| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4962 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ______________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 31, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bill authorizing the city of New Bedford to grant a utility easement to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (Senate, No. 2894), reports |
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| 9 | 9 | | recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking |
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| 10 | 10 | | out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text |
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| 11 | 11 | | contained in House document numbered 4962. |
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| 12 | 12 | | For the committee, |
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| 13 | 13 | | AARON MICHLEWITZ. 1 of 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4962 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Text of an amendment, recommended by the committee on Ways and Means, to the Senate |
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| 16 | 16 | | Bill authorizing the city of New Bedford to grant a utility easement to the University of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Massachusetts at Dartmouth (Senate, No. 2894). July 31, 2024. |
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| 18 | 18 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 19 | 19 | | _______________ |
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| 20 | 20 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:– |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1 (a) The city of New Bedford may grant an easement to the University of Massachusetts at |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2Dartmouth for the installation and maintenance of underground utilities under a portion of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3land owned by the city at Fort Taber park. The portion of the land over which an easement may |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4be granted and under which utilities are installed is shown on a plan of land, on file with the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5University of Massachusetts Building Authority, entitled “Utility as Built Plan UMASS |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6DARTMOUTH SMAST ii, 760 S. RODNEY FRENCH BLVD DARTMOUTH, MA” prepared |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7for Bond Brothers by Brennan Consulting and dated March 9, 2018. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8 (b) As a condition for the granting of the easement and permitting the installation and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9maintenance of underground utilities pursuant to subsection (a), the University of Massachusetts |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10at Dartmouth shall restore the surface above the installed utilities, including all paths and other |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11park infrastructure altered by the installation, and the land shall continue to be used for park |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12purposes. |
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