HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 215        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 775

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Whelan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act exempting towns from certain fees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/12/2015

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 215        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 775

By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 775) of Timothy R. Whelan, Timothy R. Madden and Thomas M. Stanley relative to exempting cities and towns from fees from the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 822 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act exempting towns from certain fees.

 

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. Section 3B of chapter 21E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 30, by inserting after the word “excluding”, the following words:-

“counties, cities, towns and”

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the fees owed by counties, cities, and towns prior to this act shall be waived.