The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tarr, Bruce (SEN) (BY REQUEST)

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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:

A proposal for a legislative amendment to the constitution prohibiting solicitation in public housing

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PETITION OF:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

PROPOSAL for a legislative amendment to the Constitution prohibiting solicitation in public housing

            A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

            No land owned by a public housing authority shall be considered a public forum except by explicit consent from the housing authority or governing public agency.