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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS · Chapter 48

Section 44A: Private fire fighting units; contracts

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Section 44A. No city or town or the Massachusetts Port Authority or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall contract with a private for-profit firefighting unit to operate within said city or town or on property controlled by said authority or said agency, unless said unit has been certified by the department of fire services. Nothing in section shall prevent or preclude said Massachusetts Port Authority from the continuous operation of its airports in accordance with federal law.
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