HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1657        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 749

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul A. Schmid, III

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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 buffer zones on land under the agricultural restriction program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/15/2015

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

9/3/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

9/3/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

9/3/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

9/3/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

9/3/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1657        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 749

By Mr. Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 749) of Paul A. Schmid III and others relative to buffer zones on land under the agricultural restriction program.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 800 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 relative to buffer zones on land under the agricultural restriction program.

 

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 23 of Chapter 20 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following after section (b):-

(c)Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of agricultural resources, with the approval of the co-holder, if any, in its sole discretion, may allow for stormwater mitigation or nitrogen mitigation purposes, in nitrogen sensitive embayment watersheds, uncultivated, planted or other storm water mitigation infrastructure within 200 feet of any resource area in any parcel that has been accepted into the Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction program.