SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2966

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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SENATE, February 26, 2026.

 The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the reorientation and further lease of a parcel of land occupied by Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge (Senate, No. 2126), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2966).

For the committee,

 Michael J. Rodrigues

        FILED ON: 2/23/2026

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2966

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 authorizing the reorientation and further lease of a parcel of land occupied by Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge.

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

 (a) Pursuant to chapter 65 of the acts of 2010 and notwithstanding section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the commissioner of conservation and recreation, may lease or enter into other agreements with The Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge for a parcel of land, reconfigured from that shown in existing records of the department of conservation and recreation, for the continued operation of its historical rowing program and boathouse. The reconfigured parcel of land is more particularly described on a plan of land on file with the department, entitled “Plan Showing Reoriented Boundary for Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge”, dated December 12, 2022, including the adjacent water sheet currently being used and appurtenant rights of access from adjoining public roadways.

 (b) Any such lease or other agreement shall require that, in addition to consideration for the lease or other agreement pursuant to section 2 of chapter 65 of the acts of 2010, The Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge shall maintain the area from Memorial drive to the boathouse, as depicted on a plan on file with the department of conservation and recreation, entitled “Plan Showing Maintenance Parcel for Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge” dated July 22, 2025.

 (c) The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may: (i) make minor revisions to the plan pursuant to subsection (a) and shall file the final plan with the Middlesex southern district registry of deeds; and (ii) execute any leases or other agreements consistent with chapter 65 of the acts of 2010.