An Act relative to the operation of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull

194th Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Joan Meschino

The bill would remove paragraph 14A from Hull’s 1989 act governing its municipal light plant, altering the rules that currently govern Hull MLP operations.

Overview

Bill number: HD 5300 (House Docket No. 5300)

Title: An Act relative to the operation of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull

Introduced: November 29, 2025 (2025-2026 session)

Filed/Presented by: Representative Joan Meschino (Hull) and Senator Patrick M. O’Connor

Status note: Local approval received; the bill is a proposed local measure affecting Hull’s municipal light plant (MLP).

Effective date: Takes effect upon passage (no separate transition period specified)

What the bill would do

Core change: The bill would amend Subsection C, Section 4 of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1989 by “striking paragraph 14A.” In other words, paragraph 14A would be removed from the statute as currently written.

Legal effect: By deleting paragraph 14A, the provision would no longer govern Hull’s municipal light plant under that specific section of the 1989 act. The precise substantive impact depends on what paragraph 14A contained (e.g., requirements, limitations, governance, reporting, or other operational rules). The bill text provided does not specify the content of paragraph 14A.

Who would be affected

Primary entity: The Town of Hull and its Municipal Light Plant (Hull MLP) operators and governance structure.

Residents/businesses: Electric customers and ratepayers served by Hull’s MLP, who could experience changes in operational rules or oversight resulting from the removal of paragraph 14A.

Regulatory/oversight framework: Depending on what paragraph 14A addressed, related obligations under state law or municipal governance could shift; the measure interacts with the existing framework governing MLP operations.

Procedural and timeline aspects

Status: Local approval received; introduced in 2025-2026 General Court session.

Legislative path: As a local measure, the bill would need passage by both the Massachusetts House and Senate and signature of the Governor to become law.

Effective date: Upon passage (no delayed effective date specified).

Key considerations for readers

The substantive impact hinges on the content of paragraph 14A in the referenced 1989 act. To assess practical effects (e.g., changes to governance, budgeting, or oversight of Hull MLP), a copy of the original paragraph 14A and related provisions in Chapter 8, Section 4, would be needed.

Stakeholders may want to monitor subsequent legislative analyses, committee reports, or fiscal impact statements that explain how striking paragraph 14A would alter Hull MLP operations.

If you’d like, I can pull in the text of paragraph 14A from Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1989 and provide a more detailed impact analysis based on that content.

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