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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 162 FILED ON: 1/6/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3047 |
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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 | | Tackey Chan |
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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 restoring the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund. |
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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:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/6/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 162 FILED ON: 1/6/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3047 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3047) of Tackey |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chan relative to restoring the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund. Revenue. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2734 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act restoring the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 13 of Chapter 64A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 Section 13. All sums received from the excise imposed on aviation fuel, and related |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5penalties, forfeitures, interest, costs of suits and fines, less all amounts for reimbursement under |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6sections 7 and 7A, shall be credited to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and may be used |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7for airport development projects approved and carried out at airports and landing facilities under |
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| 37 | 37 | | 849 U.S.C. App. s 2210; and all other sums received from the excise imposed in section 4, and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9related penalties, forfeitures, interest, costs of suits and fines, less all amounts for reimbursement |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10under said sections 7 and 7A, shall be credited as follows: (i) 99.80 per cent shall be credited to 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to be used for transportation-related purposes; (ii) 0.15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12per cent shall be credited to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund established in section 2C of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13chapter 131; and (iii) 0.05 per cent shall be credited to the Harbors and Inland Waters |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14Maintenance Fund. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 SECTION 2. Chapter 91 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16section 10A the following section: - |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 Section 10A ΒΌ. There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Harbors and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18Inland Waters Maintenance Fund to which shall be credited such sums as are determined the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19provisions of section thirteen of chapter sixty four A, sections forty-two, forty-three, forty-five, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20forty-six A and forty-nine of chapter ninety-one and any sums received by the commonwealth |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21from the federal government on account of the activities of the department of conservation and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22recreation relative to (a) the continuous maintenance dredging; (b) cleaning of all the areas |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23within the harbors, inland waters and great ponds of the commonwealth include the removal of |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24sunken and abandoned vessels, derelict piers and any other obstacles deemed to be hazardous to |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25navigation; (c) maintenance of state piers; and (d) for the purpose of carrying out the provisions |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26of section thirty-one. All monies in said fund shall be subject to appropriation, and shall be used |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27only for the purpose of continuous maintenance dredging and cleaning of harbors, inland waters |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28and great ponds of the commonwealth, including removal of sunken and abandoned vessels, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29derelict piers and any other obstacles deemed to be hazardous to navigation, by the department of |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30conservation and recreation. |
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