Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4251 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4251
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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5	5	INITIATIVE PETITION OF DIANA DIZOGLIO AND OTHERS.
6	6	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
7	7	BOSTON, JANUARY 16, 2024.
8	8	Steven T. James
9	9	Clerk of the House of Representatives
10	10	State House
11	11	Boston, Massachusetts 02133
12	12	Sir: — I herewith transmit to you, in accordance with the requirements of
13	13	Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution an initiative petition for
14	14	“A Law Expressly Authorizing the Auditor to Audit the Legislature,” signed by
15	15	ten qualified voters and filed with this department on or before December 6,
16	16	2023, together with additional signatures of qualified voters in the number of
17	17	94,404, being a sufficient number to comply with the Provisions of said Article.
18	18	Sincerely,
19	19	WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
20	20	Secretary of the Commonwealth.
21	21	AN INITIATIVE PETITION.
22	22	Pursuant to Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
23	23	Commonwealth, as amended, the undersigned qualified voters of the
24	24	Commonwealth, ten in number at least, hereby petition for the enactment into
25	25	law of the following measure: 2 of 5
26	26	FILED ON: 1/17/2024
27	27	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4251
28	28	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
29	29	_______________
30	30	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
31	31	(2023-2024)
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33	33	An Act expressly authorizing the Auditor to audit the Legislature.
34	34	Be it enacted by the People, and by their authority, as follows:
35	35	1SECTION 1.
36	36	2 The first sentence of section 12 of chapter 11 of the General Laws, as appearing in the
37	37	32022 Official Edition, is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
38	38	4 Section 12. The department of the state auditor shall audit the accounts, programs,
39	39	5activities and functions directly related to the aforementioned accounts of all departments,
40	40	6offices, commissions, institutions and activities of the commonwealth, including those of
41	41	7districts and authorities created by the general court and the general court itself, and including
42	42	8those of the income tax division of the department of revenue, and for such purposes, the
43	43	9authorized officers and employees of the department of the state auditor shall have access to such
44	44	10accounts at reasonable times and the department may require the production of books,
45	45	11documents, vouchers and other records relating to any matter within the scope of an audit
46	46	12conducted under this section or section 13, except tax returns. 3 of 5
47	47	FIRST TEN SIGNERS
48	48	NAMERESIDENCECITY OR T OWNDiana DiZoglio30 Olive StreetMethuenJonathan Hecht159 Russell AvenueWatertownJennifer Nassour12 Mountainview RoadWellesleyYvonne M. Spicer3 North LaneFraminghamMarcus S. Vaughn35 Rochambeau AvenueWrenthamNeil M. M. Morrison75 Oakridge DriveTauntonPaula F. Morrison75 Oakridge DriveTauntonErin Leahy9 Cleveland Street, # 3SomervilleGary D. Bernard11 Fairfield Avenue, # 2MelroseSusan A. Bernard11 Fairfield Avenue, # 2Melrose 4 of 5
49	49	CERTIFICATE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
50	50	Honorable William Francis Galvin
51	51	Secretary of the Commonwealth
52	52	One Ashburton Place, Room 1705
53	53	Boston, Massachusetts 02108
54	54	RE: Initiative Petition No. 23-34: Initiative Petition for A Law Expressly
55	55	Authorizing the Auditor to Audit Legislature
56	56	Dear Secretary Galvin:
57	57	In accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Amendments to
58	58	the Massachusetts Constitution, I have reviewed the above-referenced initiative
59	59	petition, which was submitted to me on or before the first Wednesday of August
60	60	of this year.
61	61	I hereby certify that this measure is in proper form for submission to
62	62	the people; that the measure is not, either affirmatively or negatively,
63	63	substantially the same as any measure which has been qualified for submission
64	64	or submitted to the people at either of the two preceding biennial state elections;
65	65	and that it contains only subjects that are related or are mutually dependent and
66	66	which are not excluded from the initiative process pursuant to Article 48, the
67	67	Initiative, Part 2, Section 2.
68	68	In accordance with Article 48, I enclose a fair, concise summary of the
69	69	measure.
70	70	Sincerely,
71	71	ANDREA JOY CAMPBELL,
72	72	Attorney General.
73	73	Enclosure 5 of 5
74	74	Summary of 23-34.
75	75	This proposed law would specify that the State Auditor has the authority to audit the Legislature.
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