Representatives Donelan of Orange, Reinstein of Revere, Hill of Ipswich, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Kennedy of Brockton, Gobi of Spencer, Linsky of Natick, Rice of Gardner, Kane of Holyoke, Campbell of Methuen, Frost of Auburn, Garry of Dracut, Alicea of Charlton, Murphy of Burlington, Atkins of Concord, Grant of Beverly, Speliotis of Danvers, McCarthy of East Bridgewater, Canessa of New Bedford, Richardson of Framingham, Speranzo of Pittsfield, Flanagan of Leominster, Galvin of Canton, Quinn of Dartmouth, Callahan of Sutton, Hall of Westford, Guyer of Dalton, Creedon of Brockton, Timilty of Milton, McMurtry of Dedham, Verga of Gloucester, Garballey of Arlington, Porier of North Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Ayers of Quincy, Eldridge of Acton, Canavan of Brockton move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 8324-0000, by adding at the end thereof the following language: 

“Provided further that a firefighting equipment grant program for fire departments of every city, town, fire district and authority of the commonwealth be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided that grants shall be distributed to municipalities according to a formula giving equal weight to each municipalities population; provided further, that eligible fire safety equipment under this program shall include, but is not limited to, turnout gear, hand-held power lights, communication devices, telephones, personal alert safety systems, so- called, air packs, tanks, compressors, thermal imaging devices and computerized personnel accountability systems, but shall exclude firefighter apparatus and vehicles; provided further that grants awarded by said executive office to a municipality under said program shall not be utilized for the purpose of personnel costs unless such costs constitute 50 percent or less of the total grant award; provided further that no grant shall be awarded to the department of fire services; provided further that not later than February 1, 2008 , the executive office of public safety shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the secretary for administration and finance detailing the amount of grants awarded to said grant recipients and descriptions of said grants and each municipality will provide the executive office of public safety with a comprehensive list of the best-practices that have been instituted as a result of these grants”;

and in said item by striking out the figures “$13,430,452” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$23,430,452”.