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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3783 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2276 |
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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 | | Carlos González and Patricia A. Duffy |
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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 clinical or educational programs under the Dover amendment. |
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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:Carlos González10th Hampden1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3783 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2276 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives González of Springfield and Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 2276) of Carlos González relative to zoning for clinical or educational programs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Municipalities and 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-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 clinical or educational programs under the Dover amendment. |
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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 SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section 3 of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3“requirements”, in lines 60 and 61, the following words:- ; provided, further, that no such land or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4structures located in a low income city or town, defined for purposes of this paragraph as a city |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5or town whose average median income is equal to 60 per cent or less of the average median |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6income of the commonwealth, shall be used for educational purposes pursuant to this section, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7including, but not limited to the purpose of opening a substance abuse or alcohol rehabilitation |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8center or a clinic, nor be exempt from zoning regulation pursuant to this section, without first |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9obtaining the approval of the legislative body of such city or town. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 SECTION 2. Said section 3 of said chapter 40A, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11amended by adding the following paragraph:- 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any person, organization, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13institution or corporation that purchases property within a city or town to be used for educational |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14purposes pursuant to this section, and who fails, within 2 years to substantially improve such |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15property shall be assessed at the property's highest and best use at commercial rate for such |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16property, with no exemption. |
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