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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title II EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
  4. Chapter 25 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
  5. Section 12Q Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund

Section 12Q

Section 12Q: Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund

[ First paragraph effective until February 18, 2025. For text effective February 18, 2025, see below.]

  Section 12Q. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) application fees collected pursuant to section 69J1/2 of chapter 164; and (ii) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for operation of the energy facilities siting board established in section 69H of said chapter 164. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

[ First paragraph as amended by 2024, 239, Sec. 9 effective February 18, 2025. For text effective until February 18, 2025, see above.]

  There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) a portion of assessments, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 18; (iii) a portion of application fees, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 69J1/2 of chapter 164; and (iv) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for operation of the energy facilities siting board established in section 69H of said chapter 164. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

  Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.