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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 98 FILED ON: 1/9/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 93 |
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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 | | Smitty Pignatelli and Natalie M. Blais |
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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 expanding agriculture preservation restrictions for hemp cultivation. |
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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:Smitty Pignatelli3rd Berkshire1/9/2023Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/9/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire1/17/2023Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/26/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/6/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/8/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 98 FILED ON: 1/9/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 93 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Pignatelli of Lenox and Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 93) of Smitty Pignatelli, Natalie M. Blais and others relative to expanding agriculture |
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| 20 | 20 | | preservation restrictions for hemp cultivation. Agriculture. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act expanding agriculture preservation restrictions for hemp cultivation. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 2 of Chapter 61A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting, in line 4, after the word “tobacco” the following words:- "hemp |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3as defined in section 116 of chapter 128". |
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