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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1810 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 556 |
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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 | | Jacob R. Oliveira |
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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 the MassTrails program administered by the Department of Conservation and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Recreation and any act relative to Massachusetts transportation resources. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and WorcesterAaron L. Saunders7th Hampden 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1810 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 556 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 556) of Jacob R. Oliveira and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Aaron L. Saunders for legislation relative to the MassTrails program administered by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Department of Conservation and Recreation and any act relative to Massachusetts transportation |
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| 22 | 22 | | resources. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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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 the MassTrails program administered by the Department of Conservation and |
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| 29 | 29 | | Recreation and any act relative to Massachusetts transportation resources. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2810-0100 of the State Budget, referred to as H1, shall add after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2following phrase; “provided further, that the department may issue grants to public and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3nonpublic entities from this item”, the following words shall be added subsequent to the previous |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4phrase; “and, which shall include not less than $500,000 dollars for the enhancement of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5Snowmobile Trail design, construction and connections within the Commonwealth”. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 SECTION 2. Funding provided by Bonding Bills (such as H5151 for fiscal year 2022) for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7such programs as MassTrails as administered by the Department of Conservation and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8Recreation, shall have after any and all occurrences of the phrase “ for pedestrians and cyclists” |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9the following words shall be added “and Snowmobiles”. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 SECTION 3. Any grant funding, such as MassTrails as administered by the Department |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11of Conservation and Recreation, for trails in the Commonwealth shall provide that not less than 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 1220% of said Commonwealth funds shall be available to the enhancement of Snowmobile Trail |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13design, construction and connections within the Commonwealth. |
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