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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

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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 establishing a cultural highway.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2575        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1783 OF 2017-2018.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act establishing a cultural highway.

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

Chapter 132A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 19. There is hereby established along state highway route 62 in the towns of Hudson, Berlin, Clinton, Sterling, Princeton, Stow, and Maynard, a cultural highway, which shall ensure the preservation of the economic, cultural, historical, agricultural and scenic aspects unique to the route and its host municipalities. The secretary of energy and environmental affairs shall establish the exact meets and bounds of the cultural highway and shall develop a program to protect those resources within the cultural highway. Such program may include, but is not limited to, the implementation of conservation restrictions, preservation restrictions, agricultural preservation restrictions, watershed preservation restrictions, and the establishment of historical districts.