Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, except for section forty-eight of chapter seventy­one of the General Laws, as most recently amended, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ninety­eight, the lottery distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund, as paid by the treasurer from the Local Aid Fund in accordance with the provisions of clause (c) of section thirty­five of chapter ten of the General Laws, shall be five hundred thirty-nine million six hundred sixty-five thousand two hundred one dollars and shall be apportioned to the cities and towns in accordance with this section; provided, that the amount of any balance in the State Lottery Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Local Aid Fund.

For the fiscal years between nineteen hundred and ninety­six and two thousand and one, the lottery distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund shall be the sum of the amount distributed in the prior fiscal year, any increase in State Lottery Fund proceeds for that year, and one­fifth of the difference between the amount distributed to cities and towns in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety­five and actual State Lottery Fund proceeds for that fiscal year; provided further, that for fiscal years including and following fiscal year two thousand and one, the lottery distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund shall be the sum of the amount distributed in the prior fiscal year and any increase in State Lottery Fund proceeds for that year; provided further, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit any corresponding reduction in appropriation for other local aid expenses which would otherwise have been funded with said State Lottery Fund proceeds.

Prior to the fourth quarterly payment of the lottery distribution, the state treasurer shall, in conjunction with the secretary of administration and finance, revise estimates of that fiscal year's State Lottery Fund proceeds based upon actual State Lottery Fund receipts to date. The committees on ways and means shall be notified in writing of any and all such revisions. The lottery distribution to cities and towns shall be revised in accordance with the updated estimates, and any adjustments necessary shall be made through adjusting the final quarterly payment of said lottery distribution to cities and towns. After the final reconciliation of lottery revenues has occurred at the end of each fiscal year, if actual State Lottery Fund revenue growth exceeds the growth distributed to cities and towns, those funds shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year and final adjustments of lottery distribution to cities and towns shall be made by the state treasurer by adjusting the first quarterly payment of said subsequent fiscal year. If actual State Lottery Fund revenue growth falls short of the growth distributed to cities and towns, final adjustments of lottery distributions to cities and towns shall be made by the state treasurer by adjusting downward the first quarterly payment of the subsequent fiscal year.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, except for section forty-eight of said chapter seventy­one, as most recently amended, the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city, town, regional school district and county maintaining an agricultural school from items 0611­5500 and 7061-0008 of section two of this act shall be as set forth in the following list; provided, that the specified amounts to be distributed from items 7061-0008 of said section two are hereby deemed to be in full satisfaction of the amounts due under the provisions of sections three, six, and seven of chapter seventy of the General Laws; provided further, that the amounts to be distributed from item 0611­5500 of said section two are hereby deemed to be in full satisfaction of the amounts due under section thirty­seven of chapter twenty­one of the General Laws. No payments to cities, towns, or counties maintaining an agricultural school pursuant to this section shall be made after November thirtieth of the fiscal year by the state treasurer until he receives certification from the commissioner of revenue of said commissioner's acceptance of the prior fiscal year's annual financial reports submitted pursuant to the provisions of section forty­three of chapter forty­four of the General Laws. In the case of regional school districts, distributions pursuant to this section shall not be paid by the state treasurer after November thirtieth of the fiscal year until he receives certification from said commissioner of the acceptance of the prior year's annual financial reports as prescribed by the director of accounts. The unencumbered amount in the excess and deficiency fund established pursuant to section sixteen B and one­half of chapter seventy­one of the General Laws shall constitute the amount certified to the regional school committee and the commissioner by the director of accounts as available on July first of the current fiscal year. Said director shall promulgate and from time to time revise rules and regulations for determining the available funds of a regional school district.

MUNICIPALITY	7061-0008 Chapter 70	0611-5500 Additional Assistance	Lottery Distribution
ABINGTON	5,236,373	0	1,463,544
ACTON	1,270,680	37,368	998,126
ACUSHNET	3,947,807	30,043	1,128,174
ADAMS	0	44,096	1,504,657
AGAWAM	9,296,849	0	2,690,888
ALFORD	0	0	11,503
AMESBURY	8,131,704	0	1,468,549
AMHERST	4,976,925	280,503	5,658,008
ANDOVER	3,129,408	0	1,278,344
ARLINGTON	3,744,014	5,652,310	3,299,659
ASHBURNHAM	0	0	462,692
ASHBY	0	0	279,276
ASHFIELD	74,437	0	114,248
ASHLAND	1,218,090	366,937	697,116
ATHOL	0	5,507	1,525,265
ATTLEBORO	18,315,293	0	3,914,570
AUBURN	3,020,653	0	1,199,266
AVON	382,910	504,148	304,657
AYER	3,791,462	55,642	567,470
BARNSTABLE	3,153,247	0	1,325,332
BARRE	7,519	0	546,095
BECKET	13,147	10,797	55,813
BEDFORD	1,152,845	609,391	550,420
BELCHERTOWN	6,208,930	0	1,059,081
BELLINGHAM	5,837,680	0	1,417,501
BELMONT	1,800,046	1,041,278	1,327,042
BERKLEY	2,728,054	0	368,347
BERLIN	322,002	0	171,688
BERNARDSTON	0	0	178,262
BEVERLY	4,895,886	3,086,077	2,903,592
BILLERICA	11,069,641	2,956,313	2,944,075
BLACKSTONE	23,620	0	928,567
BLANDFORD	0	0	85,751
BOLTON	0	0	133,739
BOSTON	145,652,687	206,638,214	45,657,646
BOURNE	2,216,248	443,645	789,882
BOXBOROUGH	199,468	0	167,715
BOXFORD	404,941	45,818	286,030
BOYLSTON	243,942	0	248,263
BRAINTREE	2,928,791	4,250,822	2,348,545
BREWSTER	338,114	0	243,592
BRIDGEWATER	57,875	0	2,170,412
BRIMFIELD	846,181	0	252,694
BROCKTON	76,606,735	5,424,063	12,286,449
BROOKFIELD	1,298,899	0	346,673
BROOKLINE	2,997,257	4,401,448	2,927,472
BUCKLAND	0	0	195,952
BURLINGTON	2,434,210	1,744,603	1,109,563
CAMBRIDGE	4,501,898	22,595,349	5,998,617
CANTON	1,600,011	1,104,851	1,011,358
CARLISLE	336,491	18,534	150,919
CARVER	7,036,442	0	961,655
CHARLEMONT	46,301	0	109,238
CHARLTON	0	0	893,478
CHATHAM	232,900	0	116,574
CHELMSFORD	4,551,872	3,190,395	2,241,444
CHELSEA	28,800,662	4,274,507	3,763,173
CHESHIRE	113,033	0	375,418
CHESTER	0	0	115,960
CHESTERFIELD	55,816	0	84,392
CHICOPEE	27,795,724	1,504,526	6,984,956
CHILMARK	0	0	2,626
CLARKSBURG	969,758	16,502	269,116
CLINTON	6,665,865	220,865	1,552,628
COHASSET	780,467	209,013	318,275
COLRAIN	0	0	152,703
CONCORD	934,644	483,163	697,218
CONWAY	436,111	0	116,543
CUMMINGTON	27,513	0	51,336
DALTON	276,824	0	707,607
DANVERS	2,055,583	1,408,080	1,446,452
DARTMOUTH	5,510,729	0	1,813,655
DEDHAM	2,068,716	1,950,847	1,620,155
DEERFIELD	478,937	0	348,322
DENNIS	0	0	359,968
DIGHTON	0	0	494,548
DOUGLAS	3,508,183	0	451,335
DOVER	151,494	0	150,834
DRACUT	10,192,878	0	2,381,511
DUDLEY	0	0	1,051,551
DUNSTABLE	0	37,846	127,515
DUXBURY	1,712,700	0	664,382
EAST BRIDGEWATER	6,917,225	0	1,031,601
EAST BROOKFIELD	8,801	0	206,696
EAST LONGMEADOW	2,723,340	0	961,763
EASTHAM	131,624	0	94,575
EASTHAMPTON	6,674,575	137,004	1,945,775
EASTON	4,949,923	0	1,526,909
EDGARTOWN	177,421	35,873	29,765
EGREMONT	0	0	50,218
ERVING	177,007	16,548	41,892
ESSEX	445,631	42,569	169,608
EVERETT	9,706,976	5,139,628	2,429,264
FAIRHAVEN	5,322,620	492,569	1,481,705
FALL RIVER	68,521,180	2,882,862	16,788,727
FALMOUTH	2,965,298	0	919,092
FITCHBURG	25,728,267	270,312	5,688,904
FLORIDA	416,798	0	35,112
FOXBOROUGH	4,621,795	0	1,137,951
FRAMINGHAM	4,715,591	5,911,189	4,480,017
FRANKLIN	10,755,460	0	1,743,541
FREETOWN	721,538	0	668,166
GARDNER	10,802,037	151,944	2,718,039
GAY HEAD	0	0	1,624
GEORGETOWN	1,994,755	66,691	494,771
GILL	0	0	146,558
GLOUCESTER	3,441,360	2,419,911	1,853,268
GOSHEN	2,118	0	47,814
GOSNOLD	1,243	2,469	352
GRAFTON	3,410,038	0	1,102,015
GRANBY	2,153,847	0	606,969
GRANVILLE	525,179	0	99,035
GREAT BARRINGTON	0	0	580,222
GREENFIELD	8,071,117	0	2,199,712
GROTON	0	0	502,892
GROVELAND	0	0	490,085
HADLEY	344,706	174,084	229,120
HALIFAX	1,836,700	0	659,032
HAMILTON	0	53,967	453,452
HAMPDEN	0	0	439,163
HANCOCK	45,391	22,195	31,728
HANOVER	2,455,219	1,669,092	773,625
HANSON	0	0	921,087
HARDWICK	77,780	4,062	280,167
HARVARD	810,269	69,324	1,429,590
HARWICH	720,263	0	286,231
HATFIELD	410,837	0	237,251
HAVERHILL	27,572,695	3,149,881	5,395,732
HAWLEY	13,309	16,264	18,949
HEATH	0	0	39,467
HINGHAM	2,145,159	420,485	1,037,888
HINSDALE	33,706	0	147,895
HOLBROOK	3,577,798	5,987	1,127,248
HOLDEN	0	0	1,181,073
HOLLAND	426,639	0	120,408
HOLLISTON	4,350,805	518,826	906,682
HOLYOKE	51,398,450	763,384	6,781,727
HOPEDALE	2,660,865	0	439,951
HOPKINTON	1,440,726	151,365	446,933
HUBBARDSTON	0	0	205,065
HUDSON	4,849,686	0	1,527,831
HULL	3,208,955	1,747,307	799,971
HUNTINGTON	0	0	217,645
IPSWICH	1,236,167	975,780	760,203
KINGSTON	1,913,557	0	635,060
LAKEVILLE	1,243,005	0	535,664
LANCASTER	0	0	651,606
LANESBOROUGH	433,905	0	283,593
LAWRENCE	80,200,706	239,970	11,754,336
LEE	1,267,653	0	520,321
LEICESTER	5,427,428	0	1,237,139
LENOX	947,890	90,787	450,160
LEOMINSTER	21,409,455	14,714	3,744,722
LEVERETT	233,257	0	120,975
LEXINGTON	3,067,750	0	1,192,808
LEYDEN	0	0	46,318
LINCOLN	251,960	367,459	356,504
LITTLETON	722,272	207,535	404,577
LONGMEADOW	2,485,610	0	1,016,517
LOWELL	80,817,660	7,978,998	12,849,286
LUDLOW	7,759,308	0	2,039,460
LUNENBURG	2,527,886	0	774,884
LYNN	67,126,261	11,926,220	9,810,066
LYNNFIELD	1,132,071	455,892	564,778
MALDEN	15,579,343	7,030,168	6,107,500
MANCHESTER	464,598	0	189,239
MANSFIELD	5,177,536	912,368	1,008,018
MARBLEHEAD	1,488,662	49,583	862,343
MARION	160,440	0	151,088
MARLBOROUGH	2,900,566	3,433,241	2,318,842
MARSHFIELD	8,266,430	255,142	1,526,812
MASHPEE	1,130,662	0	155,890
MATTAPOISETT	271,300	0	305,841
MAYNARD	1,494,925	738,519	825,258
MEDFIELD	1,270,057	937,000	649,616
MEDFORD	9,850,376	8,094,393	5,420,348
MEDWAY	3,321,636	235,317	707,727
MELROSE	4,253,181	3,402,865	2,373,565
MENDON	0	0	262,921
MERRIMAC	0	0	543,168
METHUEN	16,328,417	205,147	3,640,879
MIDDLEBOROUGH	11,981,627	0	1,737,497
MIDDLEFIELD	0	0	30,561
MIDDLETON	321,340	159,272	247,812
MILFORD	9,280,488	0	2,291,071
MILLBURY	4,047,860	0	1,279,844
MILLIS	1,321,538	403,862	568,639
MILLVILLE	5,460	0	244,250
MILTON	1,895,173	1,566,851	1,743,749
MONROE	13,530	17,526	6,115
MONSON	4,514,932	0	922,077
MONTAGUE	0	0	874,149
MONTEREY	0	15,777	28,865
MONTGOMERY	0	0	59,666
MOUNT WASHINGTON	6,039	41,886	2,269
NAHANT	236,119	157,791	221,358
NANTUCKET	372,306	0	52,369
NATICK	2,559,189	2,444,348	1,764,270
NEEDHAM	2,287,846	259,216	1,196,813
NEW ASHFORD	11,326	9,203	5,872
NEW BEDFORD	76,415,042	901,313	16,993,220
NEW BRAINTREE	0	0	74,800
NEW MARLBOROUGH	0	0	39,318
NEW SALEM	0	0	65,997
NEWBURY	0	0	325,066
NEWBURYPORT	2,330,472	1,736,621	1,171,203
NEWTON	5,942,242	1,732,789	3,868,620
NORFOLK	2,057,938	0	646,616
NORTH ADAMS	11,437,548	233,872	3,242,162
NORTH ANDOVER	2,368,785	151,695	1,323,273
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH	9,644,067	0	2,095,317
NORTH BROOKFIELD	3,102,535	0	573,673
NORTH READING	1,317,982	1,189,787	778,947
NORTHAMPTON	5,900,697	727,239	2,973,895
NORTHBOROUGH	1,480,671	76,900	754,078
NORTHBRIDGE	8,262,487	3,865	1,658,116
NORTHFIELD	0	0	203,738
NORTON	6,872,389	0	1,499,756
NORWELL	1,230,070	680,878	499,530
NORWOOD	2,304,728	3,354,660	1,898,152
OAK BLUFFS	135,939	0	47,608
OAKHAM	28,540	0	109,151
ORANGE	4,671,897	2,661	1,152,627
ORLEANS	116,269	0	125,719
OTIS	0	0	21,448
OXFORD	6,557,172	0	1,527,178
PALMER	6,549,741	0	1,362,105
PAXTON	5,075	0	320,427
PEABODY	10,031,163	3,951,625	3,638,439
PELHAM	69,888	0	101,505
PEMBROKE	3,774,458	0	1,195,697
PEPPERELL	0	0	882,228
PERU	37,752	0	74,955
PETERSHAM	119,703	0	73,984
PHILLIPSTON	0	5,519	97,624
PITTSFIELD	23,471,054	1,107,722	5,700,639
PLAINFIELD	13,757	0	28,071
PLAINVILLE	1,009,833	0	514,694
PLYMOUTH	14,897,346	0	2,438,739
PLYMPTON	439,863	0	161,077
PRINCETON	0	0	208,124
PROVINCETOWN	178,650	27,912	106,915
QUINCY	10,169,870	14,555,556	7,411,022
RANDOLPH	7,922,702	2,297,597	2,606,303
RAYNHAM	265	0	823,707
READING	3,474,304	1,931,472	1,564,728
REHOBOTH	0	0	656,294
REVERE	17,240,692	6,712,698	4,227,558
RICHMOND	247,488	0	86,178
ROCHESTER	515,942	0	288,586
ROCKLAND	7,751,834	496,221	1,728,981
ROCKPORT	701,356	0	316,174
ROWE	24,216	0	2,731
ROWLEY	0	143,746	309,075
ROYALSTON	0	0	94,943
RUSSELL	0	0	156,645
RUTLAND	0	0	556,341
SALEM	8,099,425	4,151,021	2,831,878
SALISBURY	0	0	442,591
SANDISFIELD	0	0	22,876
SANDWICH	2,501,700	111,247	532,562
SAUGUS	2,509,620	2,245,040	1,630,002
SAVOY	265,564	17,367	73,628
SCITUATE	2,018,941	1,101,119	1,062,545
SEEKONK	2,363,114	0	888,214
SHARON	2,764,285	78,642	985,235
SHEFFIELD	0	15,023	159,541
SHELBURNE	0	0	191,564
SHERBORN	179,880	26,364	156,848
SHIRLEY	2,698,352	233,500	726,173
SHREWSBURY	3,546,665	376,077	1,709,842
SHUTESBURY	413,306	0	95,739
SOMERSET	1,548,691	0	996,989
SOMERVILLE	19,121,184	20,410,649	8,981,563
SOUTH HADLEY	4,892,965	25,437	1,811,534
SOUTHAMPTON	1,014,210	0	405,083
SOUTHBOROUGH	527,130	0	308,298
SOUTHBRIDGE	11,683,724	0	2,382,795
SOUTHWICK	0	0	808,769
SPENCER	99,355	0	1,473,434
SPRINGFIELD	142,584,383	2,302,181	22,529,384
STERLING	0	0	478,483
STOCKBRIDGE	0	0	80,305
STONEHAM	1,637,138	2,553,177	1,581,869
STOUGHTON	6,996,817	129,781	2,409,811
STOW	0	8,776	295,085
STURBRIDGE	840,643	0	497,896
SUDBURY	1,148,502	807,321	670,965
SUNDERLAND	477,751	0	324,829
SUTTON	2,585,454	0	547,832
SWAMPSCOTT	1,218,836	443,359	729,708
SWANSEA	3,725,141	0	1,426,343
TAUNTON	26,918,563	0	6,529,694
TEMPLETON	0	0	854,396
TEWKSBURY	7,868,191	0	2,123,701
TISBURY	146,027	0	73,626
TOLLAND	0	12,413	3,848
TOPSFIELD	273,068	318,725	306,845
TOWNSEND	0	0	789,637
TRURO	111,749	0	20,940
TYNGSBOROUGH	3,950,255	0	594,375
TYRINGHAM	12,944	0	10,007
UPTON	0	0	364,307
UXBRIDGE	4,869,234	0	1,021,731
WAKEFIELD	2,979,870	1,809,635	1,757,327
WALES	570,189	0	161,261
WALPOLE	3,413,491	1,112,115	1,343,268
WALTHAM	4,434,863	6,869,270	3,984,641
WARE	4,876,119	19,199	1,179,571
WAREHAM	8,826,249	0	1,524,106
WARREN	0	0	504,423
WARWICK	0	36,354	51,247
WASHINGTON	14,753	29,889	49,105
WATERTOWN	1,610,347	5,571,114	2,245,554
WAYLAND	1,396,825	352,813	528,395
WEBSTER	6,107,414	78,026	1,668,642
WELLESLEY	1,815,153	121,858	1,025,654
WELLFLEET	70,307	0	43,920
WENDELL	0	32,131	83,263
WENHAM	0	175,913	229,679
WEST BOYLSTON	959,311	85,259	475,326
WEST BRIDGEWATER	1,420,849	59,411	470,152
WEST BROOKFIELD	0	0	315,256
WEST NEWBURY	0	0	210,035
WEST SPRINGFIELD	9,369,256	0	2,331,363
WEST STOCKBRIDGE	0	0	79,666
WEST TISBURY	0	229,569	20,252
WESTBOROUGH	1,534,255	182,536	722,881
WESTFIELD	21,580,218	0	4,267,923
WESTFORD	2,857,815	1,126,887	963,767
WESTHAMPTON	181,873	0	94,272
WESTMINSTER	0	0	412,631
WESTON	682,639	0	306,004
WESTPORT	2,444,718	0	977,713
WESTWOOD	1,265,575	45,632	544,522
WEYMOUTH	14,679,699	3,050,391	5,394,709
WHATELY	56,972	0	89,910
WHITMAN	0	0	1,565,934
WILBRAHAM	0	0	900,479
WILLIAMSBURG	279,521	0	227,239
WILLIAMSTOWN	768,471	0	726,696
WILMINGTON	2,082,955	1,578,564	981,141
WINCHENDON	7,887,706	31,919	1,089,766
WINCHESTER	2,037,496	433,387	972,263
WINDSOR	2,709	35,260	43,510
WINTHROP	3,658,641	2,878,558	1,911,612
WOBURN	2,907,248	4,513,710	2,304,039
WORCESTER	102,408,086	14,860,192	21,282,762
WORTHINGTON	0	0	75,535
WRENTHAM	2,660,118	0	715,946
YARMOUTH	0	0	802,331
Total Municipal Aid	1,886,574,487	476,315,282	539,665,201

REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	7061-0008 Chapter 70
ACTON BOXBOROUGH	2,206,174
ADAMS CHESHIRE	7,343,778
AMHERST PELHAM	6,255,963
ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER	6,893,983
ASHFIELD PLAINFIELD	0
ASSABET VALLEY	2,700,980
ATHOL ROYALSTON	12,194,182
BERKSHIRE HILLS	2,535,708
BERLIN BOYLSTON	701,283
BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE	7,647,716
BLACKSTONE VALLEY	4,732,314
BLUE HILLS	3,133,995
BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM	15,235,041
BRISTOL COUNTY	1,264,833
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH	4,140,769
BUCKLAND SHELBURNE	0
CAPE COD	1,665,995
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE	6,107,612
CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN	454,145
CONCORD CARLISLE	1,213,058
DENNIS YARMOUTH	5,068,723
DIGHTON REHOBOTH	7,694,617
DOVER SHERBORN	914,155
DUDLEY CHARLTON	12,187,888
ESSEX COUNTY	3,447,721
FARMINGTON RIVER	275,969
FRANKLIN COUNTY	1,874,368
FREETOWN LAKEVILLE	4,414,242
FRONTIER	909,902
GATEWAY	5,792,556
GILL MONTAGUE	5,232,459
GREATER FALL RIVER	8,942,316
GREATER LAWRENCE	10,302,849
GREATER LOWELL	13,390,408
GREATER NEW BEDFORD	13,381,331
GROTON DUNSTABLE	4,583,440
HAMILTON WENHAM	2,423,599
HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM	6,807,642
HAMPSHIRE	1,524,762
HAWLEMONT	515,223
KING PHILIP	3,630,855
LAWRENCE VOCATIONAL	0
LINCOLN SUDBURY	1,483,646
MARTHAS VINEYARD	613,247
MASCONOMET	1,848,413
MENDON UPTON	3,267,786
MINUTEMAN	2,195,536
MOHAWK TRAIL	5,987,297
MONTACHUSETT	5,475,860
MOUNT GREYLOCK	1,672,746
NARRAGANSETT	5,868,783
NASHOBA	4,685,278
NASHOBA VALLEY	2,485,845
NAUSET	2,397,560
NEW SALEM WENDELL	690,566
NORFOLK COUNTY	635,804
NORTH MIDDLESEX	16,177,687
NORTH SHORE	1,330,628
NORTHAMPTON SMITH	773,210
NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO	1,236,540
NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN	5,083,942