HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 742        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2997

 

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

1/14/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/28/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/30/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 742        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2997

By Mr. Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2997) 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. 1821 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 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.