HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4676        FILED ON: 11/7/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4169

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Bruce E. Tarr

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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 North Reading to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

11/7/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

11/7/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4676        FILED ON: 11/7/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4169

By Representative Jones of North Reading and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4169) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and Bruce E. Tarr (by vote of the town) that the town of North Reading be authorized to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [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 North Reading to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes.

 

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 the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and pursuant to the provisions of Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, the town of North Reading is hereby authorized to transfer the care, custody, management and control of a certain portion of its land at 168 Chestnut Street having an area of 533 sq. ft. and depicted as “Permanent Slope Easement Town of North Reading Area” on a plan entitled “Article 97 Plan,” from its conservation commission for conservation purposes, to its select board for general municipal purposes, including for the purpose of repairing and maintaining a highway bridge and drainage facilities serving the adjacent public way.  The land is identified on the town’s assessors maps as Parcel ID No. 213/036.0-0000-0061.0, and was part of the lands taken by the town for conservation and other municipal purposes pursuant to an order of taking recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 11626, Page 364.

SECTION 2.   This act shall take effect upon passage.