Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30 § 39P

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 30:39P - Contracts for construction and materials; decisions of awarding authority on interpretation of specifications, etc. required promptly upon submission; time limit; notice

Every contract subject to section thirty-nine M of this chapter or section forty-four A of chapter one hundred forty-nine which requires the awarding authority, any official, its architect or engineer to make a decision on interpretation of the specifications, approval of equipment, material or any other approval, or progress of the work, shall require that the decision be made promptly and, in any event, no later than thirty days after the written submission for decision; but if such decision requires extended investigation and study, the awarding authority, the official, architect or engineer shall, within thirty days after the receipt of the submission, give the party making the submission written notice of the reasons why the decision cannot be made within the thirty day period and the date by which the decision will be made.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, § 39P

See Acts 2009, c. 30, § 46.

See Acts 2009, c. 30, § 15.