Text of Amendments to S2010

The Massachusetts State Senate

Text of Amendments offered to Senate Bill 2010
Providing Fiscal Relief to Municipalities

Link to text of proposed amendments:
[1-25] [26-50] [51-75] [75-100] [101-125] [126-138]

Redrafted Amendments Are Shown in Bolded

Floor #	Sponsor	Title	Action
1	Menard	Municipal Tax Relief	Adopted
2	Moore	Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and their Dependents	Adopted
3	Creedon	Distinctive Municipal License Plates	Adopted
4	Wilkerson	Study Commission - Construction Projects	Adopted
5	Morrissey	Relative to Utility Street Cuts	Adopted
6	Morrissey	Municipal Light Plants	Adopted
7	Tolman	Study Commission on Construction Projects	Withdrawn
8	Pacheco	Regional District Plans	Adopted
9	Resor	Rail- Trail Revitilization of Certain Discontinued Rights of Way	Adopted
10	Resor	Relative to Affordable Housing - Development Plans	Withdrawn
11	Resor	Relative to the Impact of Premiums or Notes or Bonds on Levy Limits under Proposition 2 1/2	Adopted
12	Resor	Stormwater Utilities	Withdrawn
13	Brewer	CORI Checks by Local Officials	Adopted
14	Brewer	Visitor Impact Fund - Small Agricultural Fairs	Adopted
15	Brewer	Property Tax Exemption - Private Secondary Schools	Adopted
16	Brewer	School Schedule Flexibility - Pilot Program	Adopted
17	Tisei	Amending PILOT Program	Rejected
18	Tisei	Tax Receivables	Withdrawn
19	Tisei	Use of Revenues From Sale of Municipal Assets	Withdrawn
20	Brewer	Economic Target Area - East Brookfield	Adopted
21	Tisei	Municipal Early Retirement	Adopted
22	Brewer	Economic Target Area - Brookfield	Adopted
23	Menard	RMV Notification	Rejected
24	Resor	Middlesex Regional Retirement System	Withdrawn
25	Morrissey	Increasing the Motel-Hotel Tax Percentage that a Municipality May Choose to Impose	Rejected
26	Rosenberg	Franklin County Retirees Health Insurance Transfer to the Commonwealth	Withdrawn
27	Rosenberg	Addition of ABC to the Study Commission on Construction	Withdrawn
28	Morrissey	Providing Creditable Service Buyback for Vocational School Teachers	Rejected
29	Tolman	Early Retirement	Adopted
30	Glodis	Relative to the Real Estate Tax Exemption	Rejected
31	Creem	Amendment Relative to Sewer Charges for Municipalities	Rejected
32	Morrissey	Municipal Light Plant Bidding Amount	Adopted
33	Knapik	School Building Maintenance Hiatus	Rejected
34	Knapik	Truncated School Week	Rejected
35	Knapik	Local Options Meal Tax - Local Approval	Adopted
36	Knapik	Professional Development Mandate	Withdrawn
37	Knapik	Library Materials Expenditures	Rejected
38	Creem	Relative to the Penalty for "Double Polling"	Adopted
39	Knapik	Library Waiver - State Aid	Rejected
40	Fargo	Relative to Public School Transportation Fees	Rejected
41	Knapik	Auto Dealer Licensing Fees	Withdrawn
42	Fargo	Increasing the Fine for an Unbuckled Child	Rejected
43	Creem	Relative to the Acquisition of Property by a Municipality	Adopted
44	Fargo	Amending the Study of Government Construction Projects	Rejected
45	Knapik	Ability to Choose Between Three Lowest Bidders	Withdrawn
46	Creem	Amendment Relative to Storm Drain Costs	Withdrawn
47	Knapik	Contract Procurement - 1	Adopted
48	Knapik	Contract Procurement - 2	Adopted
49	Knapik	Prevailing Wage	Rejected
50	Menard	Motor Vehicle Valuation	Adopted
51	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Electronic Bidding	Rejected
52	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Property Tax Overlay	Withdrawn
53	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Regional School Committee Debt Refinancing	Adopted
54	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Regional School Committee Debt Refinancing	Adopted
55	Antonioni	Price Adjustment Review Commission	Adopted
56	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Tax Increment Financing	Withdrawn
57	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Distinctive License Plates	Withdrawn
58	Morrissey	Fees for Utility Street Cuts Alternative	Rejected
59	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Distinctive Registration Plates	Withdrawn
60	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Special Education	Adopted
61	Tarr	An Amendment Providing Insurance for Volunteer Firefighters	Adopted
62	Tarr	An Amendment Relative to Meals Tax	Withdrawn
63	Sprague	Eliminating the Property Tax Overlay	Rejected
64	Magnani	Acceptance Language	Adopted
65	Sprague	Local Option Meals Tax	Withdrawn
66	Sprague	Civil Service Commission Exams	Adopted
67	O'Leary	Early Retirement	Withdrawn
68	Magnani	Early Retirement Incentive	Withdrawn
69	Baddour	Study Commission Construction Projects	Withdrawn
70	O'Leary	Municipal Flexibility for Tax Bills	Adopted
71	O'Leary	Nantucket Sales Tax Surcharge	Adopted
72	Baddour	Municipal Pension Schedule	Withdrawn
73	O'Leary	Revaluation of Property by DOR	Rejected
74	O'Leary	Room Occupancy Excise Tax	Adopted
75	Baddour	Surplus Property	Adopted
76	Lees	Blocking Intersections	Withdrawn
77	Melconian	Tax Amnesty Extension	Adopted
78	Lees	Civil Service	Rejected
79	Melconian	Municipal and Employee Savings	Withdrawn
80	Rosenberg	Study Commission on the Municipal Census	Adopted
81	Brewer	Local Option Teacher Retirement	Adopted
82	Lees	Design Build	Rejected
83	Lees	Granby Lease Extension	Adopted
84	O'Leary	School Transportation Fees	Adopted
85	Barrios	Fair Taxation of Cooperative Housing	Adopted
86	Barrios	Establishing a Uniform Rate of Parking Fines	Withdrawn
87	Barrios	Falled Firefighter Memorial Fund	Rejected
88	Barrios	Residency Requirement for Laid Off Firefighters	Adopted
89	Lees	Health Insurance Premiums	Rejected
90	Lees	Joint Purchasing Health Insurance	Rejected
91	O'Leary	Local Option Ferry Excise Tax	Adopted
92	Lees	Local Option Meals Tax	Withdrawn
93	Creedon	Non Mandated School Transportation Fee	Rejected
94	Lees	Prevailing Wage	Rejected
95	Wilkerson	Municipal Cooperation	Adopted
96	Creedon	Fees for Hosting Fairs	Rejected
97	Lees	Special Commission on Construction Projects	Withdrawn
98	Lees	Towing Provision	Rejected
99	Lees	Visitor Impact Fund	Withdrawn
100	Creedon	Electronic Publication of Notices	Rejected
101	Hart	Study of Tax-Exempt Land	Adopted
101.1	Murray	Study of Tax-Exempt Land	Adopted
102	Lees	Improved Real Estate	Rejected
103	Lees	Overlay Provision	Withdrawn
104	Hart	Pension	Adopted
105	Menard	Telecommunications Equipment Study	Withdrawn
106	Hart	Early Retirement	Withdrawn
107	Pacheco	Retirement Benefits for Terminated Teachers Due to Budgetary Reductions	Adopted
108	Glodis	Relative to Position Vacancies and Remittance of Benefits	Withdrawn
109	Lees	Sheriffs Early Retirement	Adopted
110	Melconian	Energy Savings	Withdrawn
111	Shannon	Relative to an Early Retirement Incentive for the City of Medford	Adopted
112	Shannon	Relative to Library Grant Waivers	Rejected
113	Morrissey	Faciliatate the Filing of Tax Title Petitions	Rejected
114	Wilkerson	Fairness in Overlay Implementation	Adopted
114.1	Walsh and Others	Fairness in Overlay Implementation	Adopted
115	Glodis	Relative to Certain Municipal Costs	Rejected
116	Shannon	Relative to Underground Utilities	Adopted
117	Chandler	Urban Center Housing - Tax Increment Financing and Tax Abatement Pilot Program for Mixed Commercial and Residential Use	Adopted
118	Shannon	Relative to Civil Process Fees	Rejected
119	Tarr	An Amendment Creating a Mandate Relief Process	Rejected
120	Fargo	Allow Collectors/Treasurers to Recover the Cost of Filings with the Registry of Deeds	Adopted
121	Pacheco	Radiological Emergency Response Plan	Adopted
122	Wilkerson	Telecommunications Study	Adopted
123	Nuciforo	Distribution of Visitor Impact Funds	Adopted
124	Nuciforo	Local Options Meals Tax	Rejected
125	Morrissey	Creating a Lease for a Child Advocacy Center	Withdrawn
126	Nuciforo	Municipal Tax Collection	Rejected
127	Fargo	Establish a Uniform Procedure for the Processing of Partial Payments of Municipal Taxes and Charges	Adopted
128	Hedlund	Charter School Cap	Rejected
129	Hedlund	Ferry Tax Study	Rejected
130	Hedlund	Retention of Local Approval	Rejected
131	Hedlund	Overlay Accounts	Adopted
132	Melconian	Sale of Municipal Tax Receivables	Adopted
133	Nuciforo	Relative to the Collection of Overdue Taxes, betterment and Water and Sewer Charges	Adopted
134	Nuciforo	Relative to Extending School Building Financing	Rejected
135	Hedlund	Meals Tax - Voter Approval	Rejected
136	McGee	Use of Certain Proceeds of Municipal Property	Withdrawn
137	McGee	Regional Retirement Board Membership	Adopted
138	McGee	Early Retirement Negotiated Benefits	Adopted