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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 255 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2073 |
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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 | | Hannah Kane and James Arciero |
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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 protecting municipalities from unfunded mandates. |
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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:Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/11/2023James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/12/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/25/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/8/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/16/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 255 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2073 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Kane of Shrewsbury and Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 2073) of Hannah Kane, James Arciero and others for legislation to require that |
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| 20 | 20 | | fiscal notes be attached to legislation providing unfunded mandates on municipal governments. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2180 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to protecting municipalities from unfunded mandates. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Chapter 3 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 38B the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2following section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Section 38B½.(a) For the purposes of this section, an unfunded mandate to a city or town |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4is one that imposes a cost on municipal governments as a result of legislation being considered |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5by the General Court, including, but not limited to the cost for the requisite staff necessary to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6administer or implement the legislation. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 (b) Joint committees of the general court and the committees on ways and means of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8either branch thereof when referred bills that contain an unfunded mandate to municipalities 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9shall, prior to a favorable report of such bill include a fiscal note or study which clearly explains |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10any cost described in subsection (a). |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 (c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in the event that there is a |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12cost to any city or town regarding such legislation, the general court shall refrain from enacting |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13the legislation until such time as an appropriation satisfying said cost is provided by the general |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14court. |
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