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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Alice Hanlon Peisch

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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 prohibiting anticoagulant rodenticides in the town of Lincoln.

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PETITION OF:

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act prohibiting anticoagulant rodenticides in the town of Lincoln.

 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 chapter 132B of the general laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Town of Lincoln may by ordinance prohibit the application of anticoagulant rodenticides within the Town of Lincoln, including application of such pesticides by licensed commercial applicators as defined in 333 C.M.R 10.00, except as may be allowed by the Board of Health to remediate a public health condition.

 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.