Bill Text: MA S1497 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislationto monitor natural gas
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - House concurred [S1497 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1497-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John A. Hart, Jr.
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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 Relative to the Monitoring of Natural Gas.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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John A. Hart, Jr. |
First Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01933 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the monitoring of natural gas.
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 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- Section 70B. The Department of Telecommunications and Energy shall require local distribution companies to survey their gas piping system for leak detection. Upon finding a natural gas leak, the leak must be investigated, graded and monitored. The surveying, investigating, grading and monitoring of these leaks shall be done by employees of local distribution companies and reported to the Department of Telecommunications and Energy.
