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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3228 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 858 |
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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 | | Christopher M. Markey |
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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 establishing a deer population control commission. |
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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:Christopher M. Markey9th Bristol1/20/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/20/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/23/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/23/2023Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden1/25/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/28/2023Paul A. Schmid, III8th Bristol2/1/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3228 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 858 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 858) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christopher M. Markey and others for an investigation and study by a special commission |
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| 20 | 20 | | (including members of the General Court) relative to deer population control. Environment and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Natural Resources. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act establishing a deer population control commission. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, there shall be established a |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2commission called the deer population control commission, hereinafter referred to as the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3commission, for the purpose of identifying best practices and methods for controlling the deer |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4population in Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Berkshire, Hampden, Worcester, Franklin, and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5Hampshire Counties. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 The commission shall be made up of 8 members: 1 member of the Senate, whom shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7appointed by the Senate President; 1 member of the House of Representatives, whom shall be |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 1 member representing local Rod and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9Gun Clubs, who shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Bow Hunters Association; 1 member |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10representing the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, who shall be appointed by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Resources; 1 member representing the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13the Department of Fish and Wildlife; 1 licensed automobile insurance broker representing the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14insurance industry, who shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Association of Insurance |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15Agents. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 The commission shall recommend best practices for controlling the Commonwealth’s |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17deer population and methods for assisting farmers in preventing and combating property damage |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18caused by deer. The commission shall file its findings and recommendations, together with |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19drafts of legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect, with the Clerks of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the Joint Committee on Environment, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21Natural Resources and Agriculture no later than March 1, 2024. |
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