| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4929 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 22, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, to whom |
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| 6 | 6 | | were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2040) of Mark |
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| 7 | 7 | | J. Cusack relative to the care and sale of cats, dogs and rabbits; the petition |
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| 8 | 8 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2059) of Jessica Ann Giannino and |
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| 9 | 9 | | others that cities and towns not be allowed to prohibit or regulate family |
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| 10 | 10 | | child care homes and large family child care homes in private residences |
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| 11 | 11 | | in zoning ordinances or by-laws; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 12 | 12 | | No. 2078) of Jay D. Livingstone relative to authorizing local control of |
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| 13 | 13 | | waste collection hours of operation; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 14 | 14 | | House, No. 2082) of Paul McMurtry relative to municipal zoning powers |
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| 15 | 15 | | in relation to the installation of solar energy systems; and the petition |
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| 16 | 16 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2102) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and |
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| 17 | 17 | | others relative to enhancing the issuance of citations for cruel conditions |
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| 18 | 18 | | for animals, reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, |
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| 19 | 19 | | No. 4929) ought to be adopted [Senator Edwards dissents]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | For the committee, |
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| 21 | 21 | | CAROLE A. FIOLA. HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4929 |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | House of Representatives, August 22, 2024. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Ordered, That the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government be authorized |
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| 25 | 25 | | to sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House |
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| 26 | 26 | | documents numbered 2040, 2059, 2078, 2082 and 2102, relative to animal welfare, zoning and |
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| 27 | 27 | | other related matters. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 29 | 29 | | and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 30 | 30 | | recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 31 | 31 | | on or before December 31, 2024. |
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