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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 937 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1470
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Kenneth J. Donnelly _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act upholding bidding integrity in the Commonwealth. _______________ PETITION OF:
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 937 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1470
An Act upholding bidding integrity in the Commonwealth. 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. Section 29F of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after section (i), the following section:- (j) Any employer, contractor or subcontractor, or any officer or agent thereof who has been debarred under this section, who contracts or otherwise secures or participates in contract from which they are barred shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a subsequent willful offense, a fine of not more than $500,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and such imprisonment. SECTION 2. Section 25C of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 144, after the words “section fourteen” the following paragraph:- (a) Any employer, contractor or subcontractor, or any officer or agent thereof who has been debarred under this section, who contracts or otherwise secures or participates in contract from which they are barred shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment and for a subsequent willful offense a fine of not more than $500,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and such imprisonment. SECTION 3. Section 27C of Chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 53, after the words “in violation of this paragraph” the following new section:- (4) Any employer, contractor or subcontractor, or any officer or agent thereof who has been debarred for violating any provision of section 26, 27, 27A, 27B, 27F, 27G, 27H, who contracts or otherwise secures or participates in any contract from which they are barred shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or by a fine and imprisonment and for a subsequent willful offense a fine of not more than $500,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and such imprisonment. |