SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2894

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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SENATE, July 25, 2024.

The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the city of New Bedford to grant a utility easement to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Senate, No. 2412), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2894).

For the committee,

Michael J. Rodrigues

        FILED ON: 7/25/2024

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2894

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 city of New Bedford to grant a utility easement to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the granting of a utility easement by the city of New Bedford to the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

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. (a) The city of New Bedford may grant an easement to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth for the installation and maintenance of underground utilities under a portion of the land owned by the city at Fort Taber park. The portion of the land over which an easement may be granted and under which utilities are installed is shown on a plan of land entitled “Utility as Built Plan UMASS DARTMOUTH SMAST ii, 760 S. RODNEY FRENCH BLVD DARTMOUTH, MA,” prepared for Bond Brothers by Brennan Consulting and dated 03/09/2018.

(b) As a condition for the granting of the easement and permitting the installation and maintenance of underground utilities pursuant to subsection (a), the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth shall restore the surface above the installed utilities, including all paths and other park infrastructure altered by the installation, and the land shall continue to be used for park purposes.