The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act relative to prior notification to the energy facilities siting board. |
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 11 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 9 by inserting after the words “postage prepaid” the following words:—- ; provided, however, that any public service corporation petitioning the department of telecommunications and energy pursuant to section three for an exemption from the operation of a zoning ordinance or by-law shall also send notice, after review and approval of the notice by the department, by certified mail not less than twenty-one days before the day of the hearing to the chairman of the zoning board of appeals in the city or town in which the exemption is sought.
SECTION 2. Section 69J of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 44 by inserting after the word “petition” the following sentences:— In addition to other notice requirements established by the board by regulation, the petitioner to construct a facility or oil facility shall also send notice, after review and approval of the notice by the board, by certified mail not less than twenty-one days before the day of the local public hearing to all abutters of the property designated by the petition as the proposed site of the facility. The assessors maintaining any applicable tax list shall certify to the board the names and addresses of all abutters and this certification shall be conclusive for all purposes. The petitioner shall also publish this notice in all local newspapers of general circulation at least once in each of three successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of the local public hearing.
SECTION 3. Section 70A of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 9 by striking the word “to” and inserting place thereof the following:— reviewed and approved by the department by certified mail not less than twenty-one days before the day of the hearing to the chairman of.