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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2361 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3997 |
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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 | | Dennis C. Gallagher |
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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 establishing the suburban infrastructure fund to help municipalities pay for |
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| 13 | 13 | | improvements and upgrades to town-owned roads, bridges and sidewalks. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Dennis C. Gallagher8th Plymouth1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2361 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3997 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3997) |
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| 20 | 20 | | of Dennis C. Gallagher for legislation to establish the suburban infrastructure fund to help |
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| 21 | 21 | | municipalities pay for improvements and upgrades to town-owned roads, bridges and sidewalks. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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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 establishing the suburban infrastructure fund to help municipalities pay for |
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| 29 | 29 | | improvements and upgrades to town-owned roads, bridges and sidewalks. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2JJJJJJ the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2following section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Section 2KKKKKK. (a) For purposes of this section, “qualifying municipality” shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4mean a city or town with a population of less than 50,000 residents. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 (b) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6fund to be known as the Suburban Infrastructure Fund. The fund shall be credited with revenue |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7from appropriations, bonding or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8designated to be credited to the fund and investment income earned on the fund’s assets, and all |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9other sources. Money remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10General Fund. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 (c) The fund shall be administered by the executive office for administration and finance |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12and shall be exclusively for qualifying municipalities. Amounts credited to this fund shall be |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13applied for by qualifying municipalities through a grant process established by the executive |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14office for the improvements of town-owned roads, bridges and sidewalks in qualifying |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15municipalities. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 (d) One hundred per cent of the monies deposited in the fund, but not less than |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17$250,000,000 in aggregate, in each fiscal year, shall be distributed to qualifying municipalities |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18that apply for funds to cover or reduce the cost of specific town-owned road, bridge or sidewalk |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19projects within the qualifying municipality. |
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