HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1613        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3060

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to electric street poles..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 34B of chapter 164 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word “pole”, in line 5, the following words:-

provided further, that a city or town may enforce this section by the enactment of a local ordinance or bylaw prohibiting double poles beyond the ninety days authorized by this section, violation of which may be punishable by a fine not to exceed a maximum of $1,000 per occurrence.