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Resolve, To Repeal the Requirement That the Department of Transportation Facilitate a Feasibility Study of an East-west Highway and Provide for Public Access to Certain Documents
Sec. 1 Resolve 2011, c. 147, repealed. Resolved: That Resolve 2011, c. 147 is repealed; and be it further
Sec. 2 Confidentiality of east-west highway documents. Resolved: That, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all documents, including, but not limited to, e-mails, attachments, letters, contracts, reports, records, notes, summaries, working papers, plans, interoffice and intraoffice memoranda and drafts or any other materials created, received or transmitted by the Department of Transportation in connection with Resolve 2011, chapter 147 are not confidential and are subject to public review; and be it further
Sec. 3 Reimbursement for cost of analysis. Resolved: That the Department of Transportation may not seek nor receive reimbursement for any cost-analysis or feasibility study conducted by a private entity pursuant to Resolve 2011, chapter 147 prior to the effective date of this section.
 
SUMMARY
This resolve repeals Resolve 2011, chapter 147, "Resolve, To Require the Department of Transportation To Facilitate and Oversee a Study of the Feasibility of an East-west Highway." This resolve specifies that any documents created in connection with Resolve 2011, chapter 147 are public documents and are not confidential. This resolve also prohibits the department from seeking reimbursement for any study conducted pursuant to Resolve 2011, chapter 147.