SENATE, No. 1986

SECTION 1. Chapter 141 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 7 and inserting in place thereof the following 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 permanent employees of municipal electric plants; and by electric companies as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 164 when installed by permanent employees of electric companies as defined in Section 1 of Chapter 164; by gas companies authorized to make or sell electricity, and installed by permanent 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 permanent 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 permanent 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 or licensed video provider, in the installation, maintenance, or repair of wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures, or other appliances used by such companies and necessary for, or incident to, their business which are on or off its own premises; or the work in connection with the installation,  construction, maintenance, repair, and renovation of telephone equipment cable television service or computer systems by a person, who is a permanent employee of any firm or corporation which is engaged in telecommunications, the information systems industry or is a licensed video provider, or any legally established affiliate thereof.