Bill Text: MA H822 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Conservation retaining certain revenue to promote the development of parks
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H822 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H822-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael F. Rush
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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 to Create a World Class Park System.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Bruce J. Ayers |
1st Norfolk |
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Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
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Louis L. Kafka |
8th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to Create a World Class Park System.
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 1 of chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of conservation and recreation may retain 100 per cent of all new revenue in excess of the levels reached in fiscal year 2009.
SECTION 2. The last paragraph of section 1 of chapter 21 of the General Laws shall be effective for all revenues obtained in excess of the levels reached in fiscal year 2009 up to $20 million or for 10 years, whichever first occurs.
