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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2547 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 297 |
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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 | | William J. Driscoll, 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 relative to gateway municipalities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :William J. Driscoll, Jr.Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2547 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 297 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 297) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to define gateway municipalities. Economic Development and Emerging |
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| 20 | 20 | | Technologies. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to gateway municipalities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 23A, Section 3A is hereby amended by striking the definition of “gateway |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2municipality” and replacing it with the following definition: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 “gateway municipality”, a municipality that satisfies three of the following criteria: (1) a |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4population of 35,000 or greater, buy less than 250,000; (2) a median household income below the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5commonwealth’s average; (3) a rate of educational attainment of a bachelor’s degree or above |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6that is below the commonwealth’s average; (4) a minority population of 40 per cent or higher, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7and; (5) 15 percent or more of households identify as speaking English less than "very well.” The |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8secretary of economic development shall certify which municipalities qualify as a Gateway |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9municipality after each decennial census or for an individual municipality upon request by the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10city council, selectboard, or other legislative body of a given municipality.” |
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