1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1170 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3271 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: David T. Vieira _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David T. Vieira3rd Barnstable1/14/2025 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1170 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3271 By Representative Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3271) of David T. Vieira relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds. Revenue. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2972 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 Chapter 44b of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in section 2 after 2“destruction” in the definition of “Preservation”, the following:- ; and digitization of documents 3considered historic resources which preserve the information content of the historic resource.