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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4779 FILED ON: 1/8/2024 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4270 |
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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 | | Kenneth I. Gordon |
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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 adding efficiency to paid family and medical leave. |
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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:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/8/2024 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4779 FILED ON: 1/8/2024 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4270 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kenneth I. Gordon |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to administrative costs of the Department of Family and Medical Leave. Labor and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to adding efficiency to paid family and medical leave. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Subsection (b) of section 7 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3sentence:- The costs of administering the department under this chapter shall be paid from the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4trust fund and in each fiscal year shall not exceed 5 per cent of the amount remaining in the fund |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5at the end of the previous fiscal year; provided that, regardless of the trust fund balance at the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6end of a fiscal year, in no fiscal year shall the amount available to the director for administering |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7the department decrease by more than 5 per cent from the previous year. |
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