HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 991        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 128

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kevin G. Honan and Linda Dorcena Forry

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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 smart growth housing production.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

1/20/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/19/2017

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/2/2017

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/19/2017

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

2/2/2017

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/24/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/1/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/3/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/31/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2017

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2017

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/18/2017

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/18/2017

Jeffrey Sánchez

15th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/18/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/30/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 991        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 128

By Representative Honan of Boston and Senator Forry, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 128) of Kevin G. Honan and others relative to smart growth housing production.  Community Development and Small Businesses.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to smart growth housing production.

 

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 3 of chapter 40R of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “40A,” in line 9, the following:- ; provided, however, that a smart growth zoning district or starter home zoning district ordinance or by-law shall be adopted, amended or repealed by a simple majority vote of all the members of the town council, or of the city council where there is a commission form of government or a single branch, or of each branch where there are 2 branches, or by a simple majority vote of a town meeting.”.