SENATE DOCKET, NO. 866        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

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 local authorization of playing fields.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 866        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

By Mr. Wolf, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 981) of Daniel A. Wolf and Timothy R. Madden for legislation relative to the local authorization of playing fields.  Municipalities and Regional Government.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to the local authorization of playing fields.

 

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. Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 5 of chapter 44B, as amended by section 77 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012, is hereby amended by adding the following words after the word "prohibited":- "; provided that projects approved by a municipality for the acquisition of artificial turf for athletic fields prior to July 1, 2012, shall be authorized as a permitted use of community preservation funding."

Section 2. Section 1 shall take effect upon passage.