SENATE DOCKET, NO. 238        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1711

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marc R. Pacheco

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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 creating the official shellfish of the Commonwealth..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Marc R. Pacheco

 

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 238        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1711

By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1711) of Marc R. Pacheco, Robert M. Koczera and Patricia A. Haddad for legislation to make the quahog the official shellfish of the Commonwealth.  Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1877 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act creating the official shellfish of the Commonwealth..

 

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.   Chapter 2 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section: -

The quahog shall be the official shellfish of the Commonwealth.