SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1807        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1878

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marc R. Pacheco

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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 solar mobility systems.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/26/2017

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/31/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/1/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/2/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

2/2/2017

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

2/2/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/2/2017

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/2/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/3/2017

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

2/3/2017

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/3/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

2/3/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/10/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1807        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1878

By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1878) of Marc R. Pacheco, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Tackey Chan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to solar mobility systems.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

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 solar mobility systems.

 

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

Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, there shall be a special commission on solar mobility systems to determine the feasibility of permitting nonexclusive access to rights-of-way to mobility network providers meeting the following criteria: (i) Privately-funded construction; (ii) privately-operated without government subsidies; (iii) exceed 120 passenger miles per gallon or equivalent energy efficiency; (iv) exceed safety performance of transportation modes already approved for use; and (v) gather more than 2 megawatt-hours of renewable energy per network mile per typical day.

The commission shall include, but not be limited to: the secretary of energy and environmental affairs; the commissioner of energy resources; the secretary of transportation; the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority;  the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts clean energy technology center; 2 members of Bay State Sunway; 2 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; 2 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader.

The commission shall submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the joint committee on transportation and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation not later than December 31, 2017 setting forth the commission’s findings, together with any recommendations for regulatory or legislative action, with a timeline for planning, construction, implementation, economic impact and integration of zero carbon transportation systems.