HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2283        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3543

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

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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 establishing a cultural highway.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/15/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2283        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3543

By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3543) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. for legislation to establish a portion of Route 62 in the towns of Hudson, Berlin, Clinton, Sterling and Princeton as a cultural highway.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act establishing a cultural highway.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 132A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 19.  There is hereby established along state highway route 62 in the towns of Hudson, Berlin, Clinton, Sterling and Princeton, a cultural highway, which shall ensure the preservation of the economic, cultural, historical, agricultural and scenic aspects unique to the route and its host municipalities.  The secretary of energy and environmental affairs shall establish the exact meets and bounds of the cultural highway and shall develop a program to protect those resources within the cultural highway.  Such program may include, but is not limited to, the implementation of conservation restrictions, preservation restrictions, agricultural preservation restrictions, watershed preservation restrictions, and the establishment of historical districts.