Bill Text: MA H3110 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Require utility companies to send prepaid postage envelopes on request for payments made to persons sixty-five years of age or over

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H04969 [H3110 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3110-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

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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 requiring public utilities to provide prepaid postage to elderly persons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	16th Suffolk
Louis L. Kafka	8th Norfolk
Thomas M. Stanley	9th Middlesex
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden
Jennifer M. Callahan	18th Worcester

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3368 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act requiring public utilities to provide prepaid postage to elderly persons.

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

Chapter 25 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section: — Section 19. Every electric, gas, telephone and telegraph company doing business in the commonwealth and subject to the jurisdiction of the department shall provide in all of its requests for payment to persons sixty-five years of age or over a return envelope with postage prepaid.