Amendment #10 to H5151

Permitting Certainty

Mr. Cruz of Salem moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION XXXX. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Approval”, any permit, certificate, order (excluding enforcement orders), license, easement, certification, determination, exemption, variance, waiver, building permit or other approval or determination of rights from any municipal, regional or state governmental entity, including any agency, department, board, authority, commission or other instrumentality thereof, for a clean energy facility, issued, granted, constructively approved, or otherwise made under chapter 21 of the General Laws, chapter 21A of the General Laws (except section 16 of said chapter 21A), chapter 21D of the General Laws, section 3B of chapter 21E of the General Laws, sections 61 to 62L, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws, chapter 30A of the General Laws, chapter 40 of the General Laws, chapters 40A to 40C, inclusive, of the General Laws, chapter 40R of the General Laws, chapter 40Y of the General Laws, chapter 41 of the General Laws, chapter 43D of the General Laws, section 21 of chapter 81 of the General Laws, chapter 91 of the General Laws, chapter 131 of the General Laws, chapter 131A of the General Laws, chapter 143 of the General Laws, chapter 164 of the General Laws, sections 4 and 5 of chapter 249 of the General Laws, chapter 258 of the General Laws, or chapter 665 of the acts of 1956, or any local by-law or ordinance;

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any approval in effect or existence from January 1, 2025 through January 1, 2029 for a large clean transmission and distribution infrastructure facility, as that term is defined in Section 69G of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, or any offshore wind energy facility or portions thereof that have received one or more approvals under subsection (a), shall be extended for the longer of (i) a period of four years in addition to the lawful term of the approval, or (ii) a period of four years in addition to any extensions of such approvals, including any extensions set forth in any general or special law, including but not limited to Section 280 of Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2024.

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Permitting Certainty