SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1700        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1353

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marc R. Pacheco

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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 town of Middleborough to lease to the town of Plympton land owned by Middleborough and located in Plympton.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/19/2021

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/23/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1700        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1353

By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1353) of Marc R. Pacheco, Angelo L. D'Emilia, Susan Williams Gifford, Kathleen R. LaNatra and others (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Middleborough to lease to the town of Plympton land owned by Middleborough and located in Plympton.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local approval received]

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2907 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 the town of Middleborough to lease to the town of Plympton land owned by Middleborough and located in Plympton.

 

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 of special law to the contrary, the town of Middleborough, acting by and through its Board of Selectmen, may lease to the town of Plympton land owned by Middleborough and located in the town of Plympton on the northerly side of Soule Street and acquired by Middleborough by a deed recorded in the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 8431, Page 269.

SECTION 2. The land to be leased to Plympton contains by estimate 7.5 acres more or less and is bounded by Soule Street, other land of Middleborough and land of Plympton. The land to be leased is part of the town of Plympton Assessors Parcel 23-2-97.

SECTION 3. Plympton may use the leased property only for recreation and open space purposes including access to Plympton’s property in Plympton which adjoins the leased property, for an unpaved parking area which may have a gravel or crushed stone surface and a two-sided information kiosk to identify available recreational activities.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.