Session Laws

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. To provide for disaster relief and to meet the expenses of public services incurred as a result of the storm which struck Berkshire county on October fourth, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum set forth in section two is hereby appropriated, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the conditions pertaining to appropriations in chapter one hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 199 of the acts of 1987 is hereby amended by inserting after line item 1599-3530 the following line item:

`tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=15,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 1599-3655 `tc4 For the purpose of providing emergency disaster relief to cities and towns in Berkshire county relating to the damage caused by the storm which struck the Berkshires on October fourth, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven including but not limited to the extraordinary costs and expenses associated with necessary clean up and disposal of debris to alleviate the danger and emergency posed by damaged and downed trees and limbs along public streets and ways, and in the waterways of Berkshire county. Said reimbursement shall include the expense of overtime costs for public employees, the cost of hired and purchased equipment and crews; provided, that the figures below represent approximately eighty-seven and one-half per cent of the cost of the total damages certified by the civil defense agency and the office of emergency preparedness; and provided further that the civil defense agency may expend up to two-and-one-half per cent of this appropriation for administrative purposes: `tcol;end

`tcol(*)=2;c1=25,20,tu;c2=45,10,tur `tc1 Alford*$7,000 Cheshire*$56,875 Dalton*$65,625 Stockbridge*$87,500 West Stockbridge*$11,375 New Ashford*$3,325 Richmond*$21,875 Hancock*$5,250 Great Barrington*$74,375 Egremont*$26,250 Adams*$52,500 Williamstown*$175,000 Pittsfield*$1,356,250 Lee*$22,750 North Adams*$175,000 Lanesboro*$26,250 Clarksburg*$39,375 Monterey*$4,375 Tyringham*$4,375 Sandisfield*$3,675 New Marlboro*$8,750 Lenox*$41,787 Sheffield*$26,119 Otis*$7,000 *$2,360,222 `t+1 `tc1=15,49,tu;temp Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tcol;end

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.