HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3172        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2940

 

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

1/20/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2017

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/23/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/1/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/24/2017

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/23/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3172        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2940

By Mr. Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2940) 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. 749 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 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.