JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
Friday, January 17, 2003.
Met at thirteen minutes past eleven
o’clock A.M., in an Informal Session.
At the request of the Speaker,
the members, guests and employees joined with him in reciting the pledge
of allegiance to the flag.
Resolutions.
The following resolutions
(filed with the Clerk) were considered forthwith, under suspension of
the rules, in each instance, on motion of Mr. Coppola of Foxborough:
Resolutions (filed by Representatives
Coppola of Foxborough, Poirier of North Attleborough and Travis of Rehoboth)
congratulating Justin Cinelli on receiving the Eagle Award of the Boy
Scouts of America;
Resolutions (filed by Representatives
Coppola of Foxborough, Kafka of Sharon and Poirier of North Attleborough)
congratulating Andrew Hoy on receiving the Eagle Award of the Boy Scouts
of America;
Resolutions (filed by Representatives
Coppola of Foxborough, Kafka of Sharon and Poirier of North Attleborough)
congratulating Devin Romanul on receiving the Eagle Award of the Boy Scouts
of America; and
Resolutions (filed by Mrs.
Haddad of Somerset) congratulating James G. Bancroft on the occasion of
his retirement.
Recess.
At a quarter after eleven
o’clock A.M., the Speaker declared a recess until a quarter before
twelve o’clock noon; and at a quarter after twelve o’clock,
the House was called to order with the Speaker in the Chair.
Paper from the Senate.
The House Bill expanding
the Governor’s authority to address deficiencies in revenue (House,
No. 2010, amended) came from the Senate passed to be engrossed, in concurrence,
with amendments striking out section 2B (as printed); inserting after
section 3 (as printed) the following two sections:
SECTION 5A. The governor
shall not reduce the allocation to a city, town or regional school district
of state school aid funds appropriated in item 7061-0008 of section 2
of chapter 184 of the acts of 2002, as allocated by section 3 of said
chapter 184, so as to reduce the sum of those allocated state school aid
funds and the minimum required local contribution below foundation budget
for that city, town or regional school district, as those terms are defined
in section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws.
SECTION 5B. In any reduction
in payments to a municipality or regional school district pursuant to
items 0611-5500, 7061-0008, 7061-0022 or Lottery
Distributions in sections 2 and 3 of chapter 184
of the acts of 2002, from the amounts appropriated in said chapter
184 the governor shall consider the following: (1) the impact on the annual
budget of each municipality or regional school district; (2) the existence
of any local reserve funds; (3) the percentage of the municipality’s
or regional school district’s budget that comes from the state;
and (4) any other factor that he considers important.”; and striking
out section 4 (as printed) and inserting in place thereof the following
section:
“SECTION 6. Section
3 shall take effect on July 1, 2003.”.
Under suspension of the
rules, on motion of Mr. Linsky of Natick, the amendments were considered
forthwith.
Mr. O’Flaherty of
Chelsea then moved that the House concur with the Senate in its amendments
with a further amendment in section 1, in line 10, by inserting after
the word “courts” the words “the office of the comptroller,
the office of inspector general”.
The further amendment was
adopted. The House then concurred with the Senate in its amendments, as
amended. Sent to the Senate for concurrence in the further amendment.
Recess.
At twenty-nine minutes after
twelve o’clock noon, the Speaker declared a recess subject to the
call of the Chair; and and twenty-five minutes before two o’clock
P.M., the House was called to order with the Speaker in the Chair.
Emergency Measure.
The engrossed Bill expanding
the Governor’s authority to address deficiencies in revenue (see
House, No. 2010, amended), having been certified by the Clerk to be rightly
and truly prepared for final passage, was considered, the question being
on adopting the emergency preamble.
A separate vote was taken,
as required by the provisions of Article XLVIII (as amended by Article
LXVII) of the Amendments to the Constitution;
and the preamble was adopted, by a vote of 2 to 0. Sent
to the Senate for concurrence.
Subsequently, the Senate
having concurred in adoption of the emergency preamble, the bill (which
originated in the House) was passed to be enacted; and it was signed by
the Speaker and sent to the Senate.
Order.
On motion of Mr. Peterson
of Grafton,—
Ordered, That
when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet on Tuesday next at eleven
o’clock A.M.
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At a quarter before two
o’clock P.M., on motion of Mr. Peterson, the House adjourned, to
meet on Tuesday next at eleven o’clock A.M., in an Informal Session.