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MA H3599
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Vieira
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AI Summary
- Lots created for Native American Indians at Chappaquiddick, Dudley, Gay Head, Herring Pond, and Mashpee shall be deemed granted in fee simple absolute with no restraint on alienation
- Superior court granted jurisdiction to establish 40-foot wide easements to public ways over public lands (including land bank property) for vehicular access and underground utilities where express easements do not exist
- If public lands are unavailable, court may create new 40-foot wide easements to the nearest public way, determining all necessary parties for equitable resolution
- Easements shall be considered pre-existing ways under subdivision control law, providing sufficient frontage for residential development and utility installation
- References Chapter 463 of the Acts of 1869, which enfranchised Native Americans as Massachusetts citizens and affirmed their fee simple property rights to previously set-off lands
Legislative Description
Relative to certain easements
Last Action
Hearing scheduled for 02/12/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2/2/2026
Committee Referrals
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight12/8/2025
Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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