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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1011 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3067 |
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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 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney |
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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 establishing a special commission to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing a |
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| 13 | 13 | | municipal building financing authority. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1011 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3067 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3067) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to provide for an investigation by a special commission |
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| 21 | 21 | | (including members of the General Court) relative to establishing a municipal building finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | authority. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3186 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act establishing a special commission to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing a |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipal building financing authority. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. There is hereby established a special commission to investigate and study |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2the feasibility of establishing a municipal building finance authority. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 SECTION 2. The commission shall: (1) consider recommendations from state and federal |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4reports, relative to the establishment of a municipal building finance authority; (2) identify and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5consider state and private funding sources with consideration for providing grants and loans to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6cities and towns for the planning, design, and construction of municipal buildings; (3) assess |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7innovative financing approaches for assisting municipalities in the planning and construction of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8municipal buildings including, but not limited to, councils-on-aging facilities, public safety |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9facilities, town halls, and other municipal buildings or facilities; and (4) determine specific 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10powers of a municipal building finance authority including but not limited to (a) establishing |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11grant programs, (b) providing architectural or other technical advice and assistance to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12municipalities, general contractors, subcontractors, construction or project managers, designers |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13and others in the planning, maintenance and establishment of municipal facilities; (c) perform or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14commission a needs survey to ascertain the capital construction, reconstruction, maintenance and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15other capital needs for municipal facilities in the commonwealth, and (d) recommend to the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16general court legislation as necessary to further the purposes of establishing a municipal building |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17finance authority. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 SECTION 2. The municipal building finance commission shall be comprised of the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19following 13 members: 2 members of the senate appointed by the senate president; 2 members of |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; 1 member of the senate and 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21member of the house of representatives appointed by the minority leader of each; the state |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22treasurer or a designee, the secretary of administration and finance or a designee, the secretary of |
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| 56 | 56 | | 23public safety and security or a designee, the secretary of elder affairs or a designee; the secretary |
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| 57 | 57 | | 24of housing and economic development or a designee; the executive director of the school |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25building authority or a designee and a representative of the Massachusetts Municipal |
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| 59 | 59 | | 26Association. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 27 The members of the commission shall be appointed not later than 90 days after the |
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| 61 | 61 | | 28effective date of this act and shall serve until the completion of the report. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 29 SECTION 3. The commission shall report to the general court the results of its study |
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| 63 | 63 | | 30together with recommendations and drafts of legislation by filing the same with the clerks of the |
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| 64 | 64 | | 31senate and the house of representatives on or before December 31, 2023. |
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