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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1663 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 763 |
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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 | | Tackey Chan |
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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 DCR yacht club fees reflecting waterway access. |
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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:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/13/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1663 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 763 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 763) of Tackey |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chan relative to the lease of property used by non-profit yacht clubs and other non-profit |
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| 20 | 20 | | organizations operating boating programs. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 867 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to DCR yacht club fees reflecting waterway access. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 65 of the Session Laws of 2010, as appearing in the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 22010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “survey” at the end of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3first paragraph the following words:- , the survey of the parcel shall include navigable channels |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4and berthing/mooring areas on the water sheet. The survey shall establish a schedule for |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5maintenance of navigable waters from each boating facility. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 2 of said Session Laws, is hereby amended at the end thereof by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7inserting after the word “project” the following:- The Commissioner of capital asset management |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8and maintenance and the commissioner of conservation and recreation shall manage, operate, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9improve, repair and maintain the land under water for the term of the lease for: (a) recreational |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10boating waterside access, (b) the protection of navigable waterways and channels. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 SECTION 3. Section 2 of said Session Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12word “fees” the following:- provided however, the lessee has adequate access to navigable |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13waters for recreational boating and mooring, and to ensure the capacity for water dependent uses. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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