Bill Text: MA S439 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Require local approval for low level radioactive waste sites

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-19 - Accompanied a study order, see S02610 [S439 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S439-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tarr, Bruce (SEN)

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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 local approval for low level radioactive waste sites

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Tarr, Bruce (SEN)	First Essex and Middlesex

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00550 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 local approval for low level radioactive waste sites.

                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.  Section 27 of Chapter 111H of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: -

            (g)  Within sixty days of the selection of an operator under subsections (c) or (d), the city or town, or if the site is in more than one community, each city or town, shall hold an election for the purpose of approving the site.  Unless sixty percent of the voters casting ballots approve the site, the selection shall be void.