HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1255 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1129
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James M. Cantwell
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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 to protect the coast.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/20/2011 |
Thomas P. Kennedy |
| 2/4/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1255 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1129
By Mr. Cantwell of Marshfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1129) of James M. Cantwell and Thomas P. Kennedy for legislation to establish a grant program to assist cities and towns in repairing, rebuilding and restoring beaches, shores, seawalls and other coastal property. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 708 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to protect the coast.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
There is hereby established in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Waterways, a grant program to assist Massachusetts coastal cities and towns in repairing, rebuilding, restoring beaches, shores, seawalls, and dunes and other structures necessary to protect the shores of property of said coastal communities.
Such grant programs shall have an annual appropriation submitted as a separate line item within the Division of Waterways, of no less than $2 million.