The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lori Ehrlich
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to Reduce Coal Burning and Use.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
Peter v. Kocot |
1st Hampshire |
Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
William N. Brownsberger |
24th Middlesex |
Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
Stephen L. DiNatale |
3rd Worcester |
Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
Elizabeth A. Malia |
11th Suffolk |
Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
Sean Garballey |
23rd Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to Reduce Coal Burning and Use.
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. Chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 69I the following section:
Section 69I½
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any law to the contrary, a facility constructed or commencing operation on and after January first, two thousand ten shall not utilize or gasify coal.