HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1490 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 780
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
George N. Peterson, Jr.
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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:
An Act relative to areas of critical environmental concern.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1490 FILED ON: 1/16/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 780
By Mr. Peterson of Grafton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 780) of George N. Peterson, Jr. and Paul K. Frost relative to areas of critical environmental concern. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 1154 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to areas of critical environmental concern.
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. Subsection (7) of Section 2 of Chapter 21A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:— "Prior to submitting a nomination to designate an area as an area of critical environmental concern, the person or persons leading the nomination, as listed in the pertinent regulations shall, at a minimum, hold one public information meeting at least 30 days prior to submitting the nomination. Notice of such a meeting shall be given through any means reasonably likely to inform a reasonable number of residents to be affected by the nomination." .
