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Download the FY2019 Amendment Book House 4400 FY2019 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 13 Extension Date for Increasing Contributions of Municipal Retirees Amends MGL 32B:22 by extending the date of when a public authority may increase the percentage of contributions by retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents to their health insurance premiums from July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2020. Primary Sponsor: Frank I. Smizik Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 62 Requiring Agencies to Consider Municipal Financial Impact During Rulemaking Amends MGL 30A:2A to require state agencies to notify and meet with the Advisory Commission on Local Government, the Division of Local Mandates, or the Department of Housing and Community Development on the potential financial impact of any proposed rulemaking. Primary Sponsor: Theodore C. Speliotis Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 63 Information to Voters – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases information to voters appropriation by $50K and earmarks same amount for the Citizens' Initiative Review Pilot Project at Tufts University. Primary Sponsor: Jonathan Hecht 0524 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 69 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Earmark Earmarks $175K in the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve for the West Boylston fire station. Primary Sponsor: James J. O'Day 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 82 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Earmark Earmarks $50K in the Massachusetts cultural council line item for Stone Soul Inc. Primary Sponsor: Bud Williams 0640 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 88 Massachusetts Office of Victim Witness Assistance – Appropriation Increase Increases Massachusetts office of victim witness assistance appropriation by $95K. Primary Sponsor: David Paul Linsky 0840 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 104 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve by $75K and earmarks the same amount for the Fore River Clubhouse and Fore River Field in Quincy. Primary Sponsor: Ronald Mariano 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 105 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve by $150K and earmarks the same amount for the Pond Plain Improvement Association in Weymouth. Primary Sponsor: Ronald Mariano 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 119 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Earmark Earmarks $50K in the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve for Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Billerica. Primary Sponsor: Marc T. Lombardo 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 120 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Earmark Earmarks $2M in the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve for construction of sidewalks in Billerica. Primary Sponsor: Marc T. Lombardo 1599 Page 1 of 140 House 4400 FY2019 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 121 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Earmark Earmarks $30K in the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve for the Buck Auditorium in Billerica. Primary Sponsor: Marc T. Lombardo 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 136 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Earmark Earmarks $40K in the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve for the Randolph High School. Primary Sponsor: William Driscoll 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 147 East Bridgewater Land Transfers Inserts new sections providing that certain land transfers made by the town of East Bridgewater prior to 2013 are effective despite recording deficiencies. Primary Sponsor: Geoff Diehl Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 184 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Appropriation Increase Increases the Massachusetts Cultural Council appropriation by $3M. Primary Sponsor: Cory Atkins 0640 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 220 Minuteman Regional Vocational School District Leasing Inserts new sections to permit the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District to lease its property; to contract for design, construction, and maintenance; and to establish an account for resulting revenue, to be used to offset debt from a new high school. Primary Sponsor: Jay R. Kaufman Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 221 Holyoke City Hall – New Line Item Adds new line item for the restoration and repair of Holyoke City Hall funded at $150K. Primary Sponsor: Aaron Vega Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 259 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve appropriation by $75K and earmarks the same amount for Millside Park in Easthampton. Primary Sponsor: John W. Scibak 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 260 Permitted State and Municipal Fund Investments Amends multiple MGLs to allow state agencies, offices, departments, municipalities, cities, and towns to invest in federal or state credit unions. Primary Sponsor: Jonathan D. Zlotnik Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 261 Gardner and Winchendon District Courts Amends MGL 218:1 by merging the Gardner and Winchendon District Courts. Primary Sponsor: Jonathan D. Zlotnik Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 262 Core Technology Services and Security Chargeback – Earmark Earmarks $40K in the core technology services and security chargeback line item for the town of Sterling to implement an online E-Permitting program. Primary Sponsor: Harold P. Naughton, Jr. 1790 Page 2 of 140 House 4400 FY2019 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 266 UMASS Police Officer Retirement Group Classification Amends MGL 32:3 by removing UMASS police officers from Group 2 retirement classification and placing them in the Group 4 retirement classification. Primary Sponsor: Jonathan D. Zlotnik Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 272 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Earmark Earmarks $100K in the Massachusetts cultural council line item for improvements to the Albion Cultural Exchange. Primary Sponsor: Donald H. Wong 0640 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 282 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases the municipal regionalization and efficiencies incentive reserve appropriation by $4M and earmarks $3.4M for District Local and Technical Assistance. Primary Sponsor: Paul J. Donato 1599 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 286 Bureau of Program Integrity – Appropriation Increase Increases appropriation for the Bureau of Program Integrity by $46K. Primary Sponsor: Paul J. Donato 0910 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 287 Office of the Inspector General – Language Change Requires prior appropriations in the Office of Inspector General line item to be continued. Primary Sponsor: Paul J. Donato 0910 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 292 Early Voting – New Line Item Adds new line item for early voting funded at $1.5M. Primary Sponsor: Paul J. Donato 0521 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 294 Elections Division – Appropriation Increase Increases elections division appropriation by $1M. Primary Sponsor: Paul J. Donato 0521 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 322 Creditable Service Exemption and PERAC Notice Requirements Amends MGL 32:3 by exempting from liability for actuarial interest payments members whose prior creditable service predates January 1, 1986 and by requiring the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission to send timely notice of any changes to MGL 32 by certified mail at least 10 days in advance to those with a financial interest. Primary Sponsor: Geoff Diehl Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 329 Chapter 257 and Human Service Reserve – Language Change Requires providers receiving rates under chapter 257 of the acts of 2008 to use not less than 75 percent of received funds to increase the hourly rate of all of its employees to be not less than fifteen dollars per hour and gives oversight and discretion of this requirement to the secretary of health and human services. Primary Sponsor: Daniel M. Donahue Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 340 Public Records Law Changes Amends MGL 66:18 by removing the Legislature’s disclosure exemption. Primary Sponsor: James J. Lyons, Jr. Page 3 of 140 House 4400 FY2019 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 350 Hampshire County Registry of Deeds – Appropriation Increase Increases Hampshire county registry of deeds appropriation by $254K. Primary Sponsor: John W. Scibak 0540 Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 357 Naming a Section of United States Highway Route 7 Inserts a new section that names of a section
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