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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 168 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 71 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 the use of food security infrastructure grants. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 168 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 71 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 71) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to the use of food security infrastructure grants. Agriculture. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2366 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 relative to the use of food security infrastructure grants. |
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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 Line item 1599-6078 of section 2A of chapter 268 of the acts of 2022 is hereby amended |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2by inserting at the end thereof after the word “grants” the following:- “; provided further half of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3the total amount of funds appropriated for food security infrastructure grants shall be spent on |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4physical infrastructure projects to benefit the commercial seafood and agricultural industries. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5Physical infrastructure projects eligible shall include, but not be limited to, on-vessel based and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6land-based automatic processing machines; refrigerated vehicles and storage facilities; on-vessel |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7and land-based implementations to upgrade energy efficiency, lower carbon footprints, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8improve operational efficiencies; wash and pack stations; agricultural storage facilities; high |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9tunnels and greenhouses; implementations to upgrade energy efficiency, lower carbon footprints, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10and improve operational efficiencies of irrigation, tractors and like implements. |
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