HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 138 FILED ON: 1/6/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 404
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James M. Cantwell
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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 reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/6/2017 |
Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth | 2/1/2017 |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 1/24/2017 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 2/3/2017 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/31/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 138 FILED ON: 1/6/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 404
By Mr. Cantwell of Marshfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 404) of James M. Cantwell and others relative to reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 633 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 reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund.
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. Chapter 91 of the General Laws is hereby amended after section 10d by inserting the following new section:-
Section 10E. There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Harbors and Inland Waters Maintenance Fund to which shall be credited such sums as are determined under the provisions of sections forty-two, forty-three, forty-three B, forty-three C, forty-five, and forty-six A of chapter ninety-one, the sales tax under chapter 64H applied to boats built or rebuilt and delivered in Massachusetts by Massachusetts craftsmen, and any sums received by the commonwealth from the federal government on account of the activities of the department of environmental management relative to (a) the continuous maintenance dredging; (b) cleaning of all areas within the harbors, inland waters and great ponds of the commonwealth including removal of sunken and abandoned vessels, derelict piers and any other obstacles deemed to be hazardous to navigation; (c) maintenance of state piers; and (d) for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section thirty-one. All monies in said fund shall be subject to appropriation, and shall be used only for the purpose of continuous maintenance dredging and cleaning of harbors, inland waters and great ponds of the commonwealth, including removal of sunken and abandoned vessels, derelict piers and any other obstacles deemed to be hazardous to navigation, by the department of environmental management.