Massachusetts H 130: An Act relative to a streaming entertainment operator’s use of the public rights-of-way

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1440 FILED ON: 2/5/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 130

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joan Meschino and Paul F. Tucker
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to a streaming entertainment operator’s use of the public rights-of-way.
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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Joan Meschino 3rd Plymouth 2/5/2021
Paul F. Tucker 7th Essex 2/5/2021
Paul A. Schmid, III 8th Bristol 2/9/2021
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester 2/9/2021
Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex 2/9/2021
Daniel R. Carey 2nd Hampshire 2/9/2021
Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth 2/10/2021
Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex 2/10/2021
Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex 2/10/2021
Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex 2/13/2021
Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex 2/15/2021
Adam J. Scanlon 14th Bristol 2/16/2021
Steven G. Xiarhos 5th Barnstable 2/16/2021
Kathleen R. LaNatra 12th Plymouth 2/16/2021
Joanne M. Comerford Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester 2/16/2021
Michael P. Kushmerek 3rd Worcester 2/17/2021
James Arciero 2nd Middlesex 2/18/2021
Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol 2/18/2021

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Alyson M. Sullivan 7th Plymouth 2/18/2021
David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth 2/19/2021
Josh S. Cutler 6th Plymouth 2/19/2021
Vanna Howard 17th Middlesex 2/19/2021
Maria Duaime Robinson 6th Middlesex 2/19/2021
Carol A. Doherty 3rd Bristol 2/20/2021
Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex 2/21/2021
Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex 2/22/2021
Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol 2/22/2021
Tami L. Gouveia 14th Middlesex 2/22/2021
Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 2/22/2021
Hannah Kane 11th Worcester 2/23/2021
Alan Silvia 7th Bristol 2/23/2021
Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex 2/23/2021
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 2/23/2021
Danillo A. Sena 37th Middlesex 2/24/2021
Christina A. Minicucci 14th Essex 2/24/2021
Brian M. Ashe 2nd Hampden 2/24/2021
David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex 2/25/2021
James K. Hawkins 2nd Bristol 2/26/2021
Kate Lipper-Garabedian 32nd Middlesex 2/26/2021
Susan L. Moran Plymouth and Barnstable 2/26/2021
Michelle L. Ciccolo 15th Middlesex 2/26/2021
Thomas P. Walsh 12th Essex 2/26/2021
Tackey Chan 2nd Norfolk 3/4/2021
William C. Galvin 6th Norfolk 3/2/2021
Danielle W. Gregoire 4th Middlesex 3/2/2021
Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk 3/3/2021
Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire 3/8/2021
Tricia Farley-Bouvier 3rd Berkshire 3/9/2021
Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester 3/9/2021
Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth 3/17/2021
Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex 3/21/2021
Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester 4/12/2021
Lori A. Ehrlich 8th Essex 4/13/2021
James M. Kelcourse 1st Essex 4/23/2021
James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester 4/25/2021
Sally P. Kerans 13th Essex 6/14/2021
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth 6/25/2021

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Marcos A. Devers 16th Essex 7/7/2021
Joan B. Lovely Second Essex 8/3/2021
Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester 9/2/2021
Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire 12/15/2021
Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth 4/19/2022

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1440 FILED ON: 2/5/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 130
By Representatives Meschino of Hull and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 130) of Joan Meschino, Paul F. Tucker and others for legislation to establish a
comprehensive statewide policy concerning streaming entertainment services and the recovery of
municipal costs for the management and maintenance of digital infrastructure. Advanced
Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to a streaming entertainment operator’s use of the public rights-of-way.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:

1 SECTION 1. The General Laws of 2018 are hereby amended by inserting after Chapter
2 166A the following chapter:-
3 Chapter 166B.
4 Section 1. The purposes of this chapter are to --
5 (a) establish a comprehensive statewide policy concerning compensation for the use of
6 digital infrastructure in the public rights-of-way;
7 (b) establish legislative findings that digital infrastructure in the public rights-of-way is of
8 valuable economic and public interest;

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9 (c) establish standards which encourage a competitive environment for growth and
10 development of streaming entertainment services and which assure that streaming entertainment
11 services are responsive to the needs and interests of the local community;
12 (d) establish guidelines for the exercise of Commonwealth and local authority with
13 respect to the regulation of the commercial use of the public rights-of-way by entities tha