HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4050        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3951

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mike Connolly

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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 addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/17/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4050        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3951

By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3951) of Mike Connolly relative to municipal fossil fuel free building construction and renovation demonstration projects.  Municipalities and Regional Government.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03.

 

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

Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of 225 CMR 24.03, as in effect as of the passage of this act, no municipality that withdrew its local approval, as defined in subsection (a) of section 84 of chapter 179 of the acts of 2022, for participation in the demonstration project established pursuant to said section 84 shall be considered a prioritized community for the purposes of demonstration project participation. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of said section 84, the department of energy resources shall admit to the demonstration project any municipality, upon the municipality’s request by its chief executive officer, that received local approval and submitted a home rule petition to the general court on the subject matter of said section 84 prior to the initial promulgation of regulations by the department of energy resources pursuant to subsection (f) of said section 84.