HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 646        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 454

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mathew Muratore

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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 to study the feasibility of creating and implementing a gypsy moth spraying program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/17/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

 

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 646        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 454

By Mr. Muratore of Plymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 454) of Mathew Muratore and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study the feasibility of creating and implementing a gypsy moth spraying program.  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 to study the feasibility of creating and implementing a gypsy moth spraying program.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special commission, to study and report on the feasibility of creating and implementing a gypsy moth spraying program. The scope of the commission shall include, but not limited to: researching, evaluating and developing recommendations related to establishing the policy and procedures for the control of the spread of the gypsy moth population in the commonwealth; studying current regulations in Massachusetts and from other states and countries related to the spraying of pesticides and neonicotinoids; identifying adequacy of funding for efforts to implement a gypsy moth spraying program; and identifying the economic, environmental and public health benefits and costs of such program. 

The special commission shall consist of: the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, or a designee; the commissioner of environmental protection, or a designee; 3 members who shall be appointed by the governor-1 member of the senate to be appointed by the senate president, 1 member of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker, 1 member of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader.

The special commission shall submit its final report of the findings and recommendations together with drafts of legislation to implement those recommendations by filing the same with the executive office of energy and environmental affairs; the department of environmental protection; the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture; and the clerks of the senate and the house no later than 1 year after the passage of this bill.