Bill Text: MA H849 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing an environmental appeals panel within the Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 2/25 at 12:00 PM in Room 437 [H849 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H849-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
PRESENTED BY:
Brian P. Wallace
_______________
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 estabishing an Environmental Appeals Panel within the Division of Administrative Law Appeals.
_______________
PETITION OF:
|
Name: |
District/Address: |
|
Brian P. Wallace |
4th Suffolk |
|
Michael J Donovan |
Suffolk Superior Court
|
[SIMILAR
MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 888 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
_______________
An
Act estabishing an Environmental Appeals Panel within the Division of
Administrative Law Appeals.
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. Subsection (a)(9) of section 1 of Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2003 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, after Section 4H, the following section:—
Section 4H˝. There shall be within the division of administrative law appeals, and under the direction and supervision of its chief administrative magistrate, an environmental appeals panel consisting of no fewer than five administrative magistrates appointed by said chief administrate magistrate, who shall serve as professional employees as defined by Chapter 150E and not as confidential employees. The panel members shall be initially the administrative magistrates who, as of November 1, 2006, occupied the positions that were transferred on January 20, 2004 from the office of administrative appeals of the executive office of environmental affairs to the division of administrative law appeals.
