The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act providing for a lead paint abatement program for family day care homes. |
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 197 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “premises”, in line 2, the following words:- of a family day care home as defined in section 9 of chapter 28.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 111 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 197E the following section:-
Section 197E ½. There shall be a grant program in the development of housing and community development for lead abatement in family day care homes. The director of housing and community development, in consultation with the commissioner and the lead poisoning control director, shall administer said program and may distribute funds through community action agencies, redevelopment agencies, local nonprofit community and housing agencies and other appropriate municipal and non-profit agencies and organizations. Grants under this program must be used for lead-paint abatement and containment activities. Grants shall not exceed $25,000 for a family day care home.
SECTION 3. To provide for a program of lead paint abatement in family day care homes the sum set forth in section 4 in hereby appropriated from the General Fund subject to laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.
SECTION 4.
Department of Housing and Community Development
7004-9317 For a grant program for lead paint abatement in family day care
homes………………………………………………………………. $500,000.