HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2963        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3089

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to farm energy production..

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

SECTION 1.  Paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of section 4E of chapter 40J of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “engine” the following: -  “…provided, further, that the board may make grants from the fund, not to exceed a total of $1,000,000 annually, in support of Massachusetts farms and farm organizations, including Communities Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)and the Pioneer Valley Growers Cooperative and its member farms, to develop farm-based renewable energy capabilities, including wind harvesting, methane capture and combustion, solar and photovoltaic energy sources to reduce energy costs for Massachusetts farmers.”