Section 137 Participation in group purchasing of electricity, natural gas, telecommunications services or similar products - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 137. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any non-profit institution in the commonwealth or any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, or authority of the commonwealth, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any authority established by the general court to serve a public purpose, may, unless located within the boundaries of a community served by a municipal light department, participate in and become a member of any program organized and administered, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, by or on behalf of any public instrumentality of the commonwealth or of any subsidiary organization thereof for the purpose of group purchasing of electricity, natural gas, telecommunications services, or similar products.