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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1970 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1271 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to establishing institutional public private partnerships. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1970 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1271 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1271) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for an investigation by a special task force (including members |
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| 20 | 20 | | of the General Court) relative to the economic and educational impacts of establishing public |
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| 21 | 21 | | private partnerships between higher educational institutions and private corporations. Higher |
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| 22 | 22 | | Education. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to establishing institutional public private partnerships. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. There shall be a special task force to review and report on the economic and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2educational impact of establishing public private partnerships between state educational |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3institutions and private corporations. The task force shall consist of 15 members: the house and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4senate chairs of the joint committees on economic development and emerging technologies and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5higher education, or their designees, who shall serve as the co-chairs of the task force; a member |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6of the general court appointed by the senate minority leader; a member of the general court |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7appointed by the house minority leader; the executive director of the Massachusetts Workforce |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8Development Board, or a designee; the executive of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, or a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9designee; the executive director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, or a designee; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10and 5 persons to be appointed by the secretary of labor and workforce development, 1 of whom |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11shall be an employee of the commonwealth in the office of the secretary of labor and workforce 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12development, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, 2 of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13whom shall be selected from a list of 5 persons nominated by the Massachusetts Business |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14Roundtable, and 2 of whom shall be selected from a list of 5 persons nominated by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15chancellor of the university of Massachusetts. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 This task force shall: (i) identify and review the state laws, regulations, and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17administrative directives pertaining to public private partnerships; (ii) identify the key labor |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18sectors that would best benefit from grants and fellowships within the commonwealth; (iii) |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19require the department of labor and workforce development to submit reports to the legislature it |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20obtains from industries relating to their employment trends and future needs; and (iv) develop |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21recommendations to establish legislative procedures to provide funding and regulate public |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22private partnerships to eligible institutions and corporations. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23 The task force shall submit a report, including any draft legislation and regulations, to the |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24clerks of the house of representatives and the senate within 12 months of the passage of this act. |
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