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Senate 1187 - Petition of Marc R. Pacheco, Stephen R. Canessa and William M. Strauss (by vote of the town) for legislation for legislationto authorize the town of Middleborough to deposit certain tax payments received into its land acquisition fund.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 09/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 654

Sponsor:

  • Marc R. Pacheco

All Bill Actions

  • 01/10/07 S Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
  • 01/10/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Apr 2 pm at 1:00 in Room B-1
  • 04/05/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 150
  • 05/10/07 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 218
  • 07/16/07 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 07/16/07 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 583
  • 07/19/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 548
  • 09/17/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 650
  • 09/18/07 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 654

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