SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2630

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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SENATE, January 31, 2022.

The committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1324) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to notification of parking violations; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1325) of Brendan P. Crighton and Peter Capano for legislation to prevent nonprofit institutions from avoiding wetlands or natural resource protections under the so-called Dover Amendment; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1328) of Diana DiZoglio for legislation to create a commission to study the effects of unfunded mandates on municipalities; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1332) of James B. Eldridge, Sean Garballey and Michael O. Moore for legislation to encourage municipal recycling and composting; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1341) of John F. Keenan, Kris Macdonald and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to protect animal welfare in cities and towns; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1342) of John F. Keenan for legislation to ban billboards on MBTA property in the city of Quincy; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1345) of Vincent Lawrence Dixon for legislation to study establishment of, and definition of, a Middlesex Regional Commission; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1348) of Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to local water and sewer district oversight; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1351) of Susan L. Moran for legislation to increase fairness in distribution of local aid generated by the state lottery; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1352) of Patrick M. O'Connor (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Marshfield to withdraw from the Metropolitan Area Planning District; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1359) of Michael F. Rush for legislation to support the equitable utilization of third party consultants in land use determinations; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1360) of Michael F. Rush for legislation relative to EMS leave without loss of pay; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1365) of Walter F. Timilty for legislation to require a parent or guardian who is exempt from property tax to reimburse a child’s school for tuition; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2463) of Brendan P. Crighton and Peter Capano (by vote of the town) for legislation to validate the annual town meeting held in the town of Nahant, reports the accompanying Order (Senate, No. 2630).

 

For the committee,

John J. Cronin



SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2630

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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Ordered, That the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government be authorized and directed to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents numbered 1324, 1325, 1328, 1332, 1341, 1342, 1345, 1348, 1351, 1352, 1359, 1360, 1365 and 2463 relative to zoning, planning and municipal governance.