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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2327 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2032 |
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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 | | Liz Miranda |
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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 to improve transportation oversight. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Liz MirandaSecond SuffolkDiana DizoglioAuditor2/15/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2327 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2032 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2032) of Liz Miranda and Diana |
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| 19 | 19 | | Dizoglio for legislation to improve transportation oversight. State Administration and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Regulatory Oversight. |
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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 to improve transportation oversight. |
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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 SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 11 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the word “five” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3the following word:- “six”. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 6 of said chapter 11 is hereby amended by striking out the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5words “and the division of local mandates” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6“, the division of local mandates and the division of transportation reviews”. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 3. Chapter 161A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8striking out Section 23 thereof in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 Section 23: Audit; report |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 Section 23. The state auditor shall make an audit of the authority, once every 2 years and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11as often as the state auditor determines is necessary, and make a report thereon to the directors, 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12the governor and the general court. In making such audits, said auditor may call upon any of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13departments, commissions, officers and agencies of the commonwealth for such information as |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14may be needed in the course of making such audits. The state auditor may employ such auditors, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15accountants and other assistants as said auditor deems necessary for carrying out said duties, and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16chapter 31 and the rules made thereunder shall not apply to such employees. The commonwealth |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17shall be reimbursed by the authority for the cost of the audit. |
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