HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1216        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1821

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel M. Donahue

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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 concerning the conversion of private ways to public ways.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/18/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/30/2017

Kate D. Campanale

17th Worcester

2/3/2017

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

1/26/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2017

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

2/2/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/2/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1216        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1821

By Mr. Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1821) of Daniel M. Donahue and others for legislation to authorize the use of the Highway Fund to convert private ways to public ways.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2975 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act concerning the conversion of private ways to public ways.

 

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

Section thirty-one of chapter eighty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following at the conclusion of the first sentence of subsection (a) thereof, after the words "in such city or town" the following:- , as that term is defined below, plus, in any city which has adopted an official map under chapter forty-one, section eighty-one E of the General Laws, the total mileage, to the nearest one hundredth of a mile, of private ways shown on such official map, so long as the additional amount generated by the inclusion of said mileage shall be expended by any such city solely for the purpose of converting such private ways to public streets.