Senate Amendments 201

Text of Amendments 201 - 250

Floor Number: 201 Clerk Number: 153

STATE POLICE

Mr. Baddour moves that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8100-0000, by striking out the following language in line 19:"any community receiving earmarked funds in fiscal year 2003" and inserting in place thereof the following language:
- "any community that was selected to receive earmarked funds in fiscal year 2003"

Floor Number: 202 Clerk Number: 177
Filed by Senator Hedlund---WITHDRAWN
NANTASKET BEACH PATROLS

Floor Number: 203 Clerk Number: 504
EOPS TRANSFERBILITY

Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be amended in Section 2 in item 8100-0000 by inserting at the end thereof the following:-
"; and provided further, that the department may expend funds appropriated herein for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and other administrative services of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the Criminal Justice Training Council, so-called, and the Criminal History Systems Board"
Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be further amended in section 2 in item 8900-0001 by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

"; and provided further, that the department may expend funds appropriated herein for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and other administrative services of the Military Division, the Massachusetts Parole Board and the Sex Offender Registry Board"

Floor Number: 204 Clerk Number: 307

AN AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COUNCIL

Mr. Tarr, Mr. Tisei, Mr. Brewer and Ms. Sprague move to amend the bill (Senate bill 2004) in Section 2, item 8200-0200, in line 1, by striking out the words "not more than" and replacing them with the following words: -
"not less than".

Floor Number: 205 Clerk Number: 310

CRIMINAL TRAINING COUNCIL

Ms. Menard, Mr. Barrios, Mr. Lees, Ms. Jacques, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Baddour, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Morrissey, and Mr. Tarr, move to amend the bill, in section 2 in item 8200-0200, in line 2, by striking out the word "more" and inserting in place thereof the following word:-
"less".

Floor Number: 206 Clerk Number: 559
ELEVATOR INSPECTORS

Mr. Morrissey moves to amend the bill, in Section 2, in item 8315-1000, by striking out the words:- "the department shall employ 2 additional elevator inspectors in fiscal year 2004 in excess of any such positions approved as of February 1, 1998" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "the department shall employ 10 additional elevator inspectors in fiscal year 2004 in excess of any such positions approved as of February 1, 1998". ; and in said item, by striking out the figure "$3,459,912" and inserting in place thereof the figure "$4,759,912", and by striking out item 8315-1020.

Floor Number: 207 Clerk Number: 540
Registry of Motor Vehicles- Taunton

Mr. Pacheco of Taunton moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 8400-0001, in line 18 by striking the word "may" and inserting in place thereof the following word :- "shall".

Floor Number: 208 Clerk Number: 556
INCREASING RMV RETAINED REVENUE ACCOUNT

Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be amended in Section 2 by striking item 8400-0222 and inserting in place thereof the following:-

8400-0222 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the registry of motor vehicles shall retain up to $3,500,000 of the renewal fees for the purpose of maintaining registry services. The registry shall deposit these funds into a retained revenue account for the purposes of expending these funds; provided, that retention of these funds shall not expire before June 30, 2004………………………………………...……………….$3,500,000

Floor Number: 209 Clerk Number: 564
RMV

Mr. Lees moves to amend the bill in section 2, by inserting after item 8400-0222 the following item:-
"8400-0227 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the registry of motor vehicles may expend not more than $6 per citation, not to exceed $1,259,000, from revenues collected from head injury surcharge fees for the purposes of maintaining registry services………………$1,259,000"; and
further, in section 2, in item 7061-0011, by striking out the figure "$7,000,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$5,741,000".

Floor Number: 210 Clerk Number: 84
Department of Correction

Mr. Morrissey moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 8900-0001 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-
"; provided, that if the department shall layoff employees within the Bargaining Unit Four due to reduction in force, said Unit Four employees shall be re-hired prior to the hiring or re-hiring of any other employees by the department."

Floor Number: 211 Redraft
Clerk Number: 43
MODULAR LEASES

Mr. Rosenberg moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in line item 8910-0000 by inserting after the words "house and senate committees on ways and means;" the following:- provided further, that the office of the sheriff of the former Hampshire county shall be eligible for funds to be used exclusively for the purpose of paying FY04 lease obligations on the modular units;"

Floor Number: 212 Clerk Number: 268
BERKSHIRE COUNTY SHERIFF

Mr. Nuciforo moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 8910-0145, by striking out the figure "$11,564,894" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-"$12,652,565"; and Mr. Nuciforo moves to further amend the bill in section 2B, in item 1790-0200, by striking out the figure "$27,047,810 " and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$25,960,139".

Floor Number: 213 Clerk Number: 269
ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF'S

Mr. Baddour, Mr. Berry, Ms. Tucker and Mr. Tarr move to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 8910-0619, by striking out figures "$39,014,292" and inserting in place thereof the following:
- "$39,114,291".

Floor Number: 214 Clerk Number: 283

ESSEX SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FEDERAL INMATE REIMBURSEMENT

Mr. Baddour, Mr Berry, Ms. Tucker and Mr. Tarr move to amend the bill, in section 2, by striking out item 8910-6619 and inserting in place thereof the following item:
-"8910-6619 The Essex sheriff's department may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 from revenues received from federal inmate reimbursements; provided, that not withstanding and general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system…………………...…$1,000,000

Floor Number: 215 Clerk Number: 404
RELATIVE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD

Mr. Glodis and Ms. Jacques move to amend the bill, in section 2, in line item 8950-0001 by inserting after the words "parole board" the following: "provided further, that the board shall employ not less than one hundred ten parole officers with a classification of parole officer A/B, parole officer C, or parole officer D."

Floor Number: 216 Clerk Number: 506

FUNDING OF PAROLE BOARD REGIONAL LEASES

Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be amended in section 2 in item 8950-0001 by striking the figure "12,658,144" and inserting in place thereof the following:-
"12,958,144"
and moves further to amend the bill in item 8950-0001 by inserting at the end thereof the following: -
"; provided further, that the parole board shall expend not more than $300K for regional office leases in the cities of Brockton, Framingham, Lawrence, New Bedford, Quincy, Springfield, Worcester and the Mattapan section of the city of Boston; and provide further, that said parole board shall not expend funding for office leases in any locations other than those specified herein"
Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be amended in Section 2, in item 7061-0011 by striking out the figure "7,000,000" and insert in place thereof the following: -
"6,700,000"

Floor Number: 217 Clerk Number: 389
LONG-TERM CARE STUDY

Ms. Chandler moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 9110-0100, by adding at the end the following language:-
"; provided further, that the special commission to study the future of long-term health care in the commonwealth, established by this item in fiscal year 2002, shall consist of the following legislative members: the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care or their designees; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on human services and elderly affairs or their designees; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on insurance or their designees; the chairs of the house and senate joint committee on housing and urban development; the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means or their designees; the chair of the house Medicaid committee or his designee; the house and senate minority leaders or their designees; provided further, that the chairs of the joint committee on health care shall convene the special commission within 30 days after the effective date of this act; provided further, that the special commission may convene and release its recommendations regardless of whether the Governor has made his appointments to the special commission; and provided further, that the commission shall meet until December 31, 2004 and shall release its first recommendations to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than July 31, 2004."

Floor Number: 218 Clerk Number: 386

GUARDIANSHIPS

Mrs. Chandler moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 9110-1636, by inserting at the end the following wording: -
"; provided further, that not less than $480,000 shall be expended for guardianship services."

Floor Number: 219 Clerk Number: 348

GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS INITIATIVE

Mr. Knapik moves to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 9110-1900 by inserting after the words "elder lunch program;" the following:- "provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Grandparents as Parents Initiative."

Floor Number: 220 Clerk Number: 135
ROCHE FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER

Ms. Walsh moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 9110-9002, by inserting after the word "means" the following wording:- "; provided further, that $30,000 shall be obligated for a youth/elder outreach position at the Roche Family Community Center in West Roxbury."

Floor Number: 221 Clerk Number: 361

WESTMASS ELDERCARE, INC.

Mr. Knapik moves to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 9110-9002 by inserting after the words "the Committee to End Elder Homelessness, Inc;" the following:-"provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the WestMass ElderCare, Inc. in Holyoke for elderly care programs."

Floor Number: 222 Clerk Number: 567

Rockland Local Aid

Mr. Morrissey moves to amend the bill, in section 3, by reducing the following municipalities total by the following amounts, Attleboro by $5,000; Bourne by $10,000; Franklin by $10,000; Grafton by $5,000; Middleboro by $25,000; North Attleboro by $10,000; Sandwich by $5,000; Taunton by $100,000; Uxbridge by $15,000; Westfield by $100,000; Carver by $20,000; Clinton by $20,000; Dartmouth by $20,000; Dracut by $25,000; East Bridgewater by $45,000; Leominster by $140,000; Malden by $80,000; Mansfield by $20,000; Marshfield by $130,000; Methuen by $100,000; and increasing Rockland by $955,000.

Floor Number: 223 Clerk Number: 572

Filed by Senator Lees-
WITHDRAWN

Section 3 of XXX shall be amended by striking the distribution for item 7061-0008 and replacing it with the following distribution:

Municipality 7061-0008Chapter 70

1 ABINGTON 6,107,053
2 ACTON 2,462,035
3 ACUSHNET 5,605,741
4 ADAMS -
5 AGAWAM 9,995,802
6 ALFORD -
7 AMESBURY 8,425,976
8 AMHERST 4,943,709
9 ANDOVER 5,219,816
104 AQUINNAH -
10 ARLINGTON 5,069,323
11 ASHBURNHAM -
12 ASHBY -
13 ASHFIELD 101,941
14 ASHLAND 2,678,273
15 ATHOL -
16 ATTLEBORO 26,059,054
17 AUBURN 3,942,614
18 AVON 601,861
19 AYER 3,788,146
20 BARNSTABLE 6,444,228
21 BARRE 8,318
22 BECKET 77,098
23 BEDFORD 2,043,010
24 BELCHERTOWN 8,711,528
25 BELLINGHAM 7,285,474
26 BELMONT 2,981,276
27 BERKLEY 4,768,136
28 BERLIN 521,476
29 BERNARDSTON -
30 BEVERLY 6,446,160
31 BILLERICA 12,699,367
32 BLACKSTONE 124,208
33 BLANDFORD -
34 BOLTON -
35 BOSTON 200,498,365
36 BOURNE 4,468,665
37 BOXBOROUGH 1,264,452
38 BOXFORD 1,526,838
39 BOYLSTON 402,874
40 BRAINTREE 4,913,526
41 BREWSTER 866,487
42 BRIDGEWATER 118,648
43 BRIMFIELD 926,831
44 BROCKTON 106,857,400
45 BROOKFIELD 1,380,759
46 BROOKLINE 5,195,213
47 BUCKLAND 6,731
48 BURLINGTON 3,744,057
49 CAMBRIDGE 7,168,001
50 CANTON 2,652,182
51 CARLISLE 619,352
52 CARVER 8,865,240
53 CHARLEMONT 74,462
54 CHARLTON 4,835
55 CHATHAM 472,995
56 CHELMSFORD 6,959,383
57 CHELSEA 40,869,323
58 CHESHIRE 248,268
59 CHESTER -
60 CHESTERFIELD 121,191
61 CHICOPEE 36,376,295
62 CHILMARK -
63 CLARKSBURG 1,464,518
64 CLINTON 8,493,786
65 COHASSET 1,210,945
66 COLRAIN -
67 CONCORD 1,628,560
68 CONWAY 587,895
69 CUMMINGTON 34,280
70 DALTON 242,185
71 DANVERS 3,768,142
72 DARTMOUTH 7,828,620
73 DEDHAM 3,223,359
74 DEERFIELD 643,867
75 DENNIS -
75.5 DEVENS 410,000
76 DIGHTON -
77 DOUGLAS 5,865,373
78 DOVER 350,320
79 DRACUT 13,608,504
80 DUDLEY -
81 DUNSTABLE -
82 DUXBURY 2,802,680
83 EAST BRIDGEWATER 9,116,227
84 EAST BROOKFIELD 23,120
87 EAST LONGMEADOW 3,460,458
85 EASTHAM 255,487
86 EASTHAMPTON 6,923,012
88 EASTON 7,364,779
89 EDGARTOWN 341,009
90 EGREMONT -
91 ERVING 258,949
92 ESSEX -
93 EVERETT 16,475,953
94 FAIRHAVEN 6,751,375
95 FALL RIVER 85,357,910
96 FALMOUTH 4,465,925
97 FITCHBURG 35,567,352
98 FLORIDA 438,443
99 FOXBOROUGH 5,835,197
100 FRAMINGHAM 8,582,966
101 FRANKLIN 21,281,253
102 FREETOWN 941,758
103 GARDNER 16,675,542
105 GEORGETOWN 3,271,390
106 GILL -
107 GLOUCESTER 5,534,297
108 GOSHEN 75,254
109 GOSNOLD 8,493
110 GRAFTON 5,585,720
111 GRANBY 3,373,254
112 GRANVILLE 1,179,511
113 GREAT BARRINGTON -
114 GREENFIELD 8,608,695
115 GROTON -
116 GROVELAND -
117 HADLEY 626,661
118 HALIFAX 2,018,466
119 HAMILTON -
120 HAMPDEN -
121 HANCOCK 140,845
122 HANOVER 4,100,314
123 HANSON 30,000
124 HARDWICK -
125 HARVARD 1,209,116
126 HARWICH 1,439,174
127 HATFIELD 567,628
128 HAVERHILL 31,886,656
129 HAWLEY 21,643
130 HEATH -
131 HINGHAM 3,337,835
132 HINSDALE 81,615
133 HOLBROOK 4,192,761
134 HOLDEN 117,760
135 HOLLAND 691,156
136 HOLLISTON 6,123,082
137 HOLYOKE 56,447,493
138 HOPEDALE 4,911,250
139 HOPKINTON 4,192,541
140 HUBBARDSTON -
141 HUDSON 5,443,619
142 HULL 3,813,878
143 HUNTINGTON -
144 IPSWICH 2,078,108
145 KINGSTON 3,016,789
146 LAKEVILLE 1,886,133
147 LANCASTER -
148 LANESBOROUGH 525,720
149 LAWRENCE 110,679,931
150 LEE 1,564,582
151 LEICESTER 8,447,596
152 LENOX 1,133,260
153 LEOMINSTER 30,008,550
154 LEVERETT 229,498
155 LEXINGTON 5,167,460
156 LEYDEN -
157 LINCOLN 484,407
158 LITTLETON 1,464,512
159 LONGMEADOW 3,573,073
160 LOWELL 103,496,105
161 LUDLOW 8,738,810
162 LUNENBURG 3,679,669
163 LYNN 96,301,390
164 LYNNFIELD 1,752,062
165 MALDEN 26,879,066
166 MANCHESTER -
167 MANSFIELD 9,621,330
168 MARBLEHEAD 2,485,041
169 MARION 335,351
170 MARLBOROUGH 5,771,466
171 MARSHFIELD 11,635,063
172 MASHPEE 4,066,868
173 MATTAPOISETT 474,761
174 MAYNARD 2,264,897
175 MEDFIELD 3,699,649
176 MEDFORD 10,551,238
177 MEDWAY 6,151,713
178 MELROSE 5,290,569
179 MENDON 20,626
180 MERRIMAC -
181 METHUEN 25,835,067
182 MIDDLEBOROUGH 14,884,160
183 MIDDLEFIELD -
184 MIDDLETON 901,682
185 MILFORD 9,831,730
186 MILLBURY 5,579,467
187 MILLIS 1,922,786
188 MILLVILLE 40,117
189 MILTON 3,398,501
190 MONROE 36,660
191 MONSON 5,754,864
192 MONTAGUE -
193 MONTEREY -
194 MONTGOMERY -
195 MOUNT WASHINGTON 10,617
196 NAHANT 384,877
197 NANTUCKET 818,241
198 NATICK 4,164,306
199 NEEDHAM 3,804,014
200 NEW ASHFORD 57,878
201 NEW BEDFORD 99,625,090
202 NEW BRAINTREE -
205 NEW MARLBOROUGH -
206 NEW SALEM -
203 NEWBURY -
204 NEWBURYPORT 2,948,873
207 NEWTON 9,621,448
208 NORFOLK 3,188,650
209 NORTH ADAMS 13,720,507
211 NORTH ANDOVER 4,128,519
212 NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 17,295,677
215 NORTH BROOKFIELD 4,329,232
217 NORTH READING 3,128,029
210 NORTHAMPTON 6,782,538
213 NORTHBOROUGH 2,629,367
214 NORTHBRIDGE 11,451,661
216 NORTHFIELD -
218 NORTON 11,090,383
219 NORWELL 1,916,006
220 NORWOOD 3,545,993
221 OAK BLUFFS 552,525
222 OAKHAM 64,339
223 ORANGE 4,875,842
224 ORLEANS 226,259
225 OTIS 79,789
226 OXFORD 8,028,394
227 PALMER 10,105,537
228 PAXTON 80,630
229 PEABODY 15,666,037
230 PELHAM 119,222
231 PEMBROKE 8,115,747
232 PEPPERELL -
233 PERU 33,664
234 PETERSHAM 280,632
235 PHILLIPSTON -
236 PITTSFIELD 26,664,443
237 PLAINFIELD 45,326
238 PLAINVILLE 2,299,122
239 PLYMOUTH 17,139,654
240 PLYMPTON 504,748
241 PRINCETON -
242 PROVINCETOWN 261,026
243 QUINCY 12,805,543
244 RANDOLPH 10,246,337
245 RAYNHAM 317
246 READING 6,083,247
247 REHOBOTH -
248 REVERE 23,949,282
249 RICHMOND 326,038
250 ROCHESTER 1,162,867
251 ROCKLAND 8,823,145
252 ROCKPORT 1,205,718
253 ROWE 44,800
254 ROWLEY -
255 ROYALSTON -
256 RUSSELL -
257 RUTLAND 9,389
258 SALEM 10,415,318
259 SALISBURY -
260 SANDISFIELD 6,743
261 SANDWICH 5,526,098
262 SAUGUS 3,570,239
263 SAVOY 443,042
264 SCITUATE 3,220,605
265 SEEKONK 3,094,484
266 SHARON 5,836,352
267 SHEFFIELD -
268 SHELBURNE -
269 SHERBORN 333,887
270 SHIRLEY 3,950,653
271 SHREWSBURY 10,287,704
272 SHUTESBURY 483,844
273 SOMERSET 2,695,029
274 SOMERVILLE 20,520,989
278 SOUTH HADLEY 5,211,300
275 SOUTHAMPTON 2,100,560
276 SOUTHBOROUGH 2,574,497
277 SOUTHBRIDGE 14,401,675
279 SOUTHWICK -
280 SPENCER 185,519
281 SPRINGFIELD 208,406,858
282 STERLING -
283 STOCKBRIDGE -
284 STONEHAM 2,773,706
285 STOUGHTON 8,601,201
286 STOW -
287 STURBRIDGE 1,096,725
288 SUDBURY 3,239,042
289 SUNDERLAND 798,809
290 SUTTON 4,470,319
291 SWAMPSCOTT 2,052,765
292 SWANSEA 4,193,897
293 TAUNTON 38,560,156
294 TEMPLETON -
295 TEWKSBURY 11,397,239
296 TISBURY 299,958
297 TOLLAND -
298 TOPSFIELD 615,482
299 TOWNSEND -
300 TRURO 221,208
301 TYNGSBOROUGH 5,911,153
302 TYRINGHAM 30,898
303 UPTON 6,830
304 UXBRIDGE 8,864,996
305 WAKEFIELD 4,111,504
306 WALES 625,748
307 WALPOLE 4,554,238
308 WALTHAM 6,044,991
309 WARE 7,005,880
310 WAREHAM 11,079,730
311 WARREN -
312 WARWICK -
313 WASHINGTON 16,683
314 WATERTOWN 2,507,393
315 WAYLAND 2,417,699
316 WEBSTER 6,627,092
317 WELLESLEY 3,113,665
318 WELLFLEET 122,926
319 WENDELL -
320 WENHAM -
322 WEST BOYLSTON 2,552,355
323 WEST BRIDGEWATER 1,657,434
324 WEST BROOKFIELD -
329 WEST NEWBURY -
332 WEST SPRINGFIELD 12,308,163
333 WEST STOCKBRIDGE -
334 WEST TISBURY -
321 WESTBOROUGH 2,735,895
325 WESTFIELD 29,328,636
326 WESTFORD 9,401,194
327 WESTHAMPTON 293,867
328 WESTMINSTER -
330 WESTON 1,443,235
331 WESTPORT 3,956,867
335 WESTWOOD 2,225,521
336 WEYMOUTH 19,032,637
337 WHATELY 131,360
338 WHITMAN 58,114
339 WILBRAHAM -
340 WILLIAMSBURG 369,672
341 WILLIAMSTOWN 929,800
342 WILMINGTON 3,491,518
343 WINCHENDON 9,511,379
344 WINCHESTER 3,117,542
345 WINDSOR 35,161
346 WINTHROP 4,536,778
347 WOBURN 4,752,438
348 WORCESTER 157,111,495
349 WORTHINGTON -
350 WRENTHAM 3,343,641
351 YARMOUTH -

Total Aid to Regional Schools 501,287,433

Total 3,139,365,168

Regional School 7061-0008Chapter 70
600 ACTON BOXBOROUGH 2,991,873
603 ADAMS CHESHIRE 9,520,695
605 AMHERST PELHAM 9,283,195
610 ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER 8,857,626
801 ASSABET VALLEY 2,577,053
615 ATHOL ROYALSTON 15,970,836
618 BERKSHIRE HILLS 2,759,935
620 BERLIN BOYLSTON 813,084
622 BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE 10,270,517
805 BLACKSTONE VALLEY 4,758,716
806 BLUE HILLS 3,204,028
625 BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM 19,034,009
910 BRISTOL COUNTY 1,233,808
810 BRISTOL PLYMOUTH 5,485,297
815 CAPE COD 1,875,168
635 CENTRAL BERKSHIRE 7,123,707
632 CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN 624,402
640 CONCORD CARLISLE 1,496,675
645 DENNIS YARMOUTH 6,268,926
650 DIGHTON REHOBOTH 10,668,964
655 DOVER SHERBORN 1,201,848
658 DUDLEY CHARLTON 20,192,039
913 ESSEX COUNTY 3,664,972
662 FARMINGTON RIVER 380,830
818 FRANKLIN COUNTY 1,981,773
665 FREETOWN LAKEVILLE 5,956,802
670 FRONTIER 2,713,399
672 GATEWAY 5,875,039
674 GILL MONTAGUE 5,818,591
821 GREATER FALL RIVER 10,309,704
823 GREATER LAWRENCE 14,108,199
828 GREATER LOWELL 14,694,370
825 GREATER NEW BEDFORD 16,826,757
673 GROTON DUNSTABLE 9,019,667
675 HAMILTON WENHAM 3,057,472
680 HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM 9,400,100
683 HAMPSHIRE 2,383,326
685 HAWLEMONT 640,460
690 KING PHILIP 5,762,998
695 LINCOLN SUDBURY 1,806,991
698 MANCHESTER ESSEX 1,390,391
700 MARTHAS VINEYARD 2,397,515
705 MASCONOMET 4,157,526
710 MENDON UPTON 7,833,980
830 MINUTEMAN 2,166,464
717 MOHAWK TRAIL 6,202,345
832 MONTACHUSETT 7,049,538
715 MOUNT GREYLOCK 1,726,373
720 NARRAGANSETT 8,090,365
725 NASHOBA 5,469,142
852 NASHOBA VALLEY 2,014,857
660 NAUSET 3,295,713
728 NEW SALEM WENDELL 628,354
915 NORFOLK COUNTY 627,154
735 NORTH MIDDLESEX 18,857,558
854 NORTH SHORE 1,485,133
406 NORTHAMPTON SMITH 772,977
730 NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO 1,597,056
853 NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN 5,490,673
851 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE 2,843,072
855 OLD COLONY 2,337,134
740 OLD ROCHESTER 1,551,435
860 PATHFINDER 2,221,373
745 PENTUCKET 12,077,769
750 PIONEER 3,802,987
753 QUABBIN 15,165,232
778 QUABOAG 7,336,961
755 RALPH C MAHAR 4,126,459
871 SHAWSHEEN VALLEY 3,245,084
760 SILVER LAKE 5,975,014
829 SOUTH MIDDLESEX 2,249,947
873 SOUTH SHORE 1,771,734
872 SOUTHEASTERN 8,563,293
765 SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE 1,781,496
876 SOUTHERN WORCESTER 4,769,518
766 SOUTHWICK TOLLAND 6,629,757
767 SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD 12,100,621
770 TANTASQUA 6,209,862
878 TRI COUNTY 3,092,874
773 TRITON 7,753,106
774 UPISLAND 809,646
879 UPPER CAPE COD 2,255,120
775 WACHUSETT 14,863,170
780 WHITMAN HANSON 21,158,960
885 WHITTIER 4,728,844

Floor Number: 224 Clerk Number: 73

Legislative Agent Registration Fee

Mr. Morrissey moves to amend the bill in Section 4 by adding the following words at the

end thereof:-

" The state secretary in his discretion may waive for good cause upon written request this

increase in filing fees for executive and legislative agents who exclusively

file to represent not for profit entities."

Floor Number: 225 Clerk Number: 549
SEX OFFENDER

Mr. Lees of East Longmeadow moves that the bill be amended by striking out section 13 and inserting in place thereof the following: -
"SECTION 13. Said chapter 6 is hereby amended by inserting after section 178P the following section: -

Section 178Q. The sex offender registry board shall assess upon every sex offender that has failed to register with the board a sex offender violator fine of $500, in this section called the sex offender violator fine. The offender shall pay the sex offender violator fine upon his compliance with the registration provisions of sections 178C through 178Q.
The sex offender registry board may waive payment of the sex offender violator fine if it determines that the payment would constitute an undue hardship on the offender or his family due to limited income, employment status, or any other relevant factor. Any such waiver so granted shall be in effect only during the period of time that the offender is determined to be unable to pay the sex offender violator fine. The sex offender registry board shall establish by regulation procedures relative to the collection and waiver of such fine. The sex offender violator fine shall be collected by the sex offender registry board and shall be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund. The sex offender registry board shall account for all such fines received and report these fines annually to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means."

Floor Number: 226 Clerk Number: 560
WITHDRAWN
MR. BADDOUR MOVES THAT THE BILL BE AMENDED BY STRIKING SECTION 16 AND ADDING IN ITS PLACE:

16. Chapter 6A of the General Laws is amended by adding the following new section:-
Section 8B. (a) There shall be a commonwealth development coordinating council responsible for preparing and implementing a coordinated development policy for the commonwealth addressing housing, transportation, capital development, economic development and the preservation of environmental resources in the commonwealth.
(b) The council shall be chaired by the secretary of commonwealth development and shall include the secretaries of the executive offices of economic development, housing and community development, environmental affairs and transportation and construction, and the commissioners of the department of capital asset management and maintenance, and of the department of energy, or their respective designees. The chair shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall appoint the following advisory members: the chairman of the Massachusetts water resources authority, the chairman of the Massachusetts Bay transportation authority, the executive director of a regional transportation authority, three regional planning representatives, a municipal planning representative and a professional planner.
(c) The coordinated development policy shall:
discourage wasteful use of land, water and energy resources;
support revitalization and reinvestment in urban areas and older suburbs; encourage reuse and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure rather than the construction of new infrastructure in undeveloped areas;
protect, to the maximum extent possible, environmentally sensitive lands, natural resources, wildlife habitats and cultural and historic landscapes;
support a range of convenient and affordable transportation choices;
protect economically productive natural areas including farmland and forests;
provide an adequate supply of affordable housing for all income levels throughout each community, particularly households earning 50 per cent or less of the area median income, as defined by the federal department of housing and urban development;
encourage a clear and transparent development approval process; encourage regional solutions and approaches to planning for transportation, housing development and water supply;
require coordination among state agencies on sustainable growth efforts; encourage coordination and cooperation amount all state agencies; and
ensure that funding and construction activities by state agencies do not promote development that is inconsistent with state, regional and local sustainable development plans.
(d) The council shall:
coordinate and make recommendations to capital planning done by agencies and political subdivisions of the commonwealth;
resolve inconsistencies between agency plans and local or regional sustainable development plans;
encourage state agencies to consider secondary growth impact in capital planning and to site facilities in areas with infrastructure rather than undeveloped areas;
direct appropriate agencies to provide technical assistance as necessary to municipalities in their growth planning;
develop comprehensive policies and principles regarding the disposition, reuse and development of surplus commonwealth property which shall maximize the development of affordable housing, particularly near mass transit facilities, minimize environmental impact and respect local and regional input;
develop as part of the coordinated development plan, based on public hearing process, a long-term state-wide transportation plan for the commonwealth that includes planning for inter-modal and integrated transportation;
develop, based on public hearing process, procedures to be used for transportation project selection in which the executive office of transportation and construction, the department of highways and any regional planning district organized pursuant to chapter 40B participate to the extent found to be appropriate by the council; and
establish criteria for project selection to be used in the procedures developed pursuant to clause (7).

16A. Chapter 6A is further amended by inserting after section 15 the following section:

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT
Section 15A. (a) The executive office for commonwealth development shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the commonwealth for the purposes of protecting, improving, and ensuring sustainable development and utilization of the natural and built environment of the commonwealth, and developing, supervising, and coordinating the environmental, transportation, housing and community development, and energy policies and programs of the commonwealth.
(b) The secretary of commonwealth development shall serve as the Chair of the commonwealth development coordinating council established pursuant to section 8B of chapter 6A. The secretary shall be responsible for the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties assigned by law to the executive office for commonwealth development and to the offices, agencies and other administrative units under the said office. He shall be the executive and administrative head of said office and shall act as the executive officer of the governor in all matters pertaining to the financial, administrative, planning, management, and policy coordinating functions and affairs of the offices, agencies and other administrative units within the executive office for commonwealth development.
(c) The secretary of commonwealth development shall coordinate: (1) an office of energy, which shall be directed by a commissioner and have the powers and duties formerly assigned to the division of energy resources; and (2) an office of sustainable development, which shall supervise, guide and coordinate the offices of sustainable development in the executive office of environmental affairs, executive office of transportation and construction, and department of housing and community development, and which shall work in close cooperation with other state and federal agencies to protect, improve and ensure sustainable development and utilization of the natural and built environment.
(d) The duties given to the secretaries of the executive office of environmental affairs, executive office of transportation and construction, and department of housing and community development shall be discharged in a manner that protects, improves, and ensures the sustainable development and utilization of the natural and built environment of the commonwealth. There shall be in each of the executive offices just mentioned an office of sustainable development.

Floor Number: 227 Clerk Number: 561
COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Mr. Baddour moves that the bill be amended by striking section 16 and adding in its place:
16. Chapter 6A of the General Laws is amended by adding the following new section:-
Section 8B. (a) There shall be a commonwealth development coordinating council responsible for preparing and implementing a coordinated development policy for the commonwealth addressing housing, transportation, capital development, economic development and the preservation of environmental resources in the commonwealth.
(b) The council shall be chaired by the secretary of commonwealth development and shall include the secretaries of the executive offices of economic development, housing and community development, environmental affairs and transportation and construction, and the commissioners of the department of capital asset management and maintenance, and of the department of energy, or their respective designees. The chair shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall appoint the following advisory members: the chairman of the Massachusetts water resources authority, the chairman of the Massachusetts Bay transportation authority, the executive director of a regional transportation authority, three regional planning representatives, a municipal planning representative and a professional planner.
(c) The coordinated development policy shall:
discourage wasteful use of land, water and energy resources;
support revitalization and reinvestment in urban areas and older suburbs; encourage reuse and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure rather than the construction of new infrastructure in undeveloped areas;
protect, to the maximum extent possible, environmentally sensitive lands, natural resources, wildlife habitats and cultural and historic landscapes;
support a range of convenient and affordable transportation choices;
protect economically productive natural areas including farmland and forests;
provide an adequate supply of affordable housing for all income levels throughout each community, particularly households earning 50 per cent or less of the area median income, as defined by the federal department of housing and urban development;
encourage a clear and transparent development approval process; encourage regional solutions and approaches to planning for transportation, housing development and water supply;
require coordination among state agencies on sustainable growth efforts; encourage coordination and cooperation amount all state agencies; and
ensure that funding and construction activities by state agencies do not promote development that is inconsistent with state, regional and local sustainable development plans.
(d) The council shall:
coordinate and make recommendations to capital planning done by agencies and political subdivisions of the commonwealth;
resolve inconsistencies between agency plans and local or regional sustainable development plans;
encourage state agencies to consider secondary growth impact in capital planning and to site facilities in areas with infrastructure rather than undeveloped areas;
direct appropriate agencies to provide technical assistance as necessary to municipalities in their growth planning;
develop comprehensive policies and principles regarding the disposition, reuse and development of surplus commonwealth property which shall maximize the development of affordable housing, particularly near mass transit facilities, minimize environmental impact and respect local and regional input;
develop as part of the coordinated development plan, based on public hearing process, a long-term state-wide transportation plan for the commonwealth that includes planning for inter-modal and integrated transportation;
develop, based on public hearing process, procedures to be used for transportation project selection in which the executive office of transportation and construction, the department of highways and any regional planning district organized pursuant to chapter 40B participate to the extent found to be appropriate by the council; and
establish criteria for project selection to be used in the procedures developed pursuant to clause (7).

16A. Chapter 6A is further amended by inserting after section 15 the following section:

Floor Number: 228 Clerk Number: 278

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REORGANIZATION

Mr. Berry moves to amend the bill in Section 17, line 8, of the first paragraph, by deleting the phrase "and for the programs under the Rehabilitation Act" and in line 5, of the fourth paragraph, by deleting the phrase "and for the programs under the Rehabilitation Act."

Floor Number: 229 Clerk Number: 578

ASSISTING DISABLED RESIDENTS

Mr. Barrios moves to amend the bill in Section 17 by deleting the words:-
"and for the Programs under the Rehabilitation Act" as they appear within subsection (d) of the paragraph beginning with: "Section 16"; and in paragraph 4, of the same section, by deleting the words appearing in subsection (a) that read:- "and for programs under the Rehabilitation Act."

Floor Number: 230 Clerk Number: 301
TRANSPARENCY OF THE NON-PROFIT PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER

Mr. Montigny moves to amend the bill, S 2004, in section 18, by striking the last sentence of subsection (4) and inserting in place thereof the following:-
Such information shall be a public record under chapter 66 of the General Laws, except where it contains proprietary information, as determined by the Secretary, or trade secrets under applicable state or federal law.

Floor Number: 231 Clerk Number: 330

AN AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO BULK PURCHASING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Mr. Tarr and Mr. Joyce move to amend the bill (Senate bill 2004), in Section 18, by adding, after subsection (7), the following new subsection: -
(8) The Secretary shall direct the Pharmacy Benefits Manager to design and evaluate the feasibility of a system whereby uninsured and/or underinsured citizens may purchase prescription drugs through the bulk purchasing program established pursuant to this section. Said system shall consider the use of a means test for the determination of eligibility and a sliding scale for payment by the purchaser commensurate with the individual's ability to pay for such prescription drugs, and shall also contemplate the benefits to be derived by the Commonwealth and drug purchasers from allowing purchasers access to the reduced prices produced by the bulk purchase program in the absence of any subsidy from state or federal government.
In addition, said system shall be designed so as to maximize federal financial participation through Medicaid or other funding sources, to reduce or eliminate the number of individuals in need of prescription drugs who do not have access to them, to optimize the effectiveness of the bulk purchasing program by aggregating and increasing the demand represented by the program, and to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of state efforts to ensure prescription drug coverage for those in need. Said plan shall be consistent with 42 U.S.C. 193ba and any other relevant federal statutes and regulations.
The results of said evaluation shall be reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Health Care not later than nine months following the passage of this Act.

Floor Number: 232 Clerk Number: 588

THRESHOLD INCREASE AND PRIVATIZATION

Mr. Barrios moves to amend the bill by striking out Section 27, Section 557 and Section 578.

Floor Number: 233 Clerk Number: 512

REVENUE INTERCEPT

Mr. Lees moves that the bill be amended by striking section 29 and inserting in place thereof the following new section:

Section 29. Subsection (a) of section 18 of chapter 7A of the General Laws as amended by section 8 of chapter 184 of the acts of 2002 is hereby amended
(a) by inserting in the first sentence after the words "as defined in section 1 of chapter 29" the words:- or owing an overdue judgment debt to a housing authority
(b) by inserting in the first sentence after the words "or for an agency of a city or town" the words:- or for a housing authority
(c) by adding after the words "agency of the city or town" in paragraph (1) a comma and the words:- housing authority
(d) by adding after the words "agency of the city or town in paragraph (3) a comma and the words:- housing authority
(e) by adding after the words "agency of the city or town" wherever appearing in paragraph (4) a comma and the words:- housing authority
(f) by adding after the words "agency of a city or town" in paragraph (5) a comma and the words:- housing authority
(g) by adding after the words "or the agency of the city or town" in the fourth sentence the words:- or the housing authority.

Floor Number: 234 Clerk Number: 329

AN AMENDMENT TO PROMOTE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY IN THE COMMONWEALTH

Mr. Tarr, Ms. Wilkerson, Mr. Hedlund and Ms. Sprague move to amend the bill (Senate Bill 2004) by striking Section 35.

Floor Number: 235 Clerk Number: 441
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FUND

Ms. Wilkerson, Mr. Morrissey, Mr. Hedlund, Ms. Tucker and Mr. Tarr move to amend the bill by striking Section 35
and further in Section 609 by striking the words "section 35G of chapter 10"

Floor Number: 236 Clerk Number: 487
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE FEES

Mr. Creedon moves to amend the bill by striking out Sections 42 and 43 in their entirety.

Floor Number: 237 Clerk Number: 132
BORM Increasing DPH Board Fees

Mr. Moore moves to amend the bill, Section 44, by inserting after the words "Department of Public Health" the following:- ", excluding the Board of Registration in Medicine,"

Floor Number: 238 Clerk Number: 179
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD REPEAL

Mr. Hedlund moves to amend the bill by striking out Section 46 and inserting at the end thereof the following eighteen sections:-
"SECTION ___. Section 47 of chapter 10 is hereby amended by striking it out of section 47 in its entirety.

SECTION ___. Section 12 of chapter 30B of the general laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 59 through 60, the words "and the terms thereof have been approved as reasonable by the emergency finance board."

SECTION ___. Section 5B of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby amended striking out, in lines 5 through 7, the words "Emergency Finance Board established under section one of chapter forty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three", and inserting in place thereof the following:- director of accounts.
said section is further amended by striking out, in lines 25 through 27, the following words:- Said board, in addition to the powers and duties otherwise conferred or imposed upon it, is authorized to perform further duties imposed by this section.
said section is further amended by striking out, in lines 32 through 35, the following words:- The members of the board aforesaid when acting under this section shall receive from the commonwealth compensation to the same extent as provided for services under section one of chapter seventy-four of the acts of 1945.
SECTION ___. Section 44F of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 18 through 19, the following words:- provided, however, that any indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed an amount approved by the emergency finance board.

SECTION ___. Section 18 of chapter 40N of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 through 4, the following words:- of the emergency finance board established under the provisions of chapter 49 of the acts of 1933 or.
SECTION ___. Section 99E of chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 19 through 22, the following words:- provided, however, that any indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed an amount approved by the emergency finance board.
SECTION ___. Section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (3A), and inserting in place thereof the following:-
(3A) For remodeling, reconstructing or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the city or town, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, for a term not exceeding twenty years.
said section is further amended by striking out subsection (9), and inserting in place thereof the following:-
(9) For the cost of equipment, five years or for such maximum term, not exceeding fifteen years, based upon the maximum useful life of the equipment as determined by the Board of Selectman or Mayor or City Manager of the city or town.
SECTION ___. Section 8 of chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in subsection (4A) the words "as may be approved by the emergency finance board".
Said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (8) in lines 56 through 58, the words "provided, however, that the emergency finance board, established under chapter 49 of the acts of 1933", and inserting in place thereof the following:- provided, however, that the majority of the members of a board composed of the attorney general, the state treasurer, and the director of accounts, or their designees.
said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (8A) in lines 63 through 64, the words "when approved by the emergency finance board, established under section 47 of chapter 10, for such number of years not exceeding ten, as said board shall fix", and inserting in place thereof the following:- when approved by the majority of members of a board composed of the attorney general, the state treasurer, and the director of accounts, or their designees, for such number of years not exceeding ten, as said board shall fix.
Said section is further amended by striking out subsection (15), and inserting in thereof the following:-
(15) For the construction of sewers, sewerage systems, and sewerage treatment and disposal facilities, or for the lump-sum payment of the cost of tie-in to such services in a contiguous city or town, for a period not exceeding thirty years; provided however that the city or town has an enterprise or a special revenue fund for sewer services and that the accountant or auditor or other officer having similar duties in the city or town, shall have certified to the treasurer that rates and charges have been set at a sufficient level to cover the estimates operating expenses and debt service related to the fund.
said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (18) in lines 139 through 140 the following words:- and shall be subject to the approval of the emergency finance board.
said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (19) the following words "emergency finance board".
said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (20) in line 152 the following words:- with the approval of the Emergency Finance Board, for the portion of the project so financed and such amounts as so approved.
said section is further amended by striking out in subsection (23) in lines 176 through 179 the words "such accounts as may be approved by the emergency finance board established under section one of chapter forty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and for such maximum term, not exceeding ten yeares, as the board shall fix", and inserting in place thereof the following:- for such maximum term not exceeding ten years.
SECTION ___. Section 10 of chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:- Except as otherwise authorized by law, a city or town shall not authorize indebtedness to an amount exceeding five per cent, of the equalized valuation of said city or town. A city or town may authorize indebtedness in excess of five per cent but not in excess of ten per cent, of the aforesaid equalized valuation; provided, however, that the amount of indebtedness so authorized shall be subject to the approval of the members of a board comprised of the attorney general, the state treasurer, and the director of accounts, or their designees, which approval may be given either before or after such authorization.
SECTION ___. Section 1 of chapter 44A of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 through 4, the words "'Board', the emergency finance board established under chapter forty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three" , and inserting in place thereof the following:- "Board", a board comprised of the attorney general, the state treasurer, and the director of accounts, or their designees.
SECTION ___. Section 6 of chapter 70B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 33 through 34, the words "emergency finance board established under section 47 of chapter 10", and inserting in place thereof the following:- Board of Selectman or Mayor or City Manager of the city or town.
SECTION ___. Section 14B of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out lines 45 to 48 inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following:-
Copies of such agreement shall be submitted to the department of education, and subject to its approval, to the several towns for their acceptance.
SECTION ___. Section 16 clause (d) of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 32 through 33, the words "that any indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed an amount approved by the emergency finance board and provided further".
SECTION ___. Section 16 of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 100 through 101, the words "To incur debt not exceeding an amount approved by the emergency finance board for the purposes and terms specified in clause (d)", and inserting in place thereof the following:- To incur debt for the purposes and terms specified in clause (d);

SECTION ___. Section 16G½ of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in line 8 the words "emergency finance board", and inserting in place thereof the following:- director of accounts.
SECTION ___. Section 16H of chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking it out in its entirety.
SECTION ___. Chapter 49 of the acts of 1933 is hereby repealed.
SECTION ___. In any other general or specific law where the Emergency Finance Board is referred to it shall mean a board comprised of the attorney general, the state treasurer, and the director of accounts, or their designees."

Floor Number: 239 Clerk Number: 63
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION

Mr. Havern moves to amend the bill in Section 50 by striking the following;
" The commissioner and one associate commissioner shall serve terms coterminous with that of the treasurer. One associate commissioner shall serve a four-year term.";
and inserting in place thereof the following:-
" The commissioner shall serve a term coterminous with the treasurer. The two associate commissioners serving on the alcoholic beverages control commission on May 1, 2003 shall remain the associate commissioners until January 2, 2005. The two associate commissioners shall therefore be appointed by the treasurer for terms of four years.

Floor Number: 240 Clerk Number: 508

BHE REORG

Mr.Lees hereby moves to amend the bill by striking out the first paragraph in section 4 of outside section 52 and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:

Section 4. The board of higher education, hereinafter referred to as the board, shall be composed of 11 voting members, consisting of the commissioner of education, ex officio, 7 members appointed by the governor, reflecting regional geographic representation, and 3 members to represent public institutions of higher education. Of the appointed members, at least one shall be a representative of organized labor, at least one shall be a representative of the business community, and one shall be a member whom the governor shall choose from among no more than three full-time undergraduate students who shall be nominated, and who are currently enrolled at a public institution set forth in section five. Nominated students shall have maintained satisfactory academic progress as determined by the policy of the institution at which such student is enrolled. Nominations shall be submitted by student members of the board of trustees for each such institution who, for the purpose of this section, shall be referred to as the student advisory committee. Such nominations may include, but not be limited to, students elected as trustees in accordance with the provisions of section 21. Of the 3 members chosen to represent public institutions of higher education,1 shall be selected by vote of the board of trustees of the university of massachusetts who shall be a member of the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts, 1 shall be selected by vote of the chairs of the boards of trustees of the state colleges who shall be a member of a board of trustees of a state college, and 1 shall be selected by vote of the chairs of the boards of trustees of the community colleges who shall be a member of a board of trustees of a community college. There shall be an office of the board consisting of a chancellor and employees appointed by said board.
Section 52 is further amended in Section 4 by striking out the first sentence in paragraph 4 and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
No member of the board shall be principally employed within the public higher education system of the Commonwealth.
Section 52 is further amended in Section 4 by striking out in the first sentence in paragraph 7 the number "5" and inserting in place thereof the number "6".

Floor Number: 241 Clerk Number: 571

BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Mr. Lees hereby moves to amend the bill by striking out section 52.

Floor Number: 242 Clerk Number: 465

HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - CORRECTIONS

Mr. Rosenberg moves to amend the bill in Section 58, by striking out all the words following the words, "all tuition and fees received", and replacing them with the following words:-
"by a board of trustees of a state college or community college shall be retained by the board of trustees of that institution in a revolving trust fund or funds and shall be expended as the board of the institution may direct. In the case of the university, all tuition and fees received by an individual campus shall be retained in a revolving trust fund or funds established by the board of trustees for that individual campus and shall be expended as the campus administration and the board of trustees may direct. Any balance in the trust funds at the close of a fiscal year shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years and shall not revert to the General Fund."
Mr. Rosenberg moves to further amend the bill in Section 60, by striking out all the words following the words "shall prepare their budget request in accordance with funding formulas" and replacing them with the following words:-
". The board of higher education shall develop said formulas for the institutions within the state and community college segments in consultation with the boards of trustees. The university trustees shall develop funding formulas for the university campuses in consultation with the campus administrations and the board of higher education. All funding formulas shall be periodically reviewed and revised as needed."
Mr. Rosenberg moves to further amend the bill, in Section 52, by striking out the words "Of the 3 members chosen to represent public institutions of higher education, 1 shall be selected by vote of the chancellors of the state university campuses, 1 by vote of the presidents of the state colleges, and 1 by vote of the presidents of the community colleges." and replacing them with the following words:-
"Of the 3 members chosen to represent public institutions of higher education, 1 shall be selected by vote of the chancellors and the president of the state university, 1 by vote of the presidents of the state colleges, and 1 by vote of the presidents of the community colleges."
Mr. Rosenberg moves to further amend the bill in Section 239, by striking out the words, "Said plans" in the final sentence, and replacing them with the following words:-
"As the flagship research campus of the University system, the Amherst campus should structure any such proposal to demonstrate how its adoption will serve to support the institution's effort to achieve parity with its peer institutions and enhance its ability to compete with them for students, faculty, and research funding. All such plans"
Mr. Rosenberg moves to further amend the bill in Section 594, by inserting after the words, "to establish such best practices within the Commonwealth," the following words:-
"the support of training and orientation sessions offered by the board of higher education for all new appointees to campus and university boards of trustees,"

Floor Number: 243 Clerk Number: 360

RELATIVE TO AGENCY INFORMATION SHARING

Mr. Glodis moves to amend the bill, by striking Sections 67, 339 and 461 and by inserting, after Section 609, the following new section:-

SECTION ___ . There shall be established a special commission to conduct an investigation and study of insurance payment intercept practices of state agencies. Said study shall include a review of M.G.L. C. 175 section 24D and 830 CMR 175.24D as they relate to the possible development of intercept practices in other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Division of Medical Assistance and the Department of Transitional Assistance. Said study shall determine the feasibility of developing uniform and consistent standards for agency information sharing programs as well as inter-agency coordination of such intercept practices and procedures. Said study shall also review the efficacy of the development of a single, unified system of payment intercept procedures that state agencies may utilize. Said commission shall be chaired by the chairs of the Joint Committee on Insurance or their designees, and shall include the Commissioner of Insurance, or his designee, the Secretary of Administration and Finance, or his designee, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or his designee, and one representative of the life insurance industry and one representative of the property and casualty insurance industry, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance. Said commission shall file its report and any recommendations with the Joint Committee on Insurance and the Clerks of the House and Senate no later than December 15, 2004.

Floor Number: 244 Clerk Number: 236

WITHDRAWN

RELATIVE TO MEMBERSHIP ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION'S STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

Ms. Creem moves to amend the bill by striking section 75 and inserting in place thereof:

"SECTION 75. Said chapter 21 is hereby amended by striking out section, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 2. The department shall be under the control of a stewardship council, which council shall consist of 15 members appointed by the governor for terms of 7 years. Five members shall be from the board of parks and recreation created in section 2A of section 21, five members shall be from the board of fisheries and wildlife created in section 7 of chapter 21, four members shall be chosen by the governor from a list of 12 nominees submitted by the board of trustees and directors of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Trustees of Reservations, the Trust for Public Land, the Boston Greenspace Alliance, Boston Natural Areas Network, the Charles River Watershed Association, Conservation Law Foundation, and the Environmental League of Massachusetts, and the fifteenth member shall be the commissioner of conservation and recreation. Upon the expiration of the terms of the current members of the board, all additional appointments by the governor, except those made to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term, shall be for terms of seven years. No council member may remain on the council after the expiration of their terms on the boards of parks and recreation or fisheries and wildlife.

Floor Number: 245 Clerk Number: 383
DCR STEWARDHSIP COUNCIL

Ms. Resor and Ms. Creem move to amend the bill (S. 2004), by striking sections 75, 77 and 78, and inserting in place thereof the following new sections:-
"SECTION 75. Said chapter 21 is hereby amended by striking section 2, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 2. The department shall be under the control of a stewardship council, which shall consist of 13 members, which shall be appointed by the governor for terms of seven years. Seven members shall be from the board of parks and recreation created under section 2A of chapter 21, 5members shall be from the board of fisheries and wildlife created in section 7 of chapter 21, and the thirteenth member shall be the commissioner of conservation and recreation. Upon the expiration of the terms of the current members of the board, all additional appointments by the governor, except those made to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term, shall be for seven years.

SECTION 77. Said section 2A of said chapter 21, as so appearing, is herby amended by striking out in lines 3 and 4, the words "except as hereinafter provided that no more than one such member shall be appointed from the same county" and inserting in place thereof the following: words:-3 members shall come from the metropolitan parks district defined in section 33 of chapter 92, and shall be nominated by the Boston Greenspace Alliance, Boston Natural Areas Network, Charles River Watershed Association, and the Conservation Law Foundation, located in the district of the former metropolitan district commission.

SECTION 78. Chapter 21, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out section 2A and inserting in place thereof the following new section:-
Section 2A. The members of the board of environmental management shall be selected with due regard to geographical distribution, 3 members shall come from the metropolitan parks district defined in section 33 of chapter 92, and one member of said board shall be a resident of Berkshire county.
The commissioner shall request each of the boards of trustees or directors of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Trust for Public Land, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, and the Trustees of Reservations, to nominate nine candidates for three members of the board. From the nominations received from the several boards of such organizations, the commissioner shall select nine candidates whom he shall recommend to the governor. The governor shall appoint three members of the board from among the candidates recommended by the commissioner."

Floor Number: 246 Clerk Number: 317

BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION

Ms. Resor moves to amend the bill (Senate No. 2004) by striking out Sections 76, 77, 79, 87, and 88.

Floor Number: 247 Clerk Number: 402

FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DIRECTOR

Mr. Brewer and Ms. Resor move to amend the bill, in Section 89, by striking out the words "the division of fisheries and wildlife".

Floor Number: 248 Clerk Number: 498

AN AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO MARINE FISHERIES

Mr. Tarr moves to amend the bill (Senate Bill 2004) by striking Sections 100 and 101.

Floor Number: 249 Clerk Number: 312

AN AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO INCREASED WATER EFFICIENCY

Mr. Tarr and Mr. Hedlund move to amend the bill (Senate bill 2004) in Section 107, in line 1 by striking out the word "section" and replacing it with the word "sections"; and further, by adding at the end thereof, the following: -
Section 11B. The division shall administer and maintain a water conservation and water resources protection program. Said program shall be implemented to increase the efficiency of water use, mitigate the environmental impacts of water withdrawals, assess the effectiveness of various water conservation and water resource protection measures in increasing water efficiency of water use, and to identify effective measures to protect and conserve water resources and biological resources throughout the Commonwealth. Said program shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Conducting water audits of residential, commercial and municipal buildings; for the installation of new, highly accurate water meters in commercial, municipal, and state-owned buildings, and for the development and implementation of landscape practices that eliminate or significantly reduce outdoor water use;
2. Technical assistance to municipalities, water districts and water authorities for comprehensive system wide water audits, water use accounting and reporting and intensive leak detection and repair programs;
3. the preparation of model municipal bylaws/ordinances for site development, stormwater management, including stormwater infiltration and recharge, landscape and recreational facility design and irrigation and water conservation;
4. the development of model water conserving rate structures and billing procedures that fully incorporate the cost of producing water and protecting water resources;
5. the development of public education programs, school curricula, and supporting materials relating to water conservation and water resource protection;
6. development of a methodology for estimating long-term water needs that considers the impact of community build-out projections and provides technical assistance to municipalities, water districts, and water authorities in developing water needs estimates;
7. directing technical assistance to municipalities, water districts and water authorities in the efficient management, use and protection of water resources consistent with the purpose of this Act.

Floor Number: 250 Clerk Number: 464
WATERSHED LANDS PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Mr. Lees moves to amend the bill, in Section 117, by inserting after the words "1 member appointed by the speaker of the house," the following words:-
"1 member appointed by the minority leader of the house,"
and moves to further amend the bill, in the same section, by inserting after the words "1 member appointed by the president of the senate," the following words:-
"1 member appointed by the minority leader of the senate,".