The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
Mary S. Rogeness
George N. Peterson, Jr.
John A. Lepper
Viriato Manuel deMacedo
Paul K. Frost
Elizabeth A. Poirier
Karyn E. Polito
Richard J. Ross
Susan Williams Gifford
Paul J. P. Loscocco
Donald F. Humason, Jr.
Todd M. Smola
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 5 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as most recently amended in chapter 289 of the acts of 2006, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:--
(4) In the event that a project meeting the qualifications outlined in paragraph (2) was authorized and financed by a town’s legislative body not more than 2 years prior to the acceptance of sections 3 through 7, inclusive, by the voters pursuant to section 3, the community preservation committee may then include in its recommendations to the legislative body a recommendation to expends funds for such project, whether to augment existing funds or to replace funds otherwise dedicated to such project.
SECTION 2. Section 6 of said chapter 44B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the final sentence in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:--
The community preservation funds shall not replace existing operating funds, only augment them; provided, that projects approved and financed by a legislative body not more than 2 years prior to the acceptance of sections 3 through 7, inclusive, by the voters pursuant to section 3 shall be exempt from this requirement.