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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2775 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 690 |
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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 | | Aaron L. Saunders |
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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 the Massachusetts School Building Authority. |
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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:Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2775 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 690 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Saunders of Belchertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 690) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Aaron L. Saunders for legislation to increase the dedicated sales tax revenue for the school |
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| 20 | 20 | | building assistance authority and to further regulate applications for said program. 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-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 the Massachusetts School Building Authority. |
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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 35BB of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the figure “1” and inserting |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 2. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 70B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5amended by striking out, in lines 29 and 30, the figure “1” and inserting in place thereof, in each |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6instance, the following figure:- 2. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 3. Said chapter 70B is hereby amended by inserting after section 5 the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8following section:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 Section 5A. No eligible applicant that submits a statement of interest to the authority |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10pursuant to section 5 shall be denied an invite to apply for a school facilities grant solely because |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11of the age of the system in need of repair. The authority may consider the age of the system in |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12need of repair as a factor when reviewing applications for the purpose of designating approved 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13school projects pursuant to section 6, and for the purpose of prioritizing the approval of school |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14projects and reimbursements pursuant to section 8; provided, however, that no application shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15be rejected based solely on the age of the system in need of repair; and provided, further, that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16authority may prioritize the repair of older systems. |
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