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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 390 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3699
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kimberly N. Ferguson
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/12/2023Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/24/2023Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/24/2023Patricia A. Duffy5th Hampden1/24/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/25/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/25/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/25/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/25/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/26/2023Meghan Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/27/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/27/2023Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk2/9/2023Jonathan D. Zlotnik2nd Worcester3/1/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 390 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3699
By Representative Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3699) of
Kimberly N. Ferguson and others relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid.
Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to municipal light plant emergency mutual aid.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 133 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition is hereby amended by adding in the third paragraph at line 12 after the words
3“plant.” The following sentence:
4 “Any municipal lighting plant providing emergency mutual aid may sell, rent, or lease
5equipment, fixtures, and goods of any description related to the provision of emergency mutual
6aid”
7 And said section is further amended by adding after the fifth paragraph the following
8sentence:
9 “Any employee of a municipal lighting plant providing emergency mutual aid, shall be
10covered by the provisions of chapter thirty-two, sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, as may
11be amended from time to time, and shall have the same rights and privileges thereunder, as if 2 of 2
12performing such duties within the scope of his employment including voluntary assignments
13authorized by the employer.”
14 And said section is further amended by adding in the sixth paragraph at line 27 after the
15words “utility”, the following words:
16 “or its employees”