HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 956        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 870

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Paul A. Schmid, III

_________________

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.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/10/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/24/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/29/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 956        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 870

By Mr. Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 870) of Paul A. Schmid, III and others for legislation to authorize storm water mitigation infrastructure on certain parcels of land under the agricultural preservation restriction program.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

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

_______________

 

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 2016 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 storm water 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.