HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3523        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2919

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul K. Frost

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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 relative to drinking water and ground water research.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/20/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/24/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

10/24/2017

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

10/24/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

10/24/2017

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

10/24/2017

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

10/24/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/1/2017

James J. Lyons, Jr.

18th Essex

2/2/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/2/2017

James E. Timilty

Bristol and Norfolk

2/3/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/3/2017

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/2/2017

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

1/30/2017

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/2/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/2/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/2/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/3/2017

Kate D. Campanale

17th Worcester

10/24/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

10/24/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

10/24/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

10/24/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3523        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2919

By Mr. Frost of Auburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2919) of Paul K. Frost and others for legislation to establish the drinking and ground water research trust fund.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to drinking water and ground water research.

 

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

Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2RRRR, as inserted by section 48 of chapter 46 of the acts 2015, the following section:-

Section 2SSSS. There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be administered by the treasurer, as trustee, in consultation with the secretary of energy and environmental affairs and the commissioner of environmental protection, to be known as the Drinking and Ground Water Research Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing a drinking and ground water research project in collaboration with Silent Spring Institute, Inc. There shall be credited to the fund any revenue from appropriations or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund, funds from public or private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations, rebates and settlements received by the commonwealth that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund, and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. No expenditure from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficiency at the close of a fiscal year. Monies deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.