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House roll call #493 · 2017–2018 session · July 31, 2018

Releasing certain land in Berkley from the operation of an agricultural preservation restriction

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What they voted on

Final approval before the bill goes to the Governor

Official wording: S.2395, On Enactment Land Taking

Who filed S.2395

Sponsor Marc R. Pacheco

Co-sponsors 1

Keiko M. Orrall

151 Yes0 No2 did not vote

Passed

Every member's vote

Voted yes (151)
Did not vote (2)

What it means

This bill lets the state release about 1 acre at 12 Friend Street in Berkley, owned by a Chamberlain family trust, from a state farmland preservation restriction and right of first refusal. Before the release, the land must get an updated fair market value appraisal, and if that value is higher than its value as farmland, the owner must pay the difference to the Department of Agricultural Resources to buy other farmland restrictions. It also removes two parcels the bill says were wrongly included in the original restriction, and keeps the rest of the restriction in force.

Source: official text and history of S.2395 on malegislature.gov.

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