The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kevin G. Honan

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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 clarifying warehousing.

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1488 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act clarifying warehousing..

                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 4 of Chapter 239 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of subsection (a) the following:-

            The term “warehouser or other storage facility” shall be defined as a public warehouse licensed and bonded pursuant to section 1 of chapter 105 and located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and within a 20 mile radius of the land or tenements from which the personal property is removed.