Session Laws

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 81 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1990 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Pipefitting" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

"Pipefitting", the installation, repair, replacement, maintenance or alteration of any apparatus for piping appliances, devices or accessories for heating systems having a rating greater than seven hundred thousand British Thermal Units including apparatus and piping for the general use of conveyance of steam and associated pumping equipment but excluding sheet metal work, air conditioning and refrigeration systems and plumbing as defined under the rules and regulations of the board of state examiners of plumbers promulgated under sections four and thirteen of chapter one hundred and forty-two.

SECTION 2. A person who was not required to be licensed pursuant to section eighty-five of chapter one hundred and forty-six of the General Laws and who shall submit satisfactory proof to the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters that such person has been actively engaged in the pipefitting industry for a period of four years prior to the effective date of this act and who has applied for a license within one year of the effective date of this act, shall not be required to pass a written, oral or practical examination and shall be issued a master pipefitter's license upon payment of the applicable fee. A person who was not required to be licensed pursuant to said section eighty-five of said chapter one hundred and forty-six and who shall submit satisfactory proof to the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters that such person has been actively engaged in the pipefitting industry for a period of three years prior to the effective date of this act, shall not be required to pass a written, oral or practical examination and shall be issued a journeyman's pipefitter license upon payment of the applicable fee; provided, however, that for the purposes of this section, completion of an apprentice training program by such persons shall not be required. Any proof required to be submitted hereunder shall be accompanied by a statement that such information has been submitted under the pains and penalties of perjury.