HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4467        FILED ON: 7/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4045

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James C. Arena-DeRosa

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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 Hopkinton to take by eminent domain certain easements in the town of Milford for the repair and maintenance of the Lake Maspenock Dam.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

7/17/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4467        FILED ON: 7/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4045

By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4045) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Hopkinton to acquire certain land in the town of Milford by eminent domain for the repair and maintenance of the Lake Maspenock dam.  The Judiciary.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act authorizing the town of Hopkinton to take by eminent domain certain easements in the town of Milford for the repair and maintenance of the Lake Maspenock Dam.

 

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. The Town of Hopkinton may take and hold, by and subject to the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws, certain easements on land situated in the Town of Milford, described with particularity in the following Section 2, that are necessary for the repair and maintenance of the Lake Maspenock Dam, acquired by the Town of Hopkinton from the Milford Water Company, a statutory corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1881.

SECTION 2. The Town of Hopkinton may take and hold permanent and temporary easements on the land in the Town of Milford, situated off Pine Island Road, and identified, at the time of this act's passage, as Milford Assessors' Parcels numbered 10-0-3, 10-0-4, and 10-0-5.

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