SENATE DOCKET, NO. 666        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 455

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joan B.  Lovely

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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:

 

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/2/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/6/2017

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

4/19/2017

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

10/17/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 666        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 455

By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 455) of Joan B.  Lovely, James B. Eldridge, Mary S. Keefe, Steven S. Howitt and others for legislation relative to drinking water and ground water research.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4166 OF 2015-2016.]

 

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.