Bill Text: MA H2013 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Further regulate the maintenance of roads, bridges, beaches and other common areas in private subdivisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H2013 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2013-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner
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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 private road maintenance .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Jeffrey Davis Perry |
5th Barnstable |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4482 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to private road maintenance .
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 184 of the General Laws shall be amended by adding after Section 23A, the following new section:
Section 23B. “Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the obligation of property owners in private subdivisions to maintain private roads, bridges, beaches or other common areas shall be deemed to be a servitude and not a condition or restriction whether such obligation is imposed by a recorded document or otherwise.”
SECTION 2. This act shall go into effect upon its passage.
