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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 889 |
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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 | | Paul W. Mark |
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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 transformative development initiatives in rural communities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Hampshire |
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| 17 | 17 | | Natalie M. Blais1st FranklinJohn Barrett, III1st Berkshire2/21/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 889 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Mr. Mark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 889) of Paul W. Mark, Natalie M. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Blais and John Barrett, III for legislation relative to transformative development initiatives in |
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| 22 | 22 | | rural communities. Housing. |
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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 transformative development initiatives in rural communities. |
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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 Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2in Section 16G:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (o.)The secretary of housing and economic development shall, in consultation with the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4Rural Policy Advisory Commission, establish a rural development initiative to be administered |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5by the executive office through a contract with the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6established by section 2 of chapter 23G. The initiative will provide technical assistance to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7identify and implement strategies that will spur direct investment in rural communities to create |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8jobs and expand businesses, identify cross-sector partnerships, accelerate the engagement of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9community members in actionable planning, and implement local economic development |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10initiatives. |
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