SENATE, No. 550

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 550) of Bruce E. Tarr and Scott P. Brown for legislation to require local approval for low level radio activewaste sites. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT requiring local approval for low level radioactive waste sites

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 27 of Chapter 111H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: -

            (g)  Within sixty days of the selection of an operator under subsections (c) or (d), the city or town, or if the site is in more than one community, each city or town, shall hold an election for the purpose of approving the site.  Unless sixty percent of the voters casting ballots approve the site, the selection shall be void.