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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3045 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2327
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Allen Robertson
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3045 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2327
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2327)
of David Allen Robertson relative to funding for public safety and education for certain
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority communities. Municipalities and Regional
Government.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5498 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 9
2of chapter 150 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by adding the following
3subsection:-
4 (d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or any other general or special law to the contrary, no
5department or agency of the commonwealth shall, pursuant to this section or any other general or
6special law, withhold funding or grant opportunities for which the MBTA community is
7otherwise eligible for failure to comply with this section, if the funding or grant may lawfully be
8used by the MBTA community for public safety or public education purposes, as determined by
9the department or agency responsible for determining the funding or grant eligibility.