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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1379 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 434 |
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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 | | John J. Mahoney and Judith A. Garcia |
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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 apportionment of lottery revenues. |
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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:John J. Mahoney13th Worcester1/14/2025Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1379 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 434 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Mahoney of Worcester and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 434) of John J. Mahoney and Judith A. Garcia relative to apportionment of |
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| 20 | 20 | | lottery revenues. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to apportionment of lottery revenues. |
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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 18C of chapter 58, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2hereby amended by striking out the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 Section 18C. (a) In this section, ''budgeted aid'' shall mean unrestricted aid to cities and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5towns, payments in lieu of taxes from the commonwealth to cities and towns, and education aid |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6to cities and towns under chapter 70. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (b) State lottery revenue shall be apportioned to cities and towns proportionate to lottery |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8sales in those cities and towns. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (c) The state treasurer shall, subject to appropriation but not subject to allotment under |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10section 9B of chapter 29, distribute budgeted aid to cities and towns. The distribution shall be |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11made in 12 equal payments, on or before the last day of each month. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 Notwithstanding clause Forty-first of section 7 of chapter 4 or any other general or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13special law to the contrary, the commissioner of revenue or any official responsible for a local |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14reimbursement or assistance program reported by said commissioner under section 25A shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15use, as appropriate, the most recent city and town population estimates of the United States |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16Bureau of the Census in calculating distributions or assessments under local reimbursement or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17assistance programs. Such distribution programs shall include, but not be limited to, the chapter |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1870 school aid program and aid to regional public libraries. Such assessments shall include, but |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19not be limited to, air pollution control districts, the metropolitan area planning council, the old |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20colony planning council, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and any other entity |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21for which said commissioner is required to give notice under said section 25A. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22 (d) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of other state |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23government payments to cities and towns that are not budgeted aid through 1 or more of the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24monthly payments to cities and towns. Nor shall this section be construed to prohibit the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25deduction from distributions to satisfy amounts owed to the state by cities and towns under |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26section 20A or any other general or special law. |
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