SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1085 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 374
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael R. Knapik
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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:
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs relative to a statewide single-stream recycling program.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Michael R. Knapik | Second Hampden and Hampshire |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1085 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 374
By Mr. Knapik, a petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 374) of Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr, Randy Hunt and Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to provide for an investigation and study by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs relative to a statewide single-stream recycling program. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs relative to a statewide single-stream recycling program.
Resolved, Resolved, that the executive office of energy and environmental affairs shall conduct an investigation and study of the feasibility of implementing a state-wide single-stream recycling pilot program. The study shall identify the fiscal impact, statutory and regulatory barriers, existing laws and regulations, grant programs to facilitate financing, new and existing technologies, existing infrastructure and the need for new infrastructure, and other improvements.
The secretary shall report to the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture, the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy, and the house and senate committees on ways and means, the finding and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry the recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before December 31, 2013.
