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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1855 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3488 |
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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 | | Christopher Richard Flanagan |
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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 tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards. |
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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:Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1855 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3488 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Flanagan of Dennis, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3488) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to the cost burdens of certain incentives for statewide |
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| 20 | 20 | | greenhouse gas emissions limits. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3860 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards. |
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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 (a) The commissioner of the department of energy resources, as established in chapter |
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| 32 | 32 | | 225A of the General Laws, shall conduct an analysis of regulations promulgated or proposed by |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3the department pursuant to chapter 8 of the acts of 2021. The analysis shall include: (i) an |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4assessment of the increased cost burden of compliance with each regulatory provision as |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5compared to the costs in the absence of each provision; (ii) the aggregate cost burden of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6compliance with all regulatory provisions on housing affordability; and (iii) identifying |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7incentives, subsidies and other programs that could offset increased costs of compliance with the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8department’s regulations and cause any proposed regulations to, at a minimum, be net neutral to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9the cost of housing production. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (b) The commissioner of the department of energy resources shall file a report on the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11analysis with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12and energy and with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13than December 31, 2026. |
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