SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1315 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 94
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Robert L. Hedlund
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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 Relative to the Community Preservation Act.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Robert L. Hedlund
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Plymouth and Norfolk
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James Cantwell
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4th Plymouth
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Scott P. Brown
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Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
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Michael R. Knapik
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Second Hampden and Hampshire
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Richard R. Tisei
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Middlesex and Essex
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein
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16th Suffolk
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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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 Relative to the Community Preservation
Act.
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.
Section 7 of chapter 44B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Rehabil
itation" and inserting in place thereof the following new definition:
“Rehabilitation”, the remodeling, restoration, reconstruction and making of extraordinary repairs to historic resources, open spaces, lands for recreational use and community housing fo
r the purpose of making such historic resources, open spaces, lands for recreational use and community housing functional for their intended use, including but not limited to improvements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal
, state or local building or access codes or for aesthetic restoration. With respect to historic resources, rehabilitation shall have the additional meaning of work to comply with the Standards for Rehabilitation stated in the United States Secretary of th
e Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties codified in 36 C.F.R. Part 68.
