By Mr. Walsh of Lynn, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 593) of Steven M. Walsh and Jennifer M. Callahan for legislation to prohibit certain contractors from bidding on school building projects.  Education.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Steven M. Walsh

Jennifer M. Callahan

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act prohibiting bids from certain contractors to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 70B of the General Laws, as most recently amended, is hereby amended in Section 3 by deleting the clause (w) and inserting in place thereof the following clauses:-

(w) prohibit any general contractors, subcontractors, construction or project managers, designers and others in the planning, maintenance and establishment of school facility space from having the opportunity to bid on school building projects for a period of up to 10 years if the authority determines that there is a material flaw in the design or construction of a public school building within its first 10 years of use and legal redress is not possible because of limiting statutes; and

(x) do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.