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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4050 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3951 |
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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 | | Mike Connolly |
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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 addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03. |
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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:Mike Connolly26th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4050 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3951 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3951) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mike Connolly relative to municipal fossil fuel free building construction and renovation |
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| 20 | 20 | | demonstration projects. Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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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 addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03. |
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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 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of 225 CMR 24.03, as in effect as of the passage |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2of this act, no municipality that withdrew its local approval, as defined in subsection (a) of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3section 84 of chapter 179 of the acts of 2022, for participation in the demonstration project |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4established pursuant to said section 84 shall be considered a prioritized community for the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5purposes of demonstration project participation. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of said section |
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| 34 | 34 | | 684, the department of energy resources shall admit to the demonstration project any municipality, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7upon the municipality’s request by its chief executive officer, that received local approval and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8submitted a home rule petition to the general court on the subject matter of said section 84 prior |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9to the initial promulgation of regulations by the department of energy resources pursuant to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10subsection (f) of said section 84. |
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