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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3254 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2344 |
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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 | | Jeffrey Rosario Turco |
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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 requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act. |
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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:Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/16/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/23/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/6/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3254 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2344 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2344) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jeffrey Rosario Turco, David F. DeCoste and Colleen M. Garry that communities qualifying for |
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| 20 | 20 | | any of the safe harbor provisions under Chapter 40B be exempt from the MBTA communities |
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| 21 | 21 | | act, so-called OR for legislation to require safe harbor exceptions to the multi-family zoning as- |
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| 22 | 22 | | of-right in certain MBTA communities. Municipalities and Regional 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 requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act. |
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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 MGL 40A, Section 3A is amended by addition a new subsection (d): |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 Any community which qualifies for any of the safe harbor provisions of M.G.L. 40B, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3shall be exempt from the requirements of this Section 3A. |
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