HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4341        FILED ON: 6/20/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4339

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf

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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 relative to the Squibnocket Pond Overlay District in the town of Chilmark.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

6/20/2014

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

6/20/2014


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4341        FILED ON: 6/20/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4339

By Representative Madden of Nantucket and Senator Wolf, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4339) of Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf (by vote of the town) that the town of Chilmark be authorized to prohibit the use of certain chemicals in said town.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to the Squibnocket Pond Overlay District in the town of Chilmark.

 

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. Notwithstanding chapter 132B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Chilmark may prohibit, in the Squibnocket Pond Overlay District as defined by the town of Chilmark, the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, chemical septic system cleaners and such other substances as may be determined by the town of Chilmark board of health.

SECTION 2. The adoption of section 12.6(H)(1) of the town of Chilmark zoning-by laws by the town of Chilmark is hereby validated, ratified and confirmed.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.