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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to improve emergency service access in Cummington.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and
Hampshire
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By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 44) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark relative to the use of Department
of Conservation and Recreation land for emergency service access in the town of Cummington.
Environment and Natural Resources.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to improve emergency service access in Cummington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department
2of conservation and recreation shall work in coordination with the town of Cummington fire
3department to create and maintain a new utility task vehicle, also known as a utility terrain
4vehicle, (UTV) trail from Hendricks road along East Mountain road to the beach in the Gilbert
5A. Bliss State Forest for the purpose of allowing emergency services access by the Cummington
6fire department to the area and the beach.
7 SECTION 2. The land to be used for the emergency services access in section 1 is owned
8by the department of conservation and recreation and such use or access may be licensed by the
9department to the town of Cummington for a renewable term of 5-years. Such license shall not
10be a disposition of an interest in land of the commonwealth and shall not be subject to Article 97
11of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution or section 5A of chapter 3 of the General
12Laws.