HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1088        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 790

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

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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 authorizing mushroom picking for personal use on certain state park lands.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/15/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/16/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/24/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/24/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/30/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/30/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

2/1/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/31/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1088        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 790

By Mr. Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 790) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to authorizing mushroom picking for personal use on certain state park lands.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

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 authorizing mushroom picking for personal use on certain state park lands.

 

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 is hereby amended by inserting after section 2D the following section:-

Section 2E. The commissioner shall authorize any person to take mushrooms from any state parks, state forest recreation areas and state reservations under the control of the commissioner provided such taking is for personal use only. The commonwealth shall have no liability to any person or the heirs or assigns of any such person who engages in the taking of mushrooms from any state parks, state forest recreation areas and state reservations under the control of the commissioner.