By Representative Turner of Dennis and Senator Brewer, joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 586) of Cleon H. Turner and others for legislation to authorize cities and towns to exceed tax levy limitations for certain capital outlay expenditures by regional governmental units.  Education.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Cleon H. Turner

Stephen M. Brewer

Massachusetts Association of School Committees

Stanley C. Rosenberg

Stephen Kulik

Lewis G. Evangelidis

Denis E. Guyer

Lida E. Harkins

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

Anthony J. Verga

Jay R. Kaufman

Christine E. Canavan

Susan C. Fargo

Steven J. D'Amico

Patricia A. Walrath

Louis L. Kafka

Mark C. Montigny

William M. Straus

William C. Galvin

Stephen R. Canessa

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Todd M. Smola

Brian A. Joyce

Bradford Hill

Christopher J. Donelan

Robert L. Rice, Jr.

Mary S. Rogeness

Thomas J. Calter

James E. Timilty

Scott P. Brown

David B. Sullivan

Barbara A. L'Italien

Matthew C. Patrick

David Paul Linsky

Richard T. Moore

Pamela P. Resor

Joan M. Menard

Gale D. Candaras

Eric Turkington

Allen J. McCarthy

Ellen Story

Daniel K. Webster

Anne M. Gobi

Robert S. Hargraves

Robert A. Antonioni

William Smitty Pignatelli

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

Richard J. Ross

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

James B. Eldridge

Thomas P. Conroy

Demetrius J. Atsalis

Bruce E. Tarr

Walter F. Timilty

Jennifer M. Callahan

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act streamlining the regional school budget process.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to streamline and expedite the regional school budget process, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

                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. Section 21C of Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended in paragraph (i½), line 124 by adding at the end of “capital outlay expenditures” the following:-

or for the city’s or town’s apportioned share for certain capital outlay expenditures by a regional governmental unit.

And by striking “nineteen hundred” and replacing with the text “two thousand” in line 132 of said paragraph.