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
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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
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��������������� 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.
