SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of section 14 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “designee:” the following words:-
“the attorney general, who shall serve ex officio; the inspector general, who shall serve ex officio;”
SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of section 14 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency;” the following words:-
“1 representative of the Barnstable County emergency planning department;”
SECTION 3. Subsection (h) of section 14 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by striking out, in clause (6), the word “commissioner”, and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “chair”
SECTION 4. Subsection (i) of section 14 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-
(7) to review the totality of the impacts of the decommissioning and closure of the pilgrim nuclear power station. In doing so, the panel shall examine and make recommendations, including, but not limited to, workforce impacts, economic development, decreased or lost revenues to state agencies, emergency response, public safety, environmental impacts, municipal finance, job retraining and placement, land use, transport of spent fuel, the storage of hazardous waste and the duration of environmental monitoring activities, with a written report of projected financial impacts being provided annually to the secretary of administration and finance and to the ways and means committees of the general court by April 1 of each year.
SECTION 5. Section 14 of the acts of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
(j) The Panel may accept and solicit funds, including any gifts, donations, grants or bequests or any federal funds for any of the purposes of this section. The funds shall be deposited in a separate account with the state treasurer, shall be received by the state treasurer on behalf of the commonwealth and shall be expended by the Panel under the law.
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