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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2906 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3703 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bruce J. Ayers |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a special commission on public waterway transportation. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/19/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2906 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3703 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3703) of Bruce |
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| 19 | 19 | | J. Ayers relative to establishing a special commission on public waterway transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act establishing a special commission on public waterway transportation. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 6C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 Section 79. There is hereby established a commission on the future of public waterway |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3transportation to determine the feasibility and plan for the expansion of public waterway |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4transportation in the greater Boston area. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 The commission shall have 1 member who is a representative of the department and 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6members appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city of Boston, 1 of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7whom shall be a resident of the city of Quincy, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city known |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8as the town of Weymouth, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city of Lynn, 1 of whom shall be |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9a resident of the city of Revere, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city known as the town of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10Winthrop, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the town of Hingham and 1 of whom shall be a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11resident of the town of Hull. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 The special commission may conduct public hearings, forums or meetings to gather |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13information regarding the expansion of public waterway transportation in the greater Boston |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14area. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 Annually, on or before June 30, the commission shall submit a report to the governor and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate who shall forward the same to the joint |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17committee on transportation, along with recommendations, if any, together with drafts of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect. The special commission may |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19file such interim reports and recommendations as it considers appropriate. |
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