{"id":1115,"date":"2020-08-28T02:46:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T06:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2020-08-28T23:53:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T03:53:46","slug":"chapter-209-an-act-promoting-climate-change-adaptation-environmental-and-natural-resource-protection-and-investment-in-recreational-assets-and-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/2020\/08\/28\/chapter-209-an-act-promoting-climate-change-adaptation-environmental-and-natural-resource-protection-and-investment-in-recreational-assets-and-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 209,\u00a0An Act Promoting Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental and Natural Resource Protection, and Investment in Recreational Assets and Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4613:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.26.18_H4613.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.26.18_H4613<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.9.18_S2590.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.9.18_S2590<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.12.18_S2591.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.12.18_S2591<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.12.18_S2602.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.12.18_S2602<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613_Bill-History-505x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613_Bill-History-505x636.png 505w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613_Bill-History.png 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613_Roll-Call.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"115\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1522\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613_Senate-Amendments.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"329\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1523\" \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4613.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">H4613<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">INSTATRAC:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comparison of HB4613 with HB4835<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comparison of SB2602 with HB4835<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HB4835 Section-by-Section Summaries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.9.18_Session-Law-Acts-of-2018-Chapter-209.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.9.18_Session Law &#8211; Acts of 2018 Chapter 209<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4879: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4879.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4879<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4880: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4880.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4880<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4881: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4881.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4881<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4882: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4882.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4882<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4883: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4883.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4883<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4835:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/SUMMARY-FOR-HB4835.docx\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SUMMARY FOR HB4835<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4599:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/6.13.18_H4599_Amendments.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">6.13.18_H4599_Amendments<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4599_Bill-History.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"606\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1526\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4438:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/4.30.18_H4266.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">4.30.18_H4266<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/4.30.18_H4321.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">4.30.18_H4321<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/4.30.18_S2379.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">4.30.18_S2379<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/6.4.18_H4558.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">6.4.18_H4558<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/6.11.18_H4595.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">6.11.18_H4595<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/6.13.18_H4599.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">6.13.18_H4599<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/H4438_Bill-History.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"523\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1534\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/House-No.-4438.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House No. 4438<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/House-No.-4438-1.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House, No. 4438<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Floor Documents &amp; Conference Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.30.18_SenateRollCall487.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.30.18_SenateRollCall487<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.30.18_SenateRollCall511.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.30.18_SenateRollCall511<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4613:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.12.18_SenateRollCall441.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.12.18_SenateRollCall441<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/Committee-of-Conference-House-No.-4613.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Committee of Conference House No. 4613<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/House-No.-4613.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House No. 4613<\/a> <a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/House-No.-4613-1.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House No. 4613<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H.4835:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.27.18_House-On-Acceptance-of-the-Conference-Report.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.27.18_House On Acceptance of the Conference Report<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.27.18_Senate-On-Acceptance-of-the-Conference-Report.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.27.18_Senate On Acceptance of the Conference Report<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.30.18_House-On-Enactment.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.30.18_House On Enactment<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/7.30.18_Senate-On-Enactment.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">7.30.18_Senate On Enactment<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181503\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Advances &#8211; Week of Aug. 5, 2018\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181451\" style=\"color: #000000;\">BAG BAN DROPPED FROM $2.4 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL\u00a0BOND<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181544\" style=\"color: #000000;\">BILL SIGNINGS &#8211; FRIDAY, AUG. 10,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181467\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION &#8211; 11 A.M. &#8211; 6 P.M. &#8211; MONDAY, JULY 30,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181550\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION &#8211; MONDAY, AUG. 13,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181846\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION &#8211; TUESDAY, OCT. 9,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181457\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION \u2013 FRIDAY, JULY 27,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181473\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION &#8211; 3 P.M.-10 P.M. &#8211; MONDAY, JULY 30,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181905\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION &#8211; THURSDAY, OCT. 18,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20181465\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION \u2013 10:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. \u2013 MONDAY, JULY 30,\u00a02018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/Senate-No.-2590.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Senate No. 2590<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/Senate-no.-2591-.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Senate no. 2591<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/Senate-No.-2591-House-vote.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Senate No. 2591 House vote<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Executive Action Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/8.13.18_H4884.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">8.13.18_H4884<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/08\/4.30.18_H4318.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">4.30.18_H4318<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Press Reports (links only)<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/2018\/07\/massachusetts_legislature_pass_5.html\" style=\"color: #000000;\">With climate change front and center, Massachusetts legislature sends $2.4 billion environmental bond bill to governor&#8217;s desk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshireeagle.com\/stories\/woodlands-partnership-wins-passage-in-legislature,546221\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Woodlands partnership wins passage in Legislature<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/natick\/natick-earmarks-included-final-environmental-bond-bill\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Natick Earmarks Included In Final Environmental Bond Bill<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advocates say clean energy bill falls short by Christian M. Wade <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recorder.com\/State-cuts-estate-tax-on-farmland-19520588\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Farmland heirs get a break in state bond bill<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gov. Baker signs legislation directing $2.4 billion to climate change adaptation, environmental protection, and community investments, SAMPAN <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recorder.com\/Environmental-law-aims-to-prepare-state-for-climate-change-19630060\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Environmental law aims to prepare state for climate change<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.massfiscal.org\/the_mad_scramble\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The Mad Scramble <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.state.ma.us\/handle\/2452\/793370\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor Baker Signs Legislation Directing $2.4 Billion to Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental Protection, and Community Investments<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cabaus.org\/2018\/07\/31\/massachusetts-end-session-climate-policy-summary\/\" style=\"color: #000000;\">[MASSACHUSETTS] END OF SESSION CLIMATE POLICY SUMMARY<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions H.4613: 7.26.18_H4613 7.9.18_S2590 7.12.18_S2591 7.12.18_S2602 H4613 INSTATRAC:\u00a0 Comparison of HB4613 with HB4835 Comparison of SB2602 with HB4835 HB4835 Section-by-Section Summaries 8.9.18_Session Law &#8211; Acts of 2018 Chapter 209 H.4879: 8.13.18_H4879 H.4880: 8.13.18_H4880 H.4881: 8.13.18_H4881 H.4882: 8.13.18_H4882 H.4883: 8.13.18_H4883 H.4835: SUMMARY FOR HB4835 H.4599:\u00a0 6.13.18_H4599_Amendments H.4438:\u00a0 4.30.18_H4266 4.30.18_H4321 4.30.18_S2379 6.4.18_H4558 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}