MA H286

Bill

Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
02/22/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails. Community Development and Small Businesses.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes municipalities to use community preservation funds to acquire land that is held for railroad purposes and convert it into recreational trails. Specifically, the bill allows municipalities to acquire land that may have property interests or reversionary rights held by the grantor or the United States under the National Trails System Act, and still consider the acquired land as a "real property interest" for the purposes of the community preservation program. This provides municipalities more flexibility in acquiring land for the development of recreational trails on former railroad rights-of-way.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (31)

Carmine Gentile (D)*, Lindsay Sabadosa (D)*, Ruth Balser (D), Natalie Blais (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Jo Comerford (D), David DeCoste (R), Mindy Domb (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Steven Howitt (R), Brad Jones (R), Hannah Kane (R), James Kelcourse (R), Jack Lewis (D), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Joe McKenna (R), Christina Minicucci (D), Matt Muratore (R), Brian Murray (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Steve Owens (D), Maria Robinson (D), Adam Scanlon (D), Dan Sena (D), Tom Stanley (D), Tommy Vitolo (D), Bud Williams (D), Steve Xiarhos (R),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H286

(5 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H286
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H286.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3389	To authorize the acquisition of land, the development and construction of an underground railroad, civil rights and black heritage museum and cultural center in Springfield	Accompanied a new draft, see H4830	Similar To
H3751	Authorizing the town of Danvers to convey and acquire certain property	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 119 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H4830	To study the development of an underground railroad, civil rights and black heritage museum and cultural center in Springfield	New draft substituted, see H5096	Similar To
H5100	Authorizing the city of Watertown to acquire property in the city of Waltham	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S148	Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To

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