HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3234 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2129 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Tackey Chan _______________ 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: An Act to prevent deaths by fire. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3234 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2129 By Mr. Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2129) of Tackey Chan and Kay Khan that newly constructed one and two family residential dwellings be required to have standalone sprinkler systems. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to prevent deaths by fire.
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. Chapter 146 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of thereof the following section:-
“Section XX. Effective January 1, 2015, all newly constructed one and two family residential dwellings shall include an automatic standalone fire sprinkler system installed in accordance with NFPA-13D and MGL 146, Section 81.
SECTION 2. For the purposes of this Act, an “automatic standalone fire sprinkler system”, is a system where the above ground piping only serves fire sprinklers.
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