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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3467 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3717 |
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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 | | Michael P. Kushmerek |
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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 modernize and enhance the distribution of Chapter 90 funds. |
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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:Michael P. Kushmerek3rd Worcester1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3467 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3717 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kushmerek of Fitchburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3717) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Michael P. Kushmerek for legislation to further regulate the distribution of transportation |
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| 20 | 20 | | funds. Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3361 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to modernize and enhance the distribution of Chapter 90 funds. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2hereby amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsections: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (c) All expenditures for maintaining, repairing, improving, and constructing municipal |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4ways and bridges, and other eligible municipal projects, made by the department in accordance |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5with subsection (b), shall be allocated by the commissioner to each municipality based upon the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6following factors- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (i) The cost of resurfacing two percent of all municipally owned, but not state numbered, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8roads within said municipality; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (ii) The cost of resurfacing three and three-tenths percent of all municipally owned and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10maintained state numbered routes within said municipality. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (d) The match factor of the Municipal Match Program set forth in Chapter 90 of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, for the purpose of maintaining, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13repairing, improving, and constructing municipal ways and bridges, and other eligible municipal |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14projects, shall be determined by using the measure of aggregate property values and aggregate |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15personal income within each municipality, with each measure to be given equal weight. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 (e) The maximum allowable match by the Commonwealth shall be two hundred percent |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17of the allocation put forth by a municipality, not to exceed said sum of local apportionment. The |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18minimum allowable match shall be twelve and a half percent of the allocation set forth by a |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19municipality, not to exceed said sum of local apportionment. |
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