Session Laws

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 25 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 5B the following section:-

Section 5C. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with chapter thirty A, rules and regulations for the transportation by rail of hazardous materials in the commonwealth. Said regulations shall be consistent with any federal regulations in effect.

SECTION 2. The department of public utilities shall prepare rules and regulations as required by section five C of chapter twenty-five of the General Laws within sixty days of the effective date of this act.