CLERK NUMBER: 101
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out sections 17 and 18.
CLERK NUMBER: 102
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 16.
CLERK NUMBER: 103
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 15.
CLERK NUMBER: 104
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 14.
CLERK NUMBER: 105
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 13.
CLERK NUMBER: 106
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended, in section 5, by striking the remaining text after the word “Commonwealth” and inserting in place thereof the following: — “Local Aid Stabilization Fund, as established pursuant to section 2MMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws. ”
And move that the bill be further amended by adding the following section: —
“SECTION ___. Section 2MMM. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Local Aid Stabilization Fund, consisting of amounts transferred to the fund in accordance with the provisions of clause (c) of section 35 of chapter 10 and income derived from the investment of amounts so transferred. The purpose of the fund shall be to create and maintain a reserve from which appropriations may be made for the following purposes: (1) to make up any difference between actual state revenues and allowable state revenues in any fiscal year in which actual revenues fall below the allowable amount with respect to local aid and (2) to replace the state and local loss of federal funds which affect local aid or (3) for any event which threatens the health, safety or welfare of the people or the fiscal stability of the cities and towns within the commonwealth. Such event or events, as determined by the general court, shall include, but not limited to, a substantial decline in economic indicators which result in severe reductions in state revenues or state financial assistance to local governmental units, or court ordered or otherwise mandated assumptions by the commonwealth of programs or costs of programs previously borne by local governmental units. The determination by the general court to transfer and appropriate for any such purpose shall be made, after a hearing before the joint committee on ways and means and a comprehensive analysis of alternative legislative action and revenue sources, upon a finding that the transfer and appropriation will not adversely affect the overall fiscal health of the commonwealth, taking into account indicators of future economic performance and conditions affecting state revenues.”
CLERK NUMBER: 107
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out sections 5 and 107.
CLERK NUMBER: 108
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 33.
CLERK NUMBER: 109
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 83.
CLERK NUMBER: 110
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by adding, after section 31, the following section:-
“Section 31A. Subsection (c) of section 5A of chapter 71B, as amended by chapter 26 of the acts of 2003, is amended by striking, in line 9, the word “current” and inserting in place thereof the following:- previous.”.
CLERK NUMBER: 111
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0321-1500, by adding the following: — “; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, not later than January 31, 2005 that shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by said committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by said committee by type of case; (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case; (h) the feasibility of the implementation of a flat rate compensation system based on the type of case.”.
CLERK NUMBER: 112
Mr. Jones of North Reading , Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow , Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by striking out section 52.
CLERK NUMBER: 113
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by adding the following section: —
“SECTION ___. (a) The purpose and intent of this section is to enhance available notification procedures to warn members of the general public of the likelihood they will encounter a level 3 sex offender in the community by allowing police departments to post certain information about such offenders on the internet as part of level 3 community notification plans, which the general court hereby finds to serve a substantial public safety interest.
(b) Section 178K of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the word “however,” in line 152, and inserting in place thereof the following:-- “that such active dissemination may include publication of such information on the internet by the police department at such time and in such manner as the police or the board deem reasonably necessary; and provided further,”.
CLERK NUMBER: 114
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by adding the following section: —
“SECTION __. Section 7 H of chapter 29 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2002 official edition is hereby amended by adding after the word “thereto”, the following:-
The house committee on ways and means shall report out a supplemental budget each quarter, if necessary, on or before October 1st, January 15th, April 1 and July 15th; provided that the supplemental budget for July 15th shall be considered as the final deficiency for the previous fiscal year; provided that supplemental funding is needed and available according to the chair of the ways and means committee; provided that when the chairman deems the current appropriations sufficient and a supplemental budget is not needed or if the current fiscal situation does not allow for a supplemental budget the chairman shall submit a letter to the house clerk, senate ways and means chair and the secretary of administration and finance stating his intention not to file a supplemental budget for this quarter and a detail of the circumstances which warrant his decision.”
CLERK NUMBER: 115
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended by adding the following section: —
“SECTION __. Section 5B of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 163 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2003, is hereby amended by adding in the eighth paragraph after the word “therein”, the following:-
“Said consensus tax estimate shall include a figure equal to 2% of the previous fiscal year's total general appropriations act in addition to the tax estimate; provided that the figure be considered an upper limit for the use of non-reoccurring funding sources for the ensuing fiscal year; provided further that non-reoccurring funding sources shall include funds held in trust and funds acquired from renewable revenue sources, but deposited into a special fund intended for later use, including the stabilization fund.”.”
CLERK NUMBER: 116
Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Lepper of Attleboro and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move that the bill be amended in section 86, in the first paragraph, by striking out the remainder of the paragraph after “municipal association” and inserting in place thereof the following words: — “2 members shall be appointed by the senate president, including the senate chair of the joint committee on natural resources and agriculture; 1 member shall be appointed by the senate minority leader; 2 members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house, including the house chair of the joint committee on natural resources and agriculture; and 1 member shall be appointed by the house minority leader.”
CLERK NUMBER: 117
Mr. Connolly Of Everett move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7100-0200 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ ; provided, further, that the sum expended for UMass Extension in fiscal year 2005 shall be adjusted only in direct proportion to university budget adjustments to other academic programs of the University of Massachusetts Amherst; provided further, that such funds shall be expended in accordance with a plan reviewed by the UMass Extension Board of Public Overseers”. ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 118
Mr. Perry of Sandwich moves that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 4800-0038, in line 29, by inserting after the word "program" the following:
"and provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for recruitment of individuals to provide services to Big Brothers and Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 119
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0010 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $32,000 be expended for community policing grants in the town of Orleans ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 120
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0010 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $32,000 be expended for community policing grants in the town of Chatham ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 121
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0010 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $32,000 be expended for community policing grants in the town of Eastham ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 122
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0010 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $32,000 be expended for community policing grants in the town of Provincetown ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 123
Mr. Nangle Of Lowell move that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the following section(s):
SECTION___. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, in the event that any person,city,town or county is issued or granted a determination of need or exemption from determination of need for a service or technology defined now or in the future as an innovative service or new technology pursuant to section 25B of chapter 111 of the general laws, or the department of public health recognizes such an exemption, and such determination or exemption is to be implemented on or about the location for which another person had previously been issued a determination of need for a clinic location, or a clinic license,to provide the same, or a substantially similar, innovative service or new technology, said department shall issue an original license to such other person for the operation of a clinic location providing such innovative service or new technology at a location designated by such person within twenty-five miles of its previously approved clinic location, subject only to the requirements of the sixth through eleventh paragraphs of section 51 of chapter 111 of the general laws.
CLERK NUMBER: 124
Mr. Speliotis of Danvers moves that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7003-0702 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be provided to the Workforce Investment Association of MA, Inc. for the purpose of assisting administrators, one-stop career center directors, and fiscal agents by providing them with technical assistance for regional operations in the Commonwealth's Workforce Development System.
CLERK NUMBER: 125
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich And Mr. Atsalis Of Barnstable move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 4800-0038 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 126
Mr. Donelan Of Orange moves that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 4512-0200 , by adding at the end thereof the following: “ provided further that not less than $175,000 be appropriated for Beacon Recovery for programming at the Orange Recovery House ”; and in item 0411-1000 , by striking out the figures “ $5,135,418 ” and inserting in place thereof the figures “ 4,960,418 ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 127
Mr. Pedone Of Worcester moves that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:
Section 4 of Chapter 27 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the second paragraph the following:- ; provided further, that no fewer than three members of said board shall be selected from the following fields: psychology, psychiatry and social work; and said members shall possess the follwing degrees: Ph.D. Psychology, M.D. with a board certification in psychiatry, a Ph..D. or a Masters degree in Social Work; said members shall be licensed respectively by the Board of Registration in Psychology, the Board of Registration in Medicine or the Board of Registration in Social Work.
CLERK NUMBER: 128
Mr. Pedone of Worcester moves that the bill be amended in line item 4000-0500 by adding after the words “pubic payer hospitals” the following new language:
“and provided further that $1,200,000 shall be expended for a disproportionate share teaching hospital in Worcester County for emergency mental health services.”
CLERK NUMBER: 129
Mr. Hill of Ipswich move that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the
following section(s):
That each division and agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts be directed to activate all TTY Messaging - ideally for each active mailbox, but in the minimum assigning at least one TTY enabled mailbox for each member's office and administrative unit of government;
Any work group that employs or may employ individuals with visual impairments should be required to download and install helper applications that allow individuals who are blind or who have visual impairments to work job functions that require the perception of information that is only visually discernable on a telephone;
Any agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that employs Interactive Voice Response self-service applications should be required to include prompts that allows individuals who use TTY's to communicate over the phone to access the self-service applications.
CLERK NUMBER: 130
Ms.Gomes Of Harwich And Mr. Atsalis Of Barnstable ] move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0331-2100 , by striking out the figures “ $491,025 ” and inserting in place thereof the figures “ $689,500 ”; and in item 1201-0100 , by striking out the figures “ $107,470,805 ” and inserting in place thereof the figures “ $107,272,330 0 ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 131
Representative Hill of Ipswich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 2300-0101, by striking out the figures $304,395 and inserting in place thereof the figures $404,395.
CLERK NUMBER: 132
Ms. Gifford of Wareham moves that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:
SECTION . Subdivision (a) of subsection (B) of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subparagraph (13) the following new subparagraph:-
(14) An amount equal to 100 percent of any compensation included in Part B adjusted gross income paid to a resident of the Commonwealth serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed outside the Commonwealth for at least nine months of the taxable year in which said compensation is otherwise subject to taxation under this chapter. The provisions of this subparagraph shall be available only for the taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004 .
CLERK NUMBER: 133
Representative Grant Of Beverly moves that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0099 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ ; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for one staff position for the Beverly Affordable Housing Coalition ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 134
Mr. Peterson of Grafton moves that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the following sections:
Section . Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of revenue shall accept applications for abatement of tax on behalf Old Colony Stationary Inc. of Whitinsville for the tax years 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. Such applications shall be considered timely if filed with said commissioner within 90 days from the effective date of this act. Any abatement paid pursuant to these applications shall not include payment of interest or of any costs related to the filing of the applications.
CLERK NUMBER: 135
Mr. Donelan Of Orange move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0010 , in line 4 , by striking out the following: “ provided further, that earmarked funds shall be reduced 33.3 percent in each subsequent fiscal year with the intention of eliminating earmarked fund from line item 8000-0010 by fiscal year 2008 .”
CLERK NUMBER: 136
Mr. Donelan Of Orange move that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: “55A. Section 38 of chapter 262 of the General Laws, as amended by section 51 of chapter 4 of the acts of 2003, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-
No city or town shall be required to pay any fees for recording, filing or deposit of any instrument.”
CLERK NUMBER: 137
Representatives Binienda and Pedone and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0900, by adding the following: Provided that $54,690 shall be expended for a CASA program in the Berkshire county juvenile courts.
CLERK NUMBER: 138
Representative Hill of Ipswich move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 2250-2000, by striking out the figures $1,411,330 and inserting in place thereof the figures $1,506,194.
CLERK NUMBER: 139
Representatives Binienda and Pedone of Worcester and Representative Kulik of Worthington and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0700, by adding the following: For the Hampshire and Franklin county juvenile courts; provided that $77,478 shall be expended for the Franklin and Hampshire county CASA program including Northampton, Greenfield, Orange and Ware district courts.
CLERK NUMBER: 140
Representatives Binienda and Pedone of Worcester and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0800, by adding the following: For the Plymouth county juvenile courts; provided that $72,920 shall be expended for a CASA program in the Plymouth county juvenile court.
CLERK NUMBER: 141
Representatives Binienda and Pedone of Worcester and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0600, by adding the following: For the Essex county juvenile courts; provided that $91,150 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Essex county juvenile courts.
CLERK NUMBER: 142
Representatives Binienda and Pedone of Worcester and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0400, by adding the following: For the Worcester county juvenile courts; provided that $72,920 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Worcester county juvenile courts.
CLERK NUMBER: 143
Representatives Binienda and Pedone of Worcester and Representative Polito of Shrewsbury move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 0337-0300, by adding the following: For the Hampden county juvenile courts; provided that $145,841 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Springfield juvenile courts.
CLERK NUMBER: 144
Representative Hill of Ipswich move that the bill be amended in section 2, by adding the following item:
2310-0201………………………………………………………………..………$100,000
CLERK NUMBER: 145
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich and Representatives Atsalis, Perry, Gifford and George move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 4800-0038, by adding at the end thereof the following:
“provided further that not less than $130,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center ” and striking out the figure $258,516,384 inserting in place thereof the figure $258,646,384 . And in Section 2, in line item 1201-0100 by striking out the figures $107,470,805 and inserting in place thereof the figures “$107,340,805.
CLERK NUMBER: 146
Kane of Holyoke moves that the bill be amended in section 2, by reducing line item 1100-1100 to $3,147,608 and adding to item 7003-0701 the following: “provided further that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the support of programs operated by a Farms Workers' Council serving low income persons and the Hispanic Community of Hampden County.”
CLERK NUMBER: 147
Ms. Gomes Of Harwich and Mr. Atsalis of Barnstable move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 4510-0110 , by adding at the end thereof the following:
“ provided further that not less than $100,000 be expended for the O'Neill Health Center ”.
CLERK NUMBER: 148
Mr. Binienda of Worcester and Mr. Bosely of North Adams move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7006-0070, by striking out the figures “6,910,431” and inserting in place thereof the figures “7,897,089”.
CLERK NUMBER: 149
Representative Rivera of Springfield and Representative Donelan of Orange move that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7004-3036, in line 2, by striking out the following: “not less than $400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following: “the funds”.
CLERK NUMBER: 150
Mr. Pedone of Worcester moves that the bill be amended in section 2 by inserting into line item 7007-1000 the following item:
