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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3264 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3145 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Natalie M. Blais |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/20/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/23/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/13/2023Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex2/26/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3264 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3145 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3145) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Natalie M. Blais and others that the department of Energy Resources establish the community |
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| 20 | 20 | | access to electric bicycles grant initiative. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 25A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 Section 11J. THE COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3BICYCLES GRANT INITIATIVE |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (a) The department of energy resources shall establish THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5ELECTRIC BICYCLES GRANT INITIATIVE to help finance bike share programs and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6ownership programs that municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations administer. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (b) A local municipality, business, or nonprofit organization awarded money under the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8grant initiative may use the money to purchase and maintain electric bicycles, equipment, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9infrastructure for its bike share program or ownership program, pay labor costs related to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10implementation of the program, and cover the direct and indirect administrative costs that the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11local municipality, business, nonprofit organization, or a third-party contractor incurs in |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12implementing the program. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 (c) To be eligible to apply for money under the grant initiative, a municipality, business, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14or nonprofit organization must administer themselves, or contract with a third party to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15administer, a bike share program using a fleet of electric bicycles, or an ownership program |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16offering an electric bicycle to a specific individual or household. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 (d) In administering the grant initiative, the department of energy resources shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18establish an application process for local municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19to apply for the money under the grant initiative. The department of energy resources shall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20develop criteria for awarding grant money; giving priority to local municipalities, businesses, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21and nonprofit organizations offering a program in one or more environmental justice or |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22disproportionately impacted communities. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23 (e) The department of energy resources shall require that local municipalities, businesses, |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24or nonprofit organizations provide at least a certain percentage of matching money for the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25initiative. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26 (f) The department of energy resources shall develop periodic reporting requirements for |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27a grantee to demonstrate that the money awarded is being used in compliance with the purposes |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28of this section, as well as procedures for addressing a grantee’s noncompliance with this section, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29including procedures for reimbursement of money awarded. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30 (g) The department of energy resources may use up to ten percent of the money in the |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31fund to cover its direct and indirect costs incurred in administering the grant initiative in this |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32section. |
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