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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2395 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 298 |
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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 | | Edward J. Kennedy |
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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 increased material costs in school construction projects. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Edward J. KennedyFirst MiddlesexVanna Howard17th MiddlesexRady Mom18th MiddlesexRodney M. Elliott16th MiddlesexJohn J. CroninWorcester and Middlesex1/23/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex1/24/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex1/24/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/30/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2395 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 298 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 298) of Edward J. Kennedy, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Vanna Howard, Rady Mom, Rodney M. Elliott and other members of the General Court for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation relative to increased material costs in school construction projects. Education. |
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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 increased material costs in school construction projects. |
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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 Chapter 70B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 SECTION 21. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, as a means of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3providing available assets for previously approved school building projects adversely affected by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4increases to material costs, a percentage but no less than $150,000,000 of eligible funds received |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5by the commonwealth as part of State and Local aid from Federal COVID-19 recovery funds |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6shall be paid over to and become part of the School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7Fund. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 The Massachusetts School Building Authority shall use these funds to reimburse |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9previously approved school building projects that can show a demonstrated cost increase brought |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10about by the COVID-19 pandemic and global supply chain issues. |
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