Bill Text: MA H732 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Flood storage areas in the Alewife Brook watershed in the cities of Cambridge and Somerville and in the towns of Arlington and Belmont
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-23 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H732 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H732-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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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 flood storage.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Sean Garballey |
23rd Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to flood storage.
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: Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council shall conduct a study of potential flood storage locations and water quality improvements in the Alewife Brook watershed in the Cities of Cambridge and Somerville, and in the Towns of Arlington and Belmont.
Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of passage of this act, the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council shall submit a report to the clerks of the House and Senate detailing a plan concerning the implementation of said study.
SECTION 2: A sum of $100,000 shall be appropriate for the purpose of funding the study required by SECTION 1."
