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H3472 • 2025

An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement

An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5323
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement

An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3472) of Michael S.
  • Day that the Energy Facilities Siting Board consider requests of municipalities for reimbursement of application expenses.
  • Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5323

  2. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-09-08 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  4. 2025-06-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to reasonable municipal expense reimbursement
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3472) of Michael S. Day that the Energy Facilities Siting Board consider requests of municipalities for reimbursement of application expenses. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3472

SECTION 1: Section 69H of Chapter 164 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following clause:--

“(5) the board shall consider the requests of municipalities for reimbursement of expenses spent in relation to the application and shall assess fees on applicants for reasonable municipal expenses related to the application.”

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