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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 371 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1424 |
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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 | | Antonio F. D. Cabral |
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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 higher education capital investment in gateway cities. |
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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:Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol1/8/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 371 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1424 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1424) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Antonio F. D. Cabral relative to higher education capital investments in gateway municipalities |
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| 20 | 20 | | or abutting municipalities. Higher Education. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to higher education capital investment in gateway cities. |
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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 Chapter 258, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2the following after section 14: - |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 15. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the authorizations |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4contained in this chapter may not be used to fund projects that fail to meet one of the following |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5criteria: (a) construction of the project began prior to July 1, 2021; (b) the project is not located |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6in a municipality that is or is adjacent to a gateway municipality, as defined by section 3A of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7chapter 23A of the General Laws, or (c) the project is located within a gateway municipality, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8so defined, is within 2000 feet of such municipality’s city hall and is or will be within 500 feet |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9of public transportation upon completion of the project. |
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