HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 474        FILED ON: 1/22/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 928

 

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

1/21/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/22/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/8/2021

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

2/18/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/18/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/19/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/22/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

2/22/2021

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

2/25/2021

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/26/2021

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/26/2021

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/26/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

3/1/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/3/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

3/6/2021

John C. Velis

Second Hampden and Hampshire

3/24/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 474        FILED ON: 1/22/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 928

By Mr. Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 928) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to authorizing mushroom picking for personal use on certain state park lands.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3946 OF 2019-2020.]

 

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 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:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 132A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2D the following section:-

Section 2E. Any person may take mushrooms for a personal and non-commercial use from state parks, forest recreation areas, and reservations under the control of the department of conservation and recreation. Notwithstanding, the commissioner, may limit any area of department controlled lands where persons shall not take mushrooms, and may make rules and regulations for the taking of mushrooms on such lands, pursuant to the procedures under     section 7.

The department and its employees, shall not be liable for the injury or death to any person, related to a person’s taking of mushrooms, or consuming or using mushrooms, from said parks, forest recreation areas, and  reservations, unless any willful or reckless conduct by the department or its employees, contributed to such injury or death.

The term “take” or “taking” as used in this section shall mean the collecting, picking or cutting of mushrooms, including removing any mushroom from department lands. 

SECTION 2.  Section 1 shall take effect 6 months after the passage of this act.