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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1199 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1576
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Kenneth J. Donnelly _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to the failure to remove existing poles. _______________ PETITION OF:
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1199 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1576
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
An Act relative to the failure to remove existing poles. 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 is hereby amended by inserting after section 34B the following section:- Section 34C. A distribution company or a telephone company engaging in the removal of an existing pole and the installation of a new pole in place thereof that does not complete the transfer of wires, all repairs and the removal of the existing pole from the site within 90 days from the date of installation of the new pole shall pay a fine of $200 to the municipality where the existing pole is located for every day after 90 days from the date of installation of the new pole; provided, however, that for any approved commercial or industrial construction project, the completion of which is expected to take longer than one year, said company shall pay a fine of $200 to the municipality where the existing pole is located for every day after 6 months from the date of installation of the new pole that the transfer of wires, all repairs and the removal of the existing pole from the site are not completed. |