Bill > H4648

This bill allows the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of the Mohican Nation to purchase or lease 372.550 acres of undeveloped land known as Fenn Farm in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, without being required to establish conservation restrictions, which would typically be mandated under existing state law. By specifically exempting this land transaction from the usual conservation restriction requirements outlined in section 11 of chapter 21N of the General Laws, the bill facilitates the potential land acquisition by the Mohican Nation. The bill is framed as an emergency law, suggesting urgency in completing the land transaction, and it overrides any existing general or special laws, rules, or regulations that might otherwise require conservation restrictions as a condition for receiving state funding for land purchases or leases.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4648