HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3466        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 868

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michelle L. Ciccolo

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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 to establish a grant program for low noise, low emissions landscape maintenance equipment.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/19/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/26/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

10/12/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

10/14/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

11/9/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

11/15/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

12/3/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3466        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 868

By Ms. Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 868) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and Christina A. Minicucci for legislation to establish a grant program for low noise and emissions landscape maintenance equipment.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to establish a grant program for low noise, low emissions landscape maintenance equipment.

 

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

Chapter 21A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 27 the following section:

Section 28. There shall be within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs a grant program to provide incentive funds to cities and towns to transition municipal landscape maintenance equipment to low noise, low emissions equipment. Funds from this program may also be made available to private landscape companies for zero interest loans to convert their equipment to low noise, low emissions landscape equipment.