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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1773 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1315 |
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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 | | Susan L. Moran |
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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 municipal equity in Steamship Authority operations. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Susan L. MoranPlymouth and Barnstable 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1773 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1315 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Moran, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1315) of Susan L. Moran for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to municipal equity in Steamship Authority operations. Municipalities and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Regional Government. |
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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 relative to municipal equity in Steamship Authority operations. |
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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 The fourth paragraph of section 3 of chapter 701 of the acts of 1960, as most recently |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2amended by section 3 of chapter 429 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3out the second and third sentences and inserting the following sentence:- The votes of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4members of the authority shall be weighted such that the county of Dukes County member's vote |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5shall count as 35 per cent of the whole; the Nantucket member's vote shall count as 35 per cent |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6of the whole; and the Barnstable, Falmouth and New Bedford members' votes shall each count as |
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| 35 | 35 | | 710 per cent of the whole, to the end that the votes of the county of Dukes County and Nantucket |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8members, if cast on the same side of any motion placed before the authority, shall pass or defeat |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9that motion, provided, however, that a vote of greater than 50 per cent of the weighted vote and a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10vote from a town whose vote is weighted under 15 per cent shall be necessary for any action |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11taken by the authority. |
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