Mr. O’ Day of West Boylston,
Quinn of Dartmouth, Guyer of Dalton, Greene of Billerica, Rice of Gardner, DiNatale
of Fitchburg, Atkins of Concord, Richardson of Framingham, Timilty of Milton,
McCarthy of East Bridgewater, Walsh of Boston, Mr. Eldridge of Acton, and
Canessa of New Bedford move that the bill be amended in section 2 in item
0611-5510 by adding the following: “Provided further, the
Department of Revenue shall conduct a study to determine the cost analysis for
providing payment in lieu of taxes to any county correctional facility whose
operating expenses paid by the Commonwealth exceeds 50 percent; provided
further, that said study shall be completed by October 1, 2008 and submitted to
the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means; provided further, that said
payment in lieu of taxes shall not take effect until legislation has been filed
and enacted pursuant to Part 2, Chapter 1, Sec.1, Article II of the
ConstitutionProvided further that any county correctional
facility whose operating expenses paid by the Commonwealth exceeds 50 percent
shall be deemed a state facility for lieu of taxes on state-owned land
purposes; and in said section by striking out the figures “$28,300,000” and
inserting in place thereof the figures “$33,300,000”.