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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1976 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2437
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Pavel M. Payano
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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 to modernize and enhance the distribution of Chapter 90 funds.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Pavel M. PayanoFirst Essex 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1976 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2437
By Mr. Payano, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2437) of Pavel M. Payano for
legislation to modernize and enhance the distribution of Chapter 90 funds for maintaining,
repairing, improving, and constructing municipal ways and bridges, and other eligible municipal
projects. Transportation.
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 to modernize and enhance the distribution of Chapter 90 funds.
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 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is
2hereby amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsections:
3 (c) All expenditures for maintaining, repairing, improving, and constructing municipal
4ways and bridges, and other eligible municipal projects, made by the department in accordance
5with subsection (b), shall be allocated by the commissioner to each municipality based upon the
6following factors-
7 (i) The cost of resurfacing two percent of all municipally owned, but not state numbered,
8roads within said municipality;
9 (ii) The cost of resurfacing three and three-tenths percent of all municipally owned and
10maintained state numbered routes within said municipality. 2 of 2
11 (d) The match factor of the Municipal Match Program set forth in Chapter 90 of the
12General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, for the purpose of maintaining,
13repairing, improving, and constructing municipal ways and bridges, and other eligible municipal
14projects, shall be determined by using the measure of aggregate property values and aggregate
15personal income within each municipality, with each measure to be given equal weight.
16 e) The maximum allowable match by the Commonwealth shall be two hundred percent of
17the allocation put forth by a municipality, not to exceed said sum of local apportionment. The
18minimum allowable match shall be twelve and a half percent of the allocation set forth by a
19municipality, not to exceed said sum of local apportionment.