| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4967 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ______________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 31, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Bill |
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| 6 | 6 | | providing for improvements to the metropolitan water supply system |
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| 7 | 7 | | (House, No. 4861), reports recommending that the same ought to pass |
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| 8 | 8 | | with an amendment substituting therefor the accompanying bill (House, |
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| 9 | 9 | | No. 4967). |
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| 10 | 10 | | For the committee, |
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| 11 | 11 | | AARON MICHLEWITZ. 1 of 2 |
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| 12 | 12 | | FILED ON: 7/31/2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4967 |
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| 14 | 14 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 18 | 18 | | _______________ |
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| 19 | 19 | | An Act providing for improvements to the metropolitan water supply system. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 179 of the acts of 1997 is hereby amended by striking out section 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Section 7. The land identified in sections 2 and 3 shall be used by the Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4Water Resources Authority solely for the construction of: (a) the Norumbega reservoir covered |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5water storage tank and associated piping, valves and appurtenances for connecting the water tank |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6to the water system; or (b) a solar photovoltaic system, with or without an energy storage system, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7along with such other equipment and appurtenances necessary for interconnecting said system or |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8systems to the electric grid in the commonwealth. In the event that the Massachusetts Water |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9Resources Authority no longer uses the land described in sections 2 and 3 for the purposes |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10described herein, the land shall revert to its prior status as conservation land. No portion of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11land shall be used for the construction of a water disinfection facility, so-called. Nothing herein |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12shall preclude the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority from using said land for wetlands |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13replication. 2 of 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 SECTION 2. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the Massachusetts Water |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15Resources Authority shall record a certificate reflecting the amendment to chapter 179 of the acts |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16of 1997 in the Middlesex south registry of deeds. The certificate shall supplement the existing |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17certificate recorded with the Middlesex south registry of deeds in book 27996, page 568. The |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18certificate shall be signed by said authority's executive director before a notary public, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19confirming that as of the date of enactment hereof, the authority remains the owner of record of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20the parcel of land described in sections 2 and 3 of chapter 179 of the acts of 1997. A copy of this |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21act shall be recorded as an attachment to the certificate. |
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