HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 456        FILED ON: 1/22/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 286

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Lindsay N. Sabadosa

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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 municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/21/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/22/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

2/1/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2021

Steven C. Owens

29th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/1/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/1/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/5/2021

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

2/10/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/17/2021

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/19/2021

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/19/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/24/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/26/2021

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/26/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/26/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/26/2021

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/26/2021

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

3/3/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

4/19/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/1/2021

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

5/25/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

11/8/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 456        FILED ON: 1/22/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 286

By Representatives Gentile of Sudbury and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 286) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails.  Community Development and Small Businesses.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails.

 

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

Subsection (b) of section 5 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

(4) With respect to land for recreational use, the community preservation committee may recommend and the legislative body may appropriate funds for the acquisition of land held for railroad purposes to be used by the city or town as a trail for recreational use and, notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 12, land acquired pursuant to this sentence may be subject to any property interest, including restrictions or reversionary interests, required to be held by the grantor or the United States pursuant to the National Trails System Act of 1968, codified at 16 U.S.C. section 1241, et seq. and, notwithstanding any provision of the definition of “real property interest” in section 2 to the contrary, land acquired pursuant to this sentence shall be considered a real property interest for purposes of this chapter.