An Act relative to requiring the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to establish a department and licensure process to oversee quarries producing concrete aggregate
Being the text of Sections 8 and 101 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (see House, No. 4040), which had been returned by Her Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment C of House, No. 4055). August 9, 2023.
Bill Information
Bill Information
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to require the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to establish a department and licensure process to oversee quarries producing concrete aggregate, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Bill History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | House | Enacted as sections 8 and 101 of the General Appropriation Bill, see H4040 |
| 8/10/2023 | House | Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment |
| 8/10/2023 | House | For message, see H4055, Attachment C |
| 8/10/2023 | House | Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading |
| 9/27/2023 | House | Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted |
| 9/27/2023 | House | Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading) |
| 9/27/2023 | House | Governor's amendment adopted |
| 10/5/2023 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 10/5/2023 | Senate | Governor's amendment adopted |
| 10/10/2023 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 10/10/2023 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 10/10/2023 | House | Re-enacted |
| 10/10/2023 | Senate | Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor |
| 10/17/2023 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2023 |
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