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H2249 • 2025

An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction

An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction

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Sponsor
Bruce J. Ayers
Last action
2025-11-24
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4776
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction

An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2249) of Bruce J.
  • Ayers relative to certain construction projects occurring in municipalities within 1,500 feet of a border of another municipality.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-24 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4776

  2. 2025-06-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction
By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2249) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to certain construction projects occurring in municipalities within 1,500 feet of a border of another municipality. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2249

Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 70. Any major construction project occurring in a municipality within 1,500 feet of another municipalities’ border shall contain an area of land between the 2 municipalities to provide for a buffer zone to prevent harm to a neighboring municipality from another municipalities’ allowance of major construction. For the purposes of this section the term major construction project shall mean any public or private construction totaling in excess of $5,000,000, road or highway construction or erection of any bridge over navigable or tidal waters.

The buffer zone shall include, but not be limited to: parks, gardens, trails, wetlands open space, or a specific protected area, where restrictions on resource use and development measures are undertaken in order to enhance the open space or conservation use of the protected area.

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