SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1000        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1982

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John F. Keenan

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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 wifi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

 

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

1/29/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1000        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1982

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1982) of John F. Keenan, Bruce J. Ayers, Tackey Chan and Daniel J. Hunt for legislation relative to wifi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to wifi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines.

 

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 the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or its successors, including but not limited to the Division of Public Transit in the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority shall be prohibited from constructing, erecting, placing and/or maintaining any monopoles or antennae to support wi-fi or cellular service within the City of Quincy and the towns of Braintree, Holbrook, Abington, and Rockland, without approval from the local governing authority, which in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council, in a city not having such a charter by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter of such a city, and in a town by a majority vote of the board of selectmen.