SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2175 FILED ON: 7/15/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2113
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Benjamin B. Downing
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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 protecting lakes and ponds.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Benjamin B. Downing
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Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin
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William Smitty Pignatelli
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4th Berkshire
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Stephen M. Brewer
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Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
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Anne M. Gobi
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5th Worcester
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act protecting lakes and ponds.
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.
Chapter 90B of the 2008 official edition of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following section:-
Section 5D. No one shall place a vessel that is contaminated with an invasive species or that has been exposed to contamina
ted waters in the last thirty days and has not been properly decontaminated upon the inland waters of the commonwealth. For the purposes of this section, invasive species is defined as an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economi
c or environmental harm or harm to human health.
Section 2.
Notwithstanding section 14 of chapter 90B of the Massachusetts General Laws, whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction
for not more than sixty days or both.
