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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2899 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1468 |
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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 | | Angelo L. D'Emilia |
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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 prison mitigation. |
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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:Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/19/2023Jonathan D. Zlotnik2nd Worcester3/1/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2899 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1468 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative D'Emilia of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1468) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Angelo L. D'Emilia and Jonathan D. Zlotnik for legislation to establish a prison mitigation |
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| 20 | 20 | | fund for cities and towns hosting Department of Correction facilities. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1541 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 prison mitigation. |
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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. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2section 71 the following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 72. There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4separate fund to be known as the Prison Mitigation Fund, which shall be used exclusively for |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5cities and towns hosting department of correction facilities. Amounts credited to the fund shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6be administered by the department of correction. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 There shall be credited to the fund, revenue from appropriations or other monies |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund and 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9investment income earned on the fund’s assets, and all other sources. Money remaining in the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 One hundred per cent of the monies deposited in the fund, but not less than $2,500,000 in |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12the aggregate, in each fiscal year shall be distributed to each said city and town in accordance |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13with the following formula: the aggregate amount in the fund divided by the average daily |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14prisoner population at all department of correction facilities, multiplied by the average daily |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15prisoner population located within said city or town. |
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