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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3411 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Amy Mah Sangiolo
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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 pertaining to regional resilience and flood protection entities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Amy Mah Sangiolo11th Middlesex1/17/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex3/4/2025Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex3/14/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex3/4/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/28/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3411 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
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By Representative Sangiolo of Newton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 9) of Amy Mah Sangiolo
and others for legislation to establish the Massachusetts Flood Management and Mitigation
Authority to coordinate flood management and mitigation efforts. Environment and Natural
Resources.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act pertaining to regional resilience and flood protection entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 21A of the General Laws, as printed in the 2022 Edition, is hereby amended by
2inserting after Section 28 the following:
3 Section 29. There is hereby created and placed within the office of environmental affairs
4a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality to be known as the Massachusetts
5Flood Management and Mitigation Authority, referred to in this section as the Authority, which
6shall serve to coordinate flood management and mitigation efforts by local governments, tribal
7authorities, regional planning bodies, watershed organizations and environmental nonprofits,
8philanthropic organizations, and other entities.
9 (a) The Authority shall be an independent public authority not subject to the supervision
10or control of the executive office of environmental affairs or of any other executive office, 2 of 2
11department, commission, board, bureau, agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth
12except to the extent and in the manner provided in this act.
13 (b) The Authority shall develop rules and regulations to protect the commonwealth’s
14natural resources, infrastructure, and the property of its residents.
15 (c) The Authority shall, with respect to itself and the entities it regulates prioritize the
16conservation of the natural resources of the commonwealth and center equity and environmental
17justice in all planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and financial activities.
18 (d) The Authority shall be empowered to plan, design, build, operate, and fund flood
19control systems
20 (e) The Authority shall be empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and to pledge or
21assign or create security interests in funds or revenues of the Authority to pay or secure such
22bonds
23 (f) The Authority shall submit a report annually to the clerk of the house of
24representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the joint committee on environment on natural
25resources informing them on how the commonwealth and affiliated agencies are mitigating the
26impact of flooding