Massachusetts § 47B Facilities and equipment located outside municipal limits

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 47B — Facilities and equipment located outside municipal limits

Massachusetts § 47B

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXIICORPORATIONS

Ch. 164MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 47B (2026).

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Section 47B. Any municipality acting by and through its municipal light board may construct, purchase, operate, own, lease, rent, maintain, dispose of, share costs of, or otherwise have the right to the use, or portions thereof, of subtransmission, transmission, distribution, and generation facilities and equipment located outside of the municipality's limits. All such subtransmission, transmission, distribution, and generation facilities and equipment, or portions thereof, referred to in this section so constructed, purchased, owned, leased, rented, operated, maintained, or otherwise having the right to be used by any municipality shall hereafter be considered ''plant'' under the provisions of sections 34, 40, and 57 of this chapter.  Any municipality acting by and through its municipal l

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Section 47B. Any municipality acting by and through its municipal light board may construct, purchase, operate, own, lease, rent, maintain, dispose of, share costs of, or otherwise have the right to the use, or portions thereof, of subtransmission, transmission, distribution, and generation facilities and equipment located outside of the municipality's limits. All such subtransmission, transmission, distribution, and generation facilities and equipment, or portions thereof, referred to in this section so constructed, purchased, owned, leased, rented, operated, maintained, or otherwise having the right to be used by any municipality shall hereafter be considered ''plant'' under the provisions of sections 34, 40, and 57 of this chapter. Any municipality acting by and through its municipal light board is hereby authorized to pay for the construction, purchase, lease, rent, or the right to use, or portions thereof, of the subtransmission, transmission, distribution, and generation facilities and equipment referred to in this section from those amounts accumulated for depreciation.