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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3909 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2296 |
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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 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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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 amending the MBTA communities act to provide recategorization and alternative |
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| 13 | 13 | | compliance. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/21/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/28/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/28/2025David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester1/29/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/30/2025Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol3/10/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3909 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2296 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2296) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for legislation to provide recategorization and alternative |
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| 21 | 21 | | compliance under the MBTA communities act, so-called. Municipalities and Regional |
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| 22 | 22 | | Government. |
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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 amending the MBTA communities act to provide recategorization and alternative |
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| 29 | 29 | | compliance. |
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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 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 (d) An MBTA community designated as "adjacent" may submit a written petition to the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4executive office of housing and livable communities requesting a review of its designation. The |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5petition shall include evidence demonstrating that the designation imposes undue burdens due to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6a lack of infrastructure or resources to support the requirements of this section. The executive |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7office shall promulgate regulations to establish the criteria and procedures for reviewing such |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8petitions and determining whether a community’s designation should be modified. |
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