SECTION 101. Section 4 of chapter 29A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 16 and 17, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 102. Section 6 of said chapter 29A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 25, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 103. Chapter 29B of the General Laws is hereby repealed.
SECTION 104. Section 39R of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 117, 124, 125 and 126, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 105. Said section 39R of said chapter 30, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 68 and 69, the words "deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 106. Paragraph (f) of section 3 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as
appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Any person, who meets the definition of veteran but has not yet been discharged from military
service and was serving in the armed forces at the time of examination shall receive the same
preference afforded to veterans; provided, however, that such person shall provide official
documentation of honorable discharge at the time of appointment. If such person fails to provide
proper documentation, such appointment and preference shall be immediately rescinded.
SECTION 107. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "officer", in line 282, the following words:- , officers and employees of the general court having police powers;.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section
SECTION 108. Section 28K of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
hereby amended by adding the following two paragraphs:-
Such employee who fulfills the requirements of the preceding paragraph shall be credited with
creditable service for any period after January 1, 1975 and shall contribute to the retirement fund
an amount which he would have contributed had such employee remained in the service of the
commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions together with regular interest thereon, under
the terms and conditions defined by the retirement system of which he is a member. The
provisions of this paragraph shall take effect for the members of any retirement system by
majority vote of the board of such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the
purposes of this section, legislative body shall mean the town meeting for the purposes of a town
system, the city council subject to the provisions of its charter in a city system, the district
meeting in a district system, the county commissioners in a county system, and the governing
body of an authority in an authority system. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon
the filing of a certificate of acceptance with the commissioner.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an employee of the commonwealth or its political
subdivisions who is a full-time representative of an employee organization, which has included
in its membership employees of the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions may,
while on leave of absence for the purpose of acting as a full-time representative of any such
employee organization, be entitled to payment of salary for the period of assignment as a
full-time representative of such employee organization, if the collective bargaining agreement
entered into between the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions and the employee
organization provides for such payment. For the purpose of this paragraph, political subdivision
shall not include a city or town.
SECTION 109. Said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after section
90C the following section:-
Section 90C½. A state employee or member of the state teachers' retirement system who
has been retired under the provisions of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on a
superannuation, accidental disability or ordinary disability retirement allowance and who has
completed at least 25 years of creditable service shall have his retirement allowance increased to
an amount not to exceed $10,000; provided, however, that such allowance shall be subject to the
provisions of paragraph (e) of section 102.
SECTION 110. Section 83 of chapter 33 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 14, the word "thirty" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 75.
SECTION 111. Section 26A of chapter 35 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 112. Section 28B of said chapter 35, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 72 and 73, 78 and 79, the words "deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 113. Chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the
following section:-
Section 40. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the
state secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that all technology purchases by
registries of deeds are compatible with each other.
SECTION 114. The second paragraph of section 21A of said chapter 44, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Upon receipt of notification from a city, town or regional school district of a decrease in the amount of interest payable related to such projects, the department of education shall recalculate the amount of the state construction grant that is payable to such city, town or regional school district.
SECTION 115. Section 38H of chapter 59 of the General Laws, inserted by section 71
of chapter 164 of the acts of 1997, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) and inserting
in place thereof the following subsection:-
(c) In the case of a nuclear-powered electric generation facility in the commonwealth which
exceeds 250 megawatts in size and which was owned in whole or in part by an electric company
as of July 1, 1997, whether or not such generation facility is in service as of the date of the
collection in rates of the transition costs as defined pursuant to section 1 of chapter 164, such
electric company shall not be subject to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) and, in order to
be eligible to collect the full amount of transition costs as approved by the department pursuant
to section 1G of said chapter 164, shall enter into an agreement to pay the host community
payments in addition to taxes. Such payments in addition to taxes shall be made in equal
payments on or before July 31, October 31, January 31 and April 30 of each year by such
electric company in the following amounts: for fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001, in an amount
which equals the amount of tax payments remitted to such host community in fiscal year 1998.
Such electric company shall, by the commencement of fiscal year 2002, have entered into an
agreement to pay the host community payments in lieu of taxes for such generation facility;
provided, however, that such agreement shall be executed as a result of good faith negotiations
between the electric company and the host community; provided further, that such agreement
shall cover a period of time the greater of which is the time until the licensed termination date of
such facility, as included in the original license or in a renewal of such license or 15 years
beginning with fiscal year 1998. For the purposes of this subsection, the standard of good faith
shall not require either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of concessions but shall
require active participation in negotiations and a willingness to make reasonable concessions and
to provide justification for proposals and a sincere effort to reach agreement. In the event that an
agreement on such payment in lieu of taxes cannot be effected through such good faith
negotiations on or before January 1, 1999, the parties shall submit to arbitration and such
arbitration shall be performed by the department of telecommunications and energy or by a
state-certified professional arbitrator or arbitration firm appointed by said department and
operating in accordance with any applicable rules and regulations. The department shall not
approve any plan submitted by such electric company to utilize the provisions of securitization
pursuant to section 1H of chapter 164 if such tax agreement has not been executed pursuant to
the provisions of this subsection. Such payments in addition to and in lieu of taxes, whether
determined by the provisions of this subsection or by negotiation or by arbitration, shall be
included in the tax levy and the attributed valuation related to such payments in addition to and
in lieu of taxes, which shall be calculated by dividing the payments in addition to taxes by the
current tax rate expressed as a decimal, and shall be included in the total assessed valuation for
the purposes of determining the levy ceiling and levy limit under said section 21C and in
determining the minimum residential factor and classification of property under section 1A of
chapter 58 and section 56 of chapter 40. The department of revenue may issue guidelines for
implementing the provisions of this subsection consistent with preserving the payment in
addition to and in lieu of taxes in the local tax base for such purpose.
SECTION 116. Section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 33, the words "motor vehicles or".
SECTION 117. Said section 1 of said chapter 60A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 39, the words ", farmer or dealer" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or farmer.
SECTION 118. Said section 1 of said chapter 60A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 53 and 55, the words "or dealer".
SECTION 119. Said section 1 of said chapter 60A, as so appearing, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-
A motor vehicle dealer to whom a general distinguishing number or mark has been issued shall,
for the privilege of such registration, pay to the collector of taxes for the city or town in which
such dealership is licensed, a special excise in the amount of $100.00 for each registration plate
issued by the registrar of motor vehicles under such general distinguishing number or mark.
Such motor vehicle dealer shall otherwise be exempt from the excise imposed by this section on
any motor vehicle owned by such motor vehicle dealer, which motor vehicle may be operated by
such dealer, the spouse of such dealer, a co-owner of such dealer or dealership entity, the spouse
of such co-owner or an employee of such dealer whose duties involve the sale of motor vehicles
at any time for any purpose, including personal use, provided that such employee renders at least
20 hours of service each week to such dealer and provided that such co-owner holds at least 40
per cent proprietary interest in such motor vehicle dealer or any such dealership entity; provided,
however, that a motor vehicle which is operated under such general or distinguishing mark or
number shall, at all times, display all notices and stickers required by applicable law to be
eligible for sale.
SECTION 120. Section 1 of chapter 61B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "golfing", in line 15, the following words:- , non-commercial youth soccer.
SECTION 121. The second paragraph of paragraph (m) of section 1 of chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The term "capital gain income" shall mean gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset.
SECTION 122. Section 2 of chapter 62E of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 64 of the acts of 1998, is hereby further amended by inserting after the sixth sentence, the following sentence:- Upon making the first payment under an annuity contract or policy or under a disability income policy or upon making the first payment of dividends under a life insurance policy, an insurance company making such payment shall, in addition, notify the department of revenue of such payment.
SECTION 123. Section 9 of said chapter 62E, as appearing in section 48 of said
chapter 64, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph:-
Section 9. An employer or payor of income required to submit a report pursuant to this chapter
who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements shall be liable
for a penalty assessed by the department in the following amount for each employee, contractor
or other recipient of periodic income with respect to whom such employer or payor of income is
required to file a report but who is also not included in such report or for whom the required
information is not accurately reported for each employee, contractor or other recipient of
periodic income required to be included:- up to $25 for each employee, contractor or other
recipient of periodic income or, if the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the
employee, or contractor or other recipient of periodic income not to supply the required report or
to supply a false or incomplete report, $500 for each such employee, contractor or other
recipient of periodic income.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section — and the General Court
subsequently overrode the Governor's actions.
SECTION 124. Section 1H of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the
1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The board of education shall grant certification to teachers of adult education who possess such
qualifications as prescribed by said board. The commissioner of education shall have authority to
grant, upon application, adult education certificates which shall be valid for five years to
teachers of adult education who possess qualifications prescribed by said board. Each education
certificate shall be renewable every five years thereafter upon successful completion of an
individual professional development plan that meets standards established by said board. Said
board shall establish policies and guidelines for approval for fulfilling the professional
development requirement. Nothing herein shall be construed to require certification of teachers
of adult education. A certificate issued by the commissioner may be revoked for cause pursuant
to standards and procedures established by said board. Said board shall have the authority to
promulgate, amend and rescind such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 125. Section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "enrollment", in line 221, the following words:- , including students enrolled in the program for the elimination of racial imbalance.
SECTION 126. Section 6 of said chapter 70, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
adding the following paragraph:-
Beginning after June 30, 1998, no regional vocational school district shall have a required net
school spending amount that exceeds 150 per cent of its foundation budget. If the required net
school spending exceeds 150 per cent of foundation, then the minimum contribution, or
contributions in the case of a regional school district, shall be reduced so that the required net
school spending is not more than 150 per cent of foundation. In a regional school district, such
reduction shall be done in proportion to the members' enrollment share. If a community that
receives a reduced minimum contribution to one of its school districts pursuant to this section
belongs to any other district that is below foundation, such community's minimum contribution
to the below foundation district shall be increased up to the amount of the decrease authorized by
this section or the foundation budget, whichever is less.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section — and the General Court
subsequently overrode the Governor's actions.
SECTION 127. Section 38G of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The requirements of this section shall not apply to the certification of teachers of adult
education. Nothing in this section or section 1H of chapter 69 shall be construed to prohibit a
school committee from employing a teacher certified under this section to teach adult education.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section
SECTION 128. Section 1 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "code;" in line 26, the following words:- ; and
provided further, that no child shall be determined to be a student with special needs solely
because such student shall have failed the statewide assessment tests authorized pursuant to
section 1I of chapter 69.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section
SECTION 129. Section 3 of said chapter 71B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "courts", in line 46, the following words:- ; provided, however, that
school districts shall not be required to refer a child for an evaluation solely because such child
failed the statewide assessment tests authorized pursuant to section 1I of chapter 69.
SECTION 130. The second paragraph of section 5 of said chapter 71B of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 43 of the acts of 1997, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27C of chapter 29 or any other general or special law to the contrary, if a child with a disability for whom a school committee currently provides or arranges for the provision of special education in an approved private day or residential school placement, including placement in a pediatric nursing home pursuant to the provisions of section 3, or his parent or guardian moves to a different school district on or after July 1 of any fiscal year, such school committee of the former community of residence shall pay the approved budgeted costs, including necessary transportation costs, of such day or residential placement, including placement in a pediatric nursing home, of such child for the balance of such fiscal year; provided, however, that if such move occurs between April 1 and June 30, such school committee of the former community of residence shall pay such costs for the balance of the fiscal year in which the move occurred as well as for the subsequent fiscal year.
SECTION 131. Chapter 75 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official
Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 14C the following section:-
Section 14D. There shall be within the University of Massachusetts a University of
Massachusetts Extension Board of Public Overseers for the purpose of advising and assisting the
chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the mission, budget, operation and
management of University of Massachusetts Extension programs. Nothing in this section shall
directly affect the employment status of personnel.
The board shall consist of a designee of the president of the university, a designee of the
chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the commissioner of food and
agriculture or his designee and the following persons to be appointed by the governor: four
members of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. chosen from a list of 12 members
submitted by said federation; one member of the Massachusetts 4-H Foundation, Inc. chosen
from a list of three members submitted by said organization; one member of the State 4-H
advisory committee chosen from a list of three members submitted by said committee; one
member of the Massachusetts Forestry Association chosen from a list of three members
submitted by said association; one member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society chosen from a
list of three members submitted by said society; two members of the Massachusetts Arborists
Association chosen from a list of five members submitted by said association and one member of
the Massachusetts Nutrition Board chosen from a list of three members submitted by said board.
The chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst shall appoint the chairperson from
among the membership of the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed, subject to appropriation, out of any funds available for the purpose, for
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
The appointed members of the board shall serve for terms of five years, except for persons
appointed to fill vacancies, who shall serve for the unexpired term. The board shall hold an
annual meeting in January and at least three other times during the year. The University of
Massachusetts Extension director shall attend all meetings of the board and shall serve as
secretary but shall have no vote in its deliberation. Eight members of the board shall constitute a
quorum. The board may, by vote of its members then in office, adopt a policy for the conduct of
business, including constitution of board membership. Policies may be amended or repealed by a
two-thirds vote of its members.
The director shall prepare an annual budget for board consideration. Such budget shall be
adopted by the board and approved by the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. The director shall annually render a complete and detailed report of the activities,
outcomes, revenue and expenditures to the board.
The university on behalf of the board may receive, manage and disburse grants and donations
from governmental agencies, other colleges and universities, corporations, foundations,
associations and individuals for the purpose of funding the University of Massachusetts
Extension and agricultural research programs. Further, the university on behalf of the board may
establish and administer trust funds to support such programs.
SECTION 132. Section 38 of said chapter 75, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "for Waste Prevention Institute" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Institute, hereinafter referred to as "NETI".
SECTION 133. Section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out clause (2), as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(2) Said board shall also designate libraries in each area to serve as a regional reference center or
centers to meet the reference and research library needs of the residents of all the cities and
towns in each such area; provided, however, that the amount allocated for such reference and
research service shall be applied only to the costs of reference and research books, periodicals
and other library materials and the personnel employed in such reference and research service in
accordance with a regional plan of service. Minimum standards for reference and research
centers shall be developed by the board of library commissioners in consultation with the
regional library systems.
SECTION 134. Said chapter 78 is hereby further amended by striking out section 19D,
as amended by section 77 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997, and inserting in place thereof the
following section:-
Section 19D. For each regional library system, the board shall establish a council of members
which shall consist of the chief librarian or one trustee to be so designated by the board of
trustees or other appropriate administrative authority of each participating library and one
designated representative from participating libraries within each public school district and one
representative from the participant private school libraries within each school district. The duties
and responsibilities of the council of members shall be specified in the bylaws of the regional
library systems as approved by the board of library commissioners.
SECTION 135. Section 19E of said chapter 78, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The board of library commissioners, hereinafter called the board, shall, subject to appropriation,
establish a comprehensive statewide program for the improvement and development of library
services for all citizens. Such funds as may be appropriated shall be distributed by the board for
the following purposes:
(1) for the establishment of the Boston public library as a statewide reference and referral center
for Massachusetts libraries;
(2) for the establishment and development of cooperation and coordination among libraries,
including the authority to:
(a) provide coordination and administration of cooperative statewide programs of services and
statewide coordination of regional programs;
(b) provide for identification, maintenance, development and preservation of critical research
collections;
(c) provide statewide access to specialized information resources, research collections and
specialized reference and information services;
(d) participate in interstate library services if such participation will increase the availability of
library services;
(e) provide statewide delivery services;
(f) provide statewide interlibrary loan services;
(g) provide education, training and technical advisory services; and
(h) provide funding for grants for projects that demonstrate innovative uses of technology,
interlibrary cooperation or shared services delivery to improve information delivery to library
users.
SECTION 135A. The second paragraph of said section 19E of said chapter 78, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the introductory paragraph,- and by striking out clauses (1) and (2).
SECTION 136. Section 19I of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 12 and 13, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 137. Subsection (a) of section 28 of chapter 81A of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence, as amended by section 26 of chapter 11 of the acts of 1997, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- There shall be a metropolitan highway system advisory board to the authority to consist of nine persons, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of Boston, one of whom shall be appointed by the artery business committee, two of whom shall be appointed by the metropolitan area planning council, one of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association, one of whom shall be appointed by Move Massachusetts 2000 and one of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Sierra Club.
SECTION 138. The first sentence of paragraph (a) of section 30 of said chapter 81A, as appearing in section 6 of chapter 3 of the acts of 1997, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- There shall be a turnpike advisory board to the authority to consist of nine members, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor and who shall be residents of a municipality in the turnpike corridor, one of whom shall be appointed by the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance, one of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Audubon Society who shall be a resident of a municipality within the turnpike corridor, one of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors who shall be a resident of a municipality within the turnpike corridor, four of whom shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association, one of which shall be a resident of a municipality within the turnpike corridor from the New York state border east to the junction of interchange 5, one of which shall be a resident of a municipality within the turnpike corridor from the junction of interchange 5 west to the junction of interchange 11A and one of which shall be resident of a municipality within the turnpike corridor from the junction of interchange 11A east to the junction of interchange 14.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has returned this section with recommendation
of amendment
SECTION 139. The third paragraph of section 40 of chapter 82 of the General Laws,
as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- In providing the
designations required by this section, the company shall not utilize personnel other than the
company's own permanent employees who have been trained to perform such work.
SECTION 140. The eighth paragraph of section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the sixth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- Within 30 days after receipt of such fee, the portion of the fee remaining after the deduction of costs directly attributable to issuing such plate shall be transferred, in amounts proportional to the number of vehicles registered in each county, to the county commissioners of Dukes and Nantucket counties and, in the case of Barnstable county, 40 per cent to the Barnstable county commissioners, 40 per cent to the Cape Cod Economic Development Council, Inc. or its successor and 20 per cent to the Lower Cape Community Development Corporation; provided, however, that all amounts so transferred shall be used to promote tourism and economic development; provided, further, that twice annually the Lower Cape Community Development Corporation shall furnish to the Barnstable county commissioners a full accounting of the expenditures of such funds; and provided further, that the Cape Cod Economic Development Council, Inc. or its successor shall report twice annually to the department of economic development on the nature of all activities taken within the preceding six months and anticipated activities in the subsequent six months including, but not limited to, a list of all programs offered and attendance at such programs, a description of any travel and tourism initiatives and any other documents or information requested by said department and shall file annually with said department and the state auditor a certified financial audit which shall be so certified by a certified public accountant. The department of economic development may suspend, by written notice to the registrar, the transfer of funds to the Cape Cod Economic Development Council, Inc. or its successor upon a determination by said department that said Council has incurred questionable costs or has engaged in an inappropriate use of funds, until such time as the matters are resolved to the satisfaction of said department.
SECTION 141. Section 8B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 27, the words "fifteen of chapter twenty-two" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 35G of chapter 10.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section
SECTION 142. Section 20 of said chapter 90, as amended by section 12 of chapter 210
of the acts of 1997, is hereby further amended by inserting after the third paragraph the
following paragraph:-
There shall be a surcharge of $25 on a fine assessed as a result of a violation of the provisions of
section 17 or a violation of a special regulation made under the authority of section 18; provided,
however, that 100 per cent of the monies collected pursuant to such surcharge shall be
transferred by the registrar to the state treasurer for deposit into the Head Injury Treatment
Services Trust Fund established pursuant to the provisions of section 59 of chapter 10.
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this section
SECTION 143. Section 34½ of said chapter 90, as appearing in the 1996 Official
Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof the
following two subsections:-
(d) The department shall similarly report quarterly for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel
project, so-called, the total value of all contracts advertised to date in the calendar year, the value
of all contracts awarded to date in the calendar year, and the total funds expended on said
contracts.
(e) The department of highways shall submit semi- annually reports to the house and senate
committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation detailing the total
expenditures made for the purposes of the statewide road and bridge program, so-called. Such
reports shall be filed on June 1 and December 1 and shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information: (a) the name and location of each project to be completed under the
auspices of said program; (b) the date such project was first advertised; (c) the date upon which
the construction contract was awarded for each such project and the total contract amount; (d)
the contractors who shall be responsible for the completion of each such project; (e) the amount
expended for each such project, if any, or the amount which is planned to be expended for each
such project; (f) a schedule detailing when construction began or is scheduled to begin for each
such project; and (g) a schedule detailing when construction is scheduled to be completed on
each such project.
SECTION 144. Section 9 of chapter 92B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 145. Section 325 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 9, the word "twelve" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- eight.
SECTION 146. Section 32J of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "private", in line 4, the following words:- accredited preschool, accredited headstart facility.
SECTION 147. Section 47 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 183 and 184, the words "planning and operations" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- asset management and maintenance.
SECTION 148. Chapter 101 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
section 17, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 17. Hawkers and peddlers may sell without a license newspapers, religious publications,
ice, flowering plants and such flowers, fruits, nuts and berries as may be wild or uncultivated.
The aldermen or selectmen, may by regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, regulate the
sale or barter and the carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor by hawkers and peddlers of
such articles without the payment of a fee may, in like manner require hawkers and peddlers,
whether adults or minors, to be licensed except as otherwise provided and may promulgate
regulations governing the same provided, however, that the license fee shall not exceed that
prescribed by section 22. Such regulations may, in like manner, affix penalties for violations of
such regulations not to exceed the sum of $20 for each such violation. A hawker and peddler
licensed under this section shall not be required to be licensed under said section 22.
SECTION 149. Said chapter 101 is hereby further amended by striking out section 22,
as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 22. The director may grant a license to go about carrying for sale or barter, exposing
therefor and selling or bartering any goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not
prohibited by section 16, to a person who is or has declared an intention to become a citizen of
the United States and who files with the director a completely executed application to be
furnished by the director and on which shall be a certificate which shall be signed by the chief of
police of the city or town in which the applicant resides which shall state that to the best of his
knowledge and belief the applicant therein named is of good repute as to morals and integrity.
The director may grant, as aforesaid, special licenses upon payment by the applicant to the
director of a fee, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the
provision of section 3B of chapter 7 and the licensee may go about carrying for sale or barter,
exposing therefor and selling or bartering in any city or town any meats, butter, cheese, fish,
fruits, vegetables or other goods, wares or merchandise, the sale of which is not prohibited by
statute. A hawker or peddler licensed under this section shall not be required to be licensed
under section 17. A hawker or peddler licensed under this section shall be subject to such local
rules and regulations as may be made in a city by the mayor and city council and in a town by
the board of selectmen.
SECTION 150. Section 26 of said chapter 101, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first and second sentences and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- The director shall keep a record of all licenses to hawkers and peddlers granted by him, including the number of each such license and the name and residence of the licensee. All such records shall be open to public inspection.