HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2305 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2665
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel B. Winslow
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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 reduce the cost of constructing or improving roads.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Daniel B. Winslow | 9th Norfolk | 1/20/2011 |
William N. Brownsberger |
| 2/3/2011 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
Robert L. Hedlund |
| 2/3/2011 |
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 2/4/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2305 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2665
By Mr. Winslow of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2665) of Walsh and others reducing the cost of constructing or improving roads Joint Committee on Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to reduce the cost of constructing or improving roads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (49): -
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in order to promulgate efficiency and cost-savings, the department shall not, whether, as a condition of state funding or otherwise, require any city or town to construct or reconstruct any public way with a design speed that exceeds the posted speed that shall be assigned to that public way by the city or town upon completion of construction or reconstruction.