Massachusetts § 52 - Purchase of electricity by town from street railway
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 52 — Purchase of electricity by town from street railway, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52. Purchase of electricity by town from street railway
Section 52. A town in which no person or corporation is engaged in generating or distributing electricity for sale and which has voted or shall vote to construct one or more plants for the manufacture or distribution of electricity for municipal use or for the use of its inhabitants, or for both purposes, may make contracts, for terms not exceeding ten years, with any street railway company operating a street railway in such town, for the purchase of electricity from such company in order to furnish electricity for municipal use or for the use of its inhabitants, or both; and street railway companies may make contracts to furnish electricity as aforesaid to a town, but the contracts shall not become operative unless the department shall, after a public hearing, approve the terms thereof as consistent with the public interest. This and the three following sections shall not apply to cities.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 52 ("Purchase of electricity by town from street railway") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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