HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4441        FILED ON: 6/15/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4167

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

In the Year Two Thousand Nine

_______________

An Act designating natural heritage functions of the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (d) of Section 5 of Chapter 131A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006

Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:

“The director shall not impose any project review or permit requirement upon any land unless

such land is located within an area which has been duly designated as a significant habitat.”