PETITION -- HOUSE
CHIEF SPONSOR:
Representative Thomas Stanley of Waltham |
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 or resolve.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIVE
AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING EMINENT DOMAIN. |
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. Chapter 79 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5C the following section:–
Section 5D. No property shall be taken for private economic development unless the property is a blighted area as defined in section 1 of chapter 121B.