Bill Text: MA S1497 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislationto monitor natural gas
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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
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��������������� 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.
