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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3799 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3789 |
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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 | | Manny Cruz |
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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 relative to the use of public lands by community based organizations. |
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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:Manny Cruz7th Essex1/20/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3799 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3789 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3789) of Manny |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cruz relative to authorizing municipalities to waive certain fees for the use of municipal-owned |
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| 20 | 20 | | land by non-profit and charitable organizations. Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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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 relative to the use of public lands by community based organizations. |
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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 SECTION 1. The general court finds and declares that it is in the best public interest of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2the commonwealth to promote the prosperity and general welfare of all citizens by authorizing |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3municipalities in certain circumstances to waive fees they collect for the use of municipal owned |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4land by non-profit and charitable organizations. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 SECTION 2. Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6is hereby amended by inserting after section 15C the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 Section 15D. For any individual person or non-profit or charitable organization seeking |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8to use municipal-owned land to hold an event, a municipality may waive any administrative fee, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9custodial fee or other fee it generally collects for the use of its land, upon a determination that the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10event would: (1) result in a community benefit; (2) be in the public interest of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11commonwealth; and (3) carry a necessary and valid public purpose for which public money may |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12be expended or invested. |
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