commissioner in the cities and towns of the commonwealth, and to all others who are concerned.
The board of elevator regulations shall hold public hearings on the first Wednesday in May and October in each year, and at such other times as it may determine, on petitions for changes in the regulations formulated by it. If, after any such hearing, it shall deem it advisable to make changes in said regulations, it shall appoint a day for further hearing, and shall give notice thereof and of the changes proposed 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 the board on its own initiative contemplates changes in said regulations, like notice and a hearing shall be given and held before the adoption thereof.
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 71 - Violation of Statutes or Regulations

Section 71. Any person violating or failing to comply with any provision of sections sixty-two to seventy, inclusive, or of any regulation established thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
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 71a - Board of Examiners; Membership; Qualifications; Chairman; Compensation of Members

Section 71A. There shall be in the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure a board to consist of not less than three examiners to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. Members of said board, excepting the chairman, shall be employees of the division and shall serve without compensation for the performance of their duties as such examiners. The chairman shall be a licensed elevator engineer or a licensed elevator constructor, maintenance man and repairman having not less than ten years' practical experience in the construction, maintenance and repair of elevators. The chairman shall be paid by the commonwealth as compensation a sum of not less than $50 for each day of service performed in connection with his duties as chairman, but not more than $2,000 in a fiscal year. Each member shall receive from the commonwealth all expenses necessarily incurred by him in the performance of his duties. As used in sections seventy-one B and seventy-one C, board shall mean the board of examiners appointed under the provisions of this section.
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 71b - License for Construction, Maintenance or Repair; Necessity; Application of Law

Section 71B. No person shall work as an elevator constructor, maintenance man and repairman in the construction, maintenance or repair of elevators unless he holds a license therefor granted by the board, or a temporary license therefor granted by the commissioner. This section shall not apply to any person who furnishes the commissioner with satisfactory proof that he has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance man or repairman without direct and immediate supervision for not less than five years immediately prior to July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and such person shall, upon making application for a license and paying the license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, be entitled to receive a license without examination. No person shall work as an elevator inspector or supervising elevator inspector in the employ of the division of occupational licensure unless he holds a license granted by the board, for the construction, maintenance, or repair of elevators as provided by this section.
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 71d - Working Without License; Violations; Punishment

Section 71D. Whoever works as a constructor, maintenance man and repairman in the construction, maintenance or repair of elevators without a license, or during the suspension thereof, or without a temporary license, or whoever violates any provision of section seventy-one B or seventy-one C, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
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 71e - Definitions of ''elevator'' and ''limited Use Elevator'' or ''limited Application Elevator''

Section 71E. As used in sections 62 to 71F, inclusive, the term ''elevator'' shall include moving stairways, dumbwaiters, moving walks, material lifts, wheelchair lifts, automatic people movers, vertical reciprocating conveyors, orchestra lifts, car lifts, limited use elevators or limited application elevators and other associated devices within the elevator industry recognized by the board of elevator regulations, except inclined stair lifts located and installed in residential homes.
As used in this section and sections 62 to 71F, inclusive, ''limited use elevator'' or ''limited application elevator'' shall mean a power passenger elevator with a weight capacity that does not exceed 1,400 pounds, has a travel distance that does not exceed 25 feet and is not integrated with a fire detection system.
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 71f - License or Temporary License; Necessity

Section 71F. Such license or temporary license shall not be required for the installation of signal systems, fans, telephones, electric light fixtures, illuminated thresholds and feed wires to the terminals on the elevator main line control, nor shall they apply to electrical work in connection with the interlocking devices, so called, on other than automatic elevators, if such installation is made by a person licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-one.
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 71g - License of Elevator Operator; Duration; Expiration; Fees

Section 71G. No person shall work as an elevator operator unless he has received a license therefor from the commissioner of the division of professional licensure. Licenses shall be valid throughout the commonwealth but shall not be assignable or transferable. A license shall continue in force until the date of birth of the licensee occurring more than twelve months but not more than twenty-four months after the date of such license unless suspended or revoked for incompetence or untrustworthiness of the licensee. If any such license or the renewal thereof expires in an even year, any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an even year. If any such license or renewal thereof expires in an odd year any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an odd year. A license issued to a person born on February twenty-ninth shall for the purposes of this section expire on March first. Licenses not renewed at the expiration date shall become void, and shall after one year be reinstated only by reexamination of the licensee. A notice of the date of expiration of a license shall, at least thirty days prior to such date, be sent to the licensee. The fee for said license and for each renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.
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 71h - Recreational Tramway Board; Establishment; Membership; Appointment; Terms; Compensation; Expenses; Personnel

Section 71H. There shall be in the division, but not under the control of the commissioner, a recreational tramway board, in this section and sections seventy-one I to seventy-one O, inclusive, called the board, consisting of the commissioner or a member of the division designated by him from time to time, and four persons appointed by the governor for terms of four years, of whom one shall be a person who owns or operates a rope tow, one a person who owns or operates a recreational tramway other than a rope tow, one a representative of ski clubs or other organizations of persons who patronize recreational tramways and one a representative of companies writing liability insurance on recreational tramways. The governor shall from time to time designate one of the appointive members to serve as chairman.
Each appointive member of the board shall receive thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents for each day or portion thereof spent in the performance of his official duties; provided, that the total sum paid to any such appointive member thereof shall not exceed twelve hundred and fifty dollars in any one year. Each member shall receive from the commonwealth the expenses necessarily incurred by him in the performance of his official duties.
The commissioner shall provide the board with such clerical and other assistance and inspectional personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the board.
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 71j - Rules and Regulations

Section 71J. After a hearing, the board shall adopt, and may from time to time amend or revoke, rules and regulations for the construction, operation and maintenance of recreational tramways and for the inspection, licensing and certification of inspectors thereof. The board shall in like manner adopt, and from time to time amend or revoke, rules and regulations for a system of signs to be used by a ski area operator in order to promote the safety of skiers. Such system shall incorporate standards in general use in the skiing industry to evaluate the difficulty of slopes and trails and to adequately alert skiers to the known danger of any slope or trail or the ski area. The attorney general shall assist the board in framing such rules and 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 71k - Licenses; Issuance

Section 71K. No recreational tramway shall be operated unless a license for such operation has been issued by the board. Such license shall be issued for a term of not longer than one year, upon application therefor on a form furnished by the board, and upon a determination by the board that the recreational tramway conforms to the rules and regulations of the board. In making such determination the board may rely upon the report of an inspector certified by it in accordance with its rules and 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 71l - Fees

Section 71L. Each application for a license, as specified in the following schedule, or a renewal thereof shall be accompanied by a fee.
Type of Tramway
1. Two-car aerial passenger tramway
2. Multi-car aerial passenger tramway
3. Skimobile
4. Chairlift
5. J Bar, T Bar, or platter pull
6. Rope tows
The amounts of such fees as well as fees for those applications accompanied by a report of an inspector certified by the board, containing such information as the board may by rule, or regulation prescribe, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof.
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 71m - Orders; Appeal

Section 71M. Any operator who is aggrieved by any order of the board may appeal therefrom to the superior court. No such appeal shall suspend the operation of the order made by the board; provided that the superior court may suspend the order of the board pending the determination of such appeal whenever, in the opinion of the court, justice may require such suspension. The superior court shall hear such appeal at the earliest convenient day and shall enter such decree as justice may require.
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 71n - Duties of Ski Area Operators

Section 71N. A ski area operator shall:
(1) whenever maintenance or snow-making equipment is being employed on any ski slope or trail open to the public, conspicuously place or cause to be placed, notice at or near the top of any ski slope or trail being maintained that such equipment is being so employed, and shall conspicuously indicate the location of any such equipment in a manner to afford skiers reasonable notice of the proximity of such equipment;
(2) mark and identify all trail maintenance and emergency vehicles, including snowmobiles, and furnish such vehicles with flashing or rotating lights, which shall be operated during the time that said vehicles are in operation within the ski area;
(3) with respect to the emergency use of vehicles within the ski area, including but not limited to uses for purposes of removing injured or stranded skiers, or performing emergency maintenance or repair work to slopes, trails or tramway equipment, not be required to post such signs as is required by clause (1), but shall be required to maintain such lighting equipment required by clause (2);
(4) mark the location of any hydrants used in snow-making operations and located within or upon a slope or trail;
(5) conspicuously place within the ski area, in such form, size and location as the board may require, and on the back of any lift ticket issued notice, in plain language, of the statute of limitations and notice period established in section seventy-one P; and
(6) maintain a sign system on all buildings, recreational tramways, ski trails and slopes in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the board and shall be responsible for the maintenance and operation of ski areas under its control in a reasonably safe condition or manner; provided, however, that ski area operators shall not be liable for damages to persons or property, while skiing, which arise out of the risks inherent in the sport of skiing.
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 71p - Actions Against Ski Area Operators; Limitations

Section 71P. For the purpose of sections seventy-one I to seventy-one R, inclusive, in any action brought against a ski area operator based on negligence, it shall be evidence of due care where the conduct of an operator has conformed with the provisions of this chapter or rules or regulations of the board made pursuant to section seventy-one J.
No action shall be maintained against a ski area operator for injury to a skier unless as a condition precedent thereof the person so injured shall, within ninety days of the incident, give to such ski area operator notice, by registered mail, of the name and address of the person injured, the time, place and cause of the injury. Failure to give the foregoing notice shall bar recovery, unless the court finds under the circumstances of the particular case that such ski area operator had actual knowledge of said injury or had reasonable opportunity to learn of said injury within said ninety-day period, or was otherwise not substantially prejudiced by reason of not having been given actual written notice of said injury within said period. In a case where lack of written notice, actual knowledge, or a reasonable opportunity to obtain knowledge of any injury within said ninety-day period is alleged by such ski area operator, the burden of proving substantial prejudice shall be on the operator.
An action to recover for such injury shall be brought within one year of the date of such injury.
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 71q - Leaving the Scene of Skiing Accident; Penalty

Section 71Q. Any person who is knowingly involved in a skiing accident and who departs from the scene of such accident without leaving personal identification or otherwise clearly identifying himself and obtaining assistance knowing that any other person involved in the accident is in need of medical or other assistance shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.
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 71r - Penalties

Section 71R. Whoever violates any provision of section 71K, 71N, or any rule or regulation made under the provisions of section 71J, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; provided, however, that any person who operates a recreational tramway, after the license therefor has been suspended or revoked, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each day of such operation.
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 71s - Jurisdiction and Control

Section 71S. Recreational tramways shall not be subject to the provisions of chapters one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and sixty, one hundred and sixty-one, and one hundred and sixty-two, and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction or control of the department of telecommunications and energy.
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 72 - Cinematograph Booth or Enclosure; Necessity of Inspection and Approval; Certificate; Fire Precautions

Section 72. No cinematograph or similar apparatus, thirty-five millimeter or larger, involving the use of so-called safety film shall be kept or used for the purpose of exhibiting such films in or upon the premises of a public building until a booth or enclosure, which has been inspected and approved by an inspector and his certificate issued therefor, has been provided; nor until such precautions against fire as the commissioner of the division of professional licensure may specify have been taken by the owner, user, or exhibitor.
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 73 - Inspection; Regulations

Section 73. The inspector shall inspect any booth or enclosure in which a cinematograph or similar apparatus is to be kept or used as specified in the preceding section, and the commissioner of the division of professional licensure shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the safe use thereof.
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 74 - Inspection Fees

Section 74. For the inspection of a booth or enclosure, as provided by the preceding section, a fee shall be paid by the owner or user thereof. The amount of such fee shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
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 75 - Operator's License; Examination; Qualifications; Fees; Renewal; Expiration

Section 75. No person shall operate such apparatus in any public building until he has received a license so to do from an inspector. No such license shall be granted until the applicant has passed an examination proving him to be thoroughly skilled in the working of the mechanical and electrical apparatus or devices used therein or connected therewith, nor unless he has submitted evidence as to his responsibility in regard to the safety of the public, and no person under eighteen shall be eligible for such examination. A fee shall accompany the application for a license. Licenses shall be valid throughout the commonwealth but shall not be assignable or transferable. A license shall continue in force until the date of birth of the licensee occurring more than twelve months but not more than twenty-four months after the date of such license unless suspended or revoked for incompetence or untrustworthiness of the licensee. If any such license or the renewal thereof expires in an even year, any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an even year. If any such license or renewal thereof expires in an odd year any subsequent renewal shall expire on the next anniversary of the licensee's date of birth occurring in an odd year. A license issued to a person born on February twenty-ninth shall for the purpose of this section expire on March first. Licenses not renewed at the expiration date shall become void, and shall after one year be reinstated only by reexamination of the licensee. A notice of the date of the expiration of a license shall, at least thirty days prior to such date, be sent to the licensee. The fee for said license and each renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.
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 81 - Suspension and Revocation of License; Appeal

Section 81. An operator's license may be suspended or revoked for cause at any time by an inspector; but the person whose license is so suspended or revoked may appeal to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, whose decision in the matter shall be final.
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 82 - Special Exhibitions; Permits; Regulations; Fee

Section 82. The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure may grant permits for the special exhibition of pictures by the use of a cinematograph or similar apparatus in a public building which in his opinion is in safe condition for such exhibitions, and he may prescribe such regulations as he may deem necessary for the presentation of the same. A fee shall accompany the application for each permit, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof.
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 83 - Machines to Which Cinematograph Statutes Are Not Applicable; Regulations

Section 83. Sections seventy-two to seventy-five, inclusive, shall not apply to any motion picture machine operated with only cellulose acetate film less than thirty-five millimeters and requiring not more than five hundred watts of electrical current to operate the arc or lamp.
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 84 - Violation of Statutes or Regulations

Section 84. Any person keeping or using a cinematograph or similar apparatus contrary to any provision of sections seventy-two to eighty-four, inclusive, or in violation of any rule or regulation made by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.
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 85 - Special Licenses; Churches, Schools and Public Institutions; Fee; Regulations

Section 85. Notwithstanding any provision of sections seventy-two to eighty-four, inclusive, the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, upon application accompanied by a fee of three dollars, may grant special licenses for operators of motion picture machines in churches, schoolhouses or public institutions which in his opinion are in safe condition for said exhibitions, and he may prescribe regulations for the proper conduct of the same.
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 87 - Misrepresentation or False Stamping or Marking as to Kind or Combustibility of Film

Section 87. Whoever sells or leases or offers or exposes for sale or lease, or loans any nitrous or combustible film as cellulose acetate, incombustible or safety film, or whoever stamps or marks any nitrous or combustible film as cellulose acetate, incombustible or safety film, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years, or both.
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 89 - Thirty-Five Millimeter Nitrate Film Generally; Violation of Statute

Section 89. The storage or distribution for purposes of public exhibition and all public exhibition of thirty-five millimeter or larger nitrate motion picture film is hereby prohibited. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
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 90 - Contract to Repair or Remodel Dwelling; Exculpatory Provisions

Section 90. Any provision in a contract to repair or remodel a dwelling whereby the contractor seeks by the use of any words whatsoever to preclude or exonerate himself from liability to the owner, tenant or any other person for any injury, loss or damage arising from any omission, fault, negligence or other misconduct on his part shall be printed in twelve point bold face type.
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 91 - Violations of Secs. 1 to 90; Penalty

Section 91. Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections one to ninety, inclusive, shall, unless another penalty is prescribed, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
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 92 - State Building Code, Rules and Regulations or Amendments Thereof; Retroactive Effect Precluded

Section 92. No new state building code, rule or regulation or amendments thereof shall affect any building permit lawfully issued, or any building or structure lawfully begun in conformance with such permit, before the effective date of the state building code in a city or town, provided, that construction work under such a permit is commenced within six months after its issue, and that such work, whether under such permit or otherwise lawfully begun, proceeds in good faith continuously to completion so far as is reasonably practicable under the circumstances.
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 95 - General Objectives

Section 95. The powers and duties of the board set forth in section ninety-four shall be exercised to effect the following general objectives:
(a) Uniform standards and requirements for construction and construction materials, compatible with accepted standards of engineering and fire prevention practices, energy conservation and public safety.
In the formulation of such standards and requirements, performance for the use intended shall be the test of acceptability, in accordance with accredited testing standards.
(b) Adoption of modern technical methods, devices and improvements which may reduce the cost of construction and maintenance over the life of the building without affecting the health, safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings.
(c) Elimination of restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and unnecessary building regulations and requirements which may increase the cost of construction and maintenance over the life of the building or retard unnecessarily the use of new materials, or which may provide unwarranted preferential treatment of types of classes of materials, products or methods of construction without affecting the health, safety, and security of the occupants or users of 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 96 - Specialized Codes, Rules or Regulations

Section 96. The state building code shall incorporate any specialized construction 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.
For the purposes of this section, ''specialized codes'' shall include, but not be limited to, the specialized stretch energy code developed and promulgated by the department of energy resources, the state plumbing code, electrical code, architectural barriers regulations, fire safety code, fire prevention regulations, sheet metal regulations and elevator 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 97 - Amendments to State Building Code

Section 97. Except for the specialized codes, as defined in section ninety-six, which codes shall be amended only by the respective boards, commissions, departments or agencies authorized to do so by law, any person may propose amendments to the state building code. Public hearings shall be held in the city of Boston in May and November of each year, and at such other times and places as the board may determine, to consider petitions for such amendments. Petitions shall be submitted to the board no less than sixty days prior to the public hearing. The subject matter of a petition to be considered shall be indicated in all the required notices. The petitions shall be available for inspection at the office of the board and at the hearing. Any significant changes to the petition shall be the subject of a further public hearing before adoption. Adoption of an amendment to the state building code shall occur upon an affirmative vote by a majority of the members of the board at a regularly convened meeting within ninety days of the final public hearing on the given amendment.
[ Second paragraph effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
The board shall send a copy of any amendments to the state building code which are adopted to each inspector of buildings or building commissioner, as defined by section one of chapter one hundred and forty-three, and to the secretary of the executive office of housing and economic development within 45 days after filing said amendments with the state secretary.
[ Second paragraph as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 289 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
The board shall send a copy of any amendments to the state building code which are adopted to each inspector of buildings or building commissioner, as defined by section one of chapter one hundred and forty-three, and to the secretary of the executive office of economic development within 45 days after filing said amendments with the state secretary.
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 97a - Nightclubs, Dance Halls, Discotheques, Bars; Automatic Sprinkler System

Section 97A. (a) The board of building regulations and standards shall require the owner of any building or structure or portion thereof, that includes a place of business designed or used for occupancy as a nightclub, dance hall, discotheque, bar, or for similar entertainment purposes, with a capacity of 100 persons or more, and which includes 1 or more residential dwellings, to install an adequate system of automatic sprinklers throughout the building including, but not limited to, residential dwellings and in any common areas connected thereto, in accordance with the state building code. This section shall apply to the construction or substantial alteration of buildings or structures, approved by building permit on or after December 1, 2004. This paragraph shall not preclude the board of building regulations and standards from prescribing more stringent sprinkler requirements.
(b) Whoever is aggrieved by an interpretation, order, requirement, or direction of the building official under this section, or whoever is aggrieved by a failure of the building official to take action under this section, may, within 45 days after the service of notice of such interpretation, order, requirement, or direction, or after 45 days of such failure to act, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act to the building code appeals board as provided in section 100 of chapter 143.
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 98 - Rules and Regulations Imposing More Restrictive Standards

Section 98. The board of selectmen in a town or the mayor in a city may recommend to the board the adoption of rules and regulations imposing more restrictive standards than those established by the state building code for construction, alteration, repair, demolition, and removal in such a city or town. If the board finds that more restrictive standards are reasonably necessary because of special conditions prevailing within such city or town and that such standards conform with accepted national and local engineering and fire prevention practices, with public safety and with the general purposes of a statewide building code, the board may, after notice to said board of selectmen or mayor, and after a public hearing, adopt rules and regulations, impose conditions in connection with the adoption thereof and terminate such rules and regulations at such time and in such manner as the board may deem necessary, desirable or proper.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a city or town which is not served by a municipal water system may, with the approval of the board, adopt rules and regulations with regard to fire protection systems which are more restrictive than those established by the state building code; provided, however, that if the board does not issue a written decision within forty-five days of receipt of such proposed rules and regulations then they shall be deemed to have been approved by the board.
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 99 - Continuing Educational Program of Instruction

Section 99. The board shall prepare and administer a continuing educational program of instruction designed to assist all local and state inspectors of buildings in executing their responsibilities under this chapter. Regular attendance at these meetings shall be required of all state and local inspectors and such instruction shall be given at such times and places as will insure its availability to state and local inspectors. No state or local inspector who attends such course of instruction shall lose any rights relative to compensation or vacation time.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 144 - Tenement Houses in Cities › Section 95 - Service of Notice or Order

Section 95. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every notice or order in relation to a tenement house shall be served ten days before the time for doing the thing in relation to which it is issued. The service of a notice or order as aforesaid shall be made by the delivery of an attested copy in hand to the owner or his agent, or by leaving an attested copy at the last or usual place of abode of the owner or agent.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 144 - Tenement Houses in Cities › Section 95a - Nonresidents Owning Tenements, Attorney for Service of Process; Code Violators, Registration of True Names

Section 95A. Any person owning a tenement within the definition of section two of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the General Laws and including tenements within the city of Boston and including rooming houses, who does not reside therein, shall file in writing with the city or town clerk in the city or town where any such structure may be found the name and address of an individual residing in such city or town to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against him may be served. The owner of any such tenement which is posted for a code violation shall forthwith register his true name with the city or town clerk.