The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 141 is hereby amended by striking out Section 7, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition of the General Laws; and inserting in place thereof the following new section:--
Section 7. This chapter shall not apply to: the installation, repair, and wiring of elevators; the work in connection with the erection, construction, maintenance, or repair of lines for the transmission of electricity from the source of supply to the service switch on the premises when such work is performed by employees of municipal electric plants; and by electric companies as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 164 when installed by employees of electric companies as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 164; by gas companies authorized to make or sell electricity, and installed by employees of gas companies authorized to make or sell electricity, by electric street railway companies, by electric railroad companies by railroad companies when installed by employees of said companies; the work of such plants or companies on premises owned or controlled by them when installed by employees of said companies; the work of said municipal electric plants or of said electric or gas companies in installing, maintaining, and repairing on the premises of customers, service connections and meters, and other apparatus and appliances remaining on the property of such plants or companies after installation when installed by employees of said companies; public employees engaged in the work of installing, maintaining or repairing public signaling systems; the work in connection with the lighting of public ways, alleys, private ways, or public parks, areas or squares, provided such work is performed by persons in the regular employment of municipality; the work of any company subject to regulation by the department of telecommunications and energy, and incorporated for the transmission of intelligence by electricity, or any legally established affiliate thereof, in the installation, maintenance, or repair of wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures, or other appliances which are on its own premises; or the work in connection with the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, and renovation of cable television service by a person, firm or corporation which is a licensed video provider, or any legally established affiliate thereof.