An Act authorizing the Commonwealth to grant an easement to the town of Barnstable and the town of Barnstable to grant or assign several conservation restrictions to the Commonwealth
SENATE, Thursday, July 28, 2016 - The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the Commonwealth to grant an easement to the town of Barnstable and the town of Barnstable to grant or assign several conservation restrictions to the Commonwealth (Senate, No. 1990),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2474).
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the granting of an easement essential for further developing and extending the Cape Cod Rail Trail shared use pedestrian and bicycle path from its present terminus in the Town of Dennis through the Town of Yarmouth and to Independence Drive in the Town of Barnstable, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public [Emergency Preamble Context].
Bill History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Recommended new draft for S1990 |
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Substituted for S1990 |
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| 7/28/2016 | Senate | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/28/2016 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 7/30/2016 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 7/30/2016 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 7/30/2016 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/30/2016 | House | Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/30/2016 | House | Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 464) |
| 7/30/2016 | Senate | Enacted -see Roll Call #534 [YEAS 39 - NAYS 0] |
| 7/30/2016 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
| 8/9/2016 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 211 of the Acts of 2016 |
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