Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Section 43 of chapter 92 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The commission in consultation with the department of public utilities may grant locations to street railways or electric railroads within the boulevards and reservations in its care and control, and may also grant upon, under, along or across such boulevards and reservations such locations as shall be found by order of the commission after public hearing to be required by public convenience and necessity for poles, wires, cables or pipes for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power or for the distribution of gas or for the transmission of intelligence by electricity.