HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 466 FILED ON: 1/9/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 716
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul J. Donato
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act authorizing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to provide le
ases to yacht clubs on its property.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Paul J. Donato
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35th Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 25 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In
the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act authorizing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to provide leases to yacht clubs on its property.
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
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Chapter 92 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 120, the following section:-
Section 121.
(a)
The commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance may, in consultation with the department of conservation and recreation and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 40E to 40J, inclusive, of chapter 7, ente
r into leases or other agreements for a term up to 10 years with existing nonprofit organizations located on public park land under the care and control of the department regarding the land associated with the following boating and yacht facilities: Union
Boat Club, Boston; Cambridge Boat Club, Cambridge; Riverside Boat Club, Cambridge; Buckingham, Browne & Nichols Boat House, Cambridge; M.I.T. Boat House, Cambridge; Belmont Hill / Winsor Boat House, Cambridge; Tufts University, Medford; Harvard Sailing Pav
ilion, Cambridge; Boston University Sailing Pavilion, Boston; M.I.T. Sailing Pavilion, Cambridge; Puritan Canoe Club, Boston; Neponset Valley Yacht Club, Milton/Braintree; Wollaston Yacht Club, Quincy; Squantum Yacht Club, Quincy; South Shore Yacht Club, W
eymouth; Charlesgate Yacht Club, Cambridge; Charles River Yacht Club, Cambridge; Newton Yacht Club,
