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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4090 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4052 |
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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 | | Tommy Vitolo |
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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 sparking the construction of 21st century buildings. |
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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:Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk1/17/2025Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable2/24/2025Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex2/24/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex3/12/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4090 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4052 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4052) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tommy Vitolo and others relative to a specialized stretch energy code. Telecommunications, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 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 sparking the construction of 21st century buildings. |
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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. Section 6 of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as amended by section 19 of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2chapter 239 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by striking out clauses (14) and (15) |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3and adding the following 4 clauses:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (14) develop and promulgate pursuant to chapter 30A, in consultation with the state board |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5of building regulations and standards, a municipal opt-in specialized stretch energy code that |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6includes, but is not limited to, net-zero building performance standards and a definition of net- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7zero building, designed to achieve compliance with the commonwealth’s statewide greenhouse |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8gas emission limits and sublimits established pursuant to chapter 21N; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (15) develop and promulgate, regulations, criteria, guidelines and standard conditions, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10criteria and requirements that establish parameters for the siting, zoning, review and permitting |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11of small clean energy infrastructure facilities by local government pursuant to section 21; 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (16) develop and incorporate into the specialized stretch energy code developed and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13promulgated pursuant to clause (14), in consultation with the board of building regulations and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14standards, requirements for mandatory solar photovoltaic panel installation for all buildings |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15deemed suitable for installation by the department. Develop and incorporate into the stretch |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16energy code requirements for buildings to be made photo voltaic ready for all buildings deemed |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17suitable for future installation by the department; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18 (17) the specialized stretch energy base code shall include all provisions of the stretch |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19energy code related to the latest International Energy Conservation Code, together with any more |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20stringent energy-efficiency provisions promulgated more than 36 months prior. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21 SECTION 2. Section 139 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 99 and 100, 137 and 138 and 145 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23and 146, the words “that are not net metering facilities of a municipality or other governmental |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24entity”. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any undertaking |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26by a federal, state, county, municipal or quasi-governmental public agency for the planning, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27acquisition, design, construction, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance of a structure |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28shall comply with the requirement of the specialized stretch energy code, as developed and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29promulgated pursuant to clause (14) of section 6 of chapter 25A of the General Laws. |
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