Establishes a grant and loan program for small businesses and municipalities to transition to low-noise, low-emissions landscape maintenance.
The bill creates a grant and loan program within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs. It provides funds to small businesses and municipalities to replace gas-powered landscape maintenance equipment with low-noise, low-emissions equipment. Recipients must surrender their gas-powered equipment for a one-for-one replacement. The program includes a trust fund for these efforts, with annual reporting requirements. Loans under this program carry zero percent interest.
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