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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1190 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2217 |
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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 | | Brendan P. Crighton |
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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 relative to setting deadlines to electrify the MBTA commuter rail. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird EssexRebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex1/27/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/27/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/8/2023John J. CroninWorcester and Middlesex2/8/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/8/2023Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/8/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/8/2023John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth2/14/2023Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk2/24/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/24/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/24/2023Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth2/24/2023 1 of 4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1190 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2217 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2217) of Brendan P. Crighton, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rebecca L. Rausch, Steven Owens, Jack Patrick Lewis and other members of the General Court |
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| 20 | 20 | | for legislation relative to public transit electrification. Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2292 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to setting deadlines to electrify the MBTA commuter rail. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 “Zero-emission infrastructure” means electric multiple units, electric battery chargers, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4trolleybus and railway catenary wire, and other equipment to support the operation of electric |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5vehicles. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Chapter 21N is hereby amended by inserting after Section 7, the following |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7sections: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 Section 7½. To contribute to the Commonwealth’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9Secretary, in consultation with the department of energy resources, department of transportation, 2 of 4 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10department of environmental protection, department of public utilities, and intergovernmental |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11coordinating council established by the Acts of 2022, chapter 179, section 81 shall enforce |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12targets for public fleet electrification. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (a)The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and its commuter rail contractor |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14shall operate a fully electric commuter rail system by December 31, 2035 and ensure sufficient |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15zero-emission infrastructure is in place to accomplish said timeline. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 SECTION 3. Chapter 161A is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraphs in |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17section 7 after the term “under Section 6C”: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 (a) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall implement electrification |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19along all commuter rail lines by no later than December 31, 2035 and according to the below |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20interim deadlines for each phase. Commuter rail lines serving environmental justice populations |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21as defined in section 62 of chapter 30 of the General Laws shall be the first lines to electrify in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22Phase I. In Phase I, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall operate electric trains |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23on the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line from South Station to Readville Station, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24Newburyport/Rockport Line through Beverly Station and the entire Providence/Stoughton Line |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25by December 31, 2024. Not later than November 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Department of |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26Transportation should begin construction on the Fairmount corridor Newburyport/Rockport Line |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27environmental justice corridor to support rail electrification. In Phase II, the Massachusetts Bay |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28Transportation Authority shall operate electric trains on the Framingham/Worcester Line by |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29December 31, 2026. In Phase III, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall operate |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30electric trains on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line by December 31, 2027. In Phase IV, the 3 of 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall operate electric trains on the remaining routes |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32listed below and remaining sections of the Newburyport/Rockport Lines by December 31, 2035: |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33 (1) South Coast |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34 (2) Haverhill |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35 (3) Lowell |
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| 66 | 66 | | 36 (4) Fitchburg |
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| 67 | 67 | | 37 (5) Franklin/Foxboro |
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| 68 | 68 | | 38 (6) Kingston |
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| 69 | 69 | | 39 (7) Greenbush |
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| 70 | 70 | | 40 (8) Foxboro Event Service |
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| 71 | 71 | | 41 (9) Needham |
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| 72 | 72 | | 42 (10) Newburyport/ Rockport (beyond Beverly) |
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| 73 | 73 | | 43 The MBTA governing board of directors shall monitor the progress of electrifying the |
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| 74 | 74 | | 44commuter rail fleet in four phases. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 45 SECTION 4. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall implement service |
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| 76 | 76 | | 46frequency standards to ensure that rail electrification technology meets the goals of a regional |
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| 77 | 77 | | 47rail system. By December 31, 2029, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have |
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| 78 | 78 | | 48the ability to operate service on the Fairmount Line, Newburyport/Rockport Line through Salem |
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| 79 | 79 | | 49Station, and the Providence/Stoughton Line every 7.5 minutes in each direction. By December 4 of 4 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 5031, 2029, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have the ability to operate |
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| 81 | 81 | | 51service on the Newburyport/Rockport Line branches from Beverly Station to |
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| 82 | 82 | | 52Newburyport/Rockport every 15-30 minutes in each direction. By December 31, 2035, the |
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| 83 | 83 | | 53Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have the ability to operate service on the |
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| 84 | 84 | | 54Worcester Line through Framingham Station every 15 minutes in each direction. By December |
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| 85 | 85 | | 5531, 2029, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall have the ability to operate |
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| 86 | 86 | | 56service on the remaining Lines and portions of Lines not mentioned above every 30-60 minutes |
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| 87 | 87 | | 57in each direction. By December 31, 2035, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall |
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| 88 | 88 | | 58have the ability to operate service on the Fairmount Line, Newburyport/Rockport Line through |
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| 89 | 89 | | 59Salem Station, the Providence/Stoughton Line, and the Worcester Line through Framingham |
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| 90 | 90 | | 60Station every 5 minutes in each direction. By December 31, 2035, the Massachusetts Bay |
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| 91 | 91 | | 61Transportation Authority shall have the ability to operate service on the remaining Lines and |
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| 92 | 92 | | 62portions of Lines not mentioned above every 15 minutes in each direction. The Massachusetts |
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| 93 | 93 | | 63Bay Transportation Authority Board of Directors shall monitor the progress of the |
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| 94 | 94 | | 64implementation of the service frequency standards. |
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| 95 | 95 | | 65 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Massachusetts Department of |
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| 96 | 96 | | 66Transportation shall submit applications, as appropriate, for federal funding to accomplish zero- |
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| 97 | 97 | | 67emission infrastructure and electric commuter rail operations. |
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