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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1642 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3752 |
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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 | | Norman J. Orrall |
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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 greener and healthier transportation corridors. |
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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:Norman J. Orrall12th Bristol1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1642 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3752 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3752) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Norman J. Orrall for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | General Court) to recommend strategies to improve the land usage of transportation corridors. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Transportation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3391 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors. |
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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 Notwithstanding any general provisions or special laws to the contrary, there shall be a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2special commission to recommend strategies to improve the land usage of the transportation |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3corridors of the Commonwealth for decreasing noise, light, and air pollution as well as |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4maximizing carbon sequestration and energy generation. The commission shall consist of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5chief of the office of climate innovation and resilience, the secretary of transportation, and the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6secretary of energy and environmental affairs , who shall serve as the co-chairs, the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7Massachusetts Department of Transportation highway administrator, or their designee; the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager, or their designee; the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9commissioner of the department of conservation and recreation, or their designee; 3 individuals |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10appointed by the governor; provided, 1 shall be a specialist in the field of transportation 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11maintenance and operations, 1 shall be a specialist in the field of transportation related pollutants |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12and 1 shall be a resident of a designated environmental justice community abutting a |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13transportation corridor; the president of the senate, or their designee; the speaker of the house, or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14their designee; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation, or their |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15respective designees; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on the environment, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16natural resources and agriculture, or their respective designees; the senate and house minority |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17leaders, or their respective designees. The commission shall make a comprehensive study of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18utilizing transportation right of ways to provide natural solutions to reduce transportation related |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19pollutants and increase carbon sequestration as well as for low carbon energy generation. The |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20commission shall review each agencies maintenance and design practices. The study shall also |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21include a financial analysis that includes up front construction costs as well as long term |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22maintenance costs of the implementation of new natural solutions compared to current practices. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23The commission shall report to the joint committee on transportation, the joint committee on the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24environment, natural resources and agriculture and the house and senate committees on ways and |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25means, the finding and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26carry the recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27of representatives on or before December 31, 2026. |
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