HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3078        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr

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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 the director of the state office of fishing and boating access to issue an annual general permit to the town of Orleans to permit swimming from the state-owned properties located on bakers pond road.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

2/8/2021

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/18/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3078        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 981) of Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) that the director of the office of fishing and boating access be authorized to issue an annual general permit to the town of Orleans to permit swimming from the state-owned properties located on Bakers Pond road.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

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 the director of the state office of fishing and boating access to issue an annual general permit to the town of Orleans to permit swimming from the state-owned properties located on bakers pond road.

 

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.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the director of the state office of fishing and boating access shall issue a general permit to the town of Orleans pursuant to 320 CMR 2.03 to allow for swimming by the general public during the months of June, July, August and September of each and every year, at the state’s public access facility located at 110 Bakers Pond Road, Orleans, Massachusetts.

SECTION 2. The town of Orleans shall continue to prohibit the use of internal combustion engines of Bakers Pond Road and shall undertake water quality testing as required for the term of the permit.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.