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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3656 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1737 |
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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 | | Richard M. Haggerty |
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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 historic homes. |
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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:Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3656 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1737 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1737) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Richard M. Haggerty relative to the penalty for illegally removing certain parts of historical |
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| 20 | 20 | | homes. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1541 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to historic homes. |
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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 266 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2016 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 95 the following new section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 95A. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 In this section, “historic home” shall mean any dwelling house listed listed in the State |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Register of Historic Places established and maintained by the Massachusetts Historical |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Commission pursuant to G. L. c. 9, section 26C or identified by a plaque identifying the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7homestead as an historic homestead pursuant to G. L. c. 9, section 27D. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 Whoever willfully, intentionally and without right removes items, including, but not |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9limited to, copper gutters, copper wiring, aluminum or brick; displaces, destroys, defaces, mars 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10or injures the walls, wainscoting or any other part of any historical home, or the appurtenances |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11there of, by cutting, breaking, writing or otherwise, shall be punished by a fine of not less than |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12$100 and not more than $1000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years. Any person |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13convicted under the provisions of this section shall, in addition to the fine assessed, reimburse |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14the historic home owner for the total amount of damage incurred. |
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