By Mr. Walsh of Lynn, petition (accompanied by order, House, No. 3165) of Steven M. Walsh and Thomas M. McGee for legislation to prohibit the bidding on state funded construction projects by applicants with certain legal proceedings pending.  Revenue.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Steven M. Walsh

Thomas M. McGee

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to bidding on state funded construction projects.

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

Subsection 2 of section 44D of chapter 149 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences in line 61 after the phrase “for perjury as set forth in section 1 of chapter 268”:

“No applicant may be awarded any public contract while legal proceedings are currently pending against said applicant. In addition, proceedings concluded adversely to the applicant may, in the discretion of the awarding authority, result in termination of any contract awarded the applicant by the awarding authority or ineligibility from bidding for future contracts for public work.”