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House approves emergency preamble and final passage of bill allowing MWRA to supply water to Lynnfield
Summary
The Massachusetts House adopted an emergency preamble and passed House bill 9 72 authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District; the measure received expedited treatment under the constitution and was passed to be enacted.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives adopted an emergency preamble and passed a bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District in the town of Lynnfield during a session recorded in the meeting transcript.
The measure, read in the transcript as "House 9 72," was brought for final passage and given expedited treatment when Representative Walsh of Peabody moved that the bill include an emergency preamble. The motion to insert the emergency preamble was adopted, and a subsequent separate division vote reported three members in the affirmative and none in the negative. After the emergency preamble was adopted, the House voted to pass the bill to be enacted.
The adoption of an emergency preamble under the constitution signals the chamber treated the bill as requiring immediate effectiveness; the chair noted that “under the constitution, separate votes [are] required for [an] emergency preamble.” The transcript records the chair recognizing Representative Orel during the final passage sequence and identifies the clerk administering the votes.
Formal actions recorded in the transcript include suspension of certain rules to advance the matter, adoption of the emergency preamble, and a final voice vote passing the bill to be enacted. The transcript does not record debate on technical terms of the supply arrangement, the length of authorization, funding changes, or subsequent steps for implementation; those details were not specified.
Next steps and any implementation timeline, including whether local or MWRA approvals beyond House passage are required, were not specified in the transcript.
