SENATE DOCKET, NO. 126 FILED ON: 1/6/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 443
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan C
. Tucker
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to antique barometers
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Susan C.
Tucker
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Second Essex and Middlesex
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Stephen M. Brewer
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Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
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Denise Provost
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27th Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02293 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to antique barometers.
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
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Section 2 of chapter 21H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006
Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “devices”, in line 108, the following words:- , antique barometers and mercury thermometers that were manufactured before 1955.
SECTION 2.
Section 6D of said chapter 21H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “barometers”, in line 5, the following words:- , except for antique barometers, including those with attached mercury th
ermometers, that were manufactured before 1955.
SECTION 3.
Section 6K of said chapter 21H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
(f) A person who sells an antique that contains mercury shall clearly inform the purchaser
in writing, at the time of sale, that the antique contains mercury, that mercury is a hazardous
substance that is regulated by federal and state law and of the proper methods for disposal and recycling of the antique.
SECTION 4.
This act
shall take effect
on May 1, 2009
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