HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1125        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 917

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marcus S. Vaughn

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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 to establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/18/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1125        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 917

By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 917) of Marcus S. Vaughn that the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs be directed to perform a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 885 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 to establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall perform a study of Kingsbury Pond in the Town of Norfolk. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the water levels of the pond, the effect nearby public wells have on the pond’s water levels, and any and all environmental factors that are affected by significantly increasing or decreasing water levels of the pond.

(b) The Secretary shall report the results of the study by filing a report with the Clerk of the Senate; the Clerk of the House of Representatives; the Department of Environmental Protection; and the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture no later than one year after passage of this act.