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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2646 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3564 |
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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 | | Amy Mah Sangiolo and Greg Schwartz |
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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 infrastructure replacement projects. |
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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:Amy Mah Sangiolo11th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2646 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3564 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Sangiolo of Newton and Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 3564) of Amy Mah Sangiolo relative to natural gas infrastructure replacement |
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| 20 | 20 | | projects. 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to infrastructure replacement projects. |
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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 SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 145 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2appearing in section 81 of chapter 239 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3the words “with the department” the following words:- and affected municipalities. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said subsection (b) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5is hereby further amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- The |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6plan shall be for a minimum of 4 years and shall include a list of all street segments and priority |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7rating of those segments. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 SECTION 3. Said subsection (b) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9is hereby further amended by inserting after the third sentence the following 2 sentences:- The |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10affected municipality shall have 4 months to review and submit objections or recommendations |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11for repair, retirement or other non-pipeline alternative. Notice of any objections shall become |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12part of the approved plan. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 SECTION 4. The first paragraph of subsection (c) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “and (vii)” and inserting in |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15place thereof the following words:- (vii) a list of all street segments and their priority rating for |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16elimination; and (viii). |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 SECTION 5. Subsection (d) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18hereby further amended by striking out the words “department review” and inserting in place |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19thereof the following words:- department and municipal review. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20 SECTION 6. Said subsection (d) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “request of a gas company” the following |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22words:- or the municipality,. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23 SECTION 7. Subsection (e) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24hereby amended by inserting after the word “part” the following words:- only after any |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25municipal objection has been resolved. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26 SECTION 8. Subsection (f) of said section 145 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28 Except for emergency conditions and other changes due to adjustments to pipe segment |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29priorities, there shall be no plan reimbursement for any leak-prone pipe project that either was |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30not listed in a plan in the past 2 years or that has received a municipal objection which had not |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31been resolved either by agreement or department decision. |
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