HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2305 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2665
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel B. Winslow
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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 to reduce the cost of constructing or improving roads
.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Daniel B. Winslow | 9th Norfolk |
William N. Brownsberger |
[District]
|
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
Robert L. Hedlund |
[District]
|
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2305 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2665
By Mr. Winslow of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2665) of Walsh and others reducing the cost of constructing or improving roads
Joint Committee on Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to reduce the cost of constructing or improving roads
.
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 3 of Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (49): -
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in order to promulgate efficiency and cost-savings, the department shall not, whether, as a condition of state funding or otherwise, require any city or town to construct or reconstruct any public way with a design speed that exceeds the posted speed that shall be assigned to that public way by the city or town upon completion of construction or reconstruction.
