SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2570        FILED ON: 9/25/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2390

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Viriato M. deMacedo

_________________

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 the operations of the Pilgrim Nuclear Decommissioning Advisory Panel.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

 

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

11/19/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2570        FILED ON: 9/25/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2390

By Mr. deMacedo, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Viriato M. deMacedo and Julian Cyr for legislation relative the membership of the Pilgrim Nuclear Decommissioning Advisory Panel.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

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

_______________

 

An Act relative to the operations of the Pilgrim Nuclear Decommissioning Advisory Panel.

 

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to ensure the efficient and responsible decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and health.
 

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. Section 14 of Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2016 is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking the following:- "2 representatives of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, also known in this section as PNPS or Station, as selected by the owner of the station; and".

SECTION 2. Said section is hereby further amended in subsection (a) by inserting the following after the word "PNPS":- "; and 2 members who reside in Barnstable County as selected by the President of the Senate."

SECTION 3. Said section is hereby amended in subsection (b) by inserting the following after the word "appointed.":- "Ex officio members shall be non-voting members of the panel."

SECTION 4. Said section is hereby further amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following:- "(e) A majority of the panel's voting members shall constitute a quorum. The panel shall act only by vote of a majority of its voting membership and only at meetings called by the chair or co-chair or by any 5 voting members of the panel. The persons calling the meeting shall provide adequate notice to all its members."