Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5304: An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to release a certain sewer line easement in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston
Status: Signed into law, August 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 25, 2026:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, may release by deed or other instrument for the benefit of Nora, LLC, owner of the premises located at 49 Charles Park road in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston, its successors or assigns, a portion of a sewer easement located on said real property. The easement was taken by the office of metropolitan sewage commissioners for the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, repairing and renewing sewers, drains, manholes and underground appurtenances, recorded with the Suffolk county registry of deeds in book 2448, page 006 and dated June 5, 1897. The portion of the easement to be released is shown on a sketch entitled, “Attachment A Proposed Surplus Sewer Easement 49 Charles Park Road, Boston” dated August 24, 2023, which is on file with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the division of capital asset management and maintenance. The exact boundaries of the portion of the easement to be released shall be determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, based …
Sponsors
- William MacGregor (D, 10th Suffolk)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Emergency preamble adopted
- : Rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Committee recommended ought to pass
- : Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Rules suspended
- : Ordered to a third reading
Votes
- Committee Vote - Senate Committee on Ways and Means (August 10, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H5304?
- H5304 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to release a certain sewer line easement in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston.
- What is the status of H5304?
- Signed into law as of August 26, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2026 (August 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5304?
- William MacGregor (D, 10th Suffolk).
- Where is the official record for H5304?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5304
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