Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately provide for emergency capital repairs and certain emergency acquisitions, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

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 a capital outlay program for certain equipment purchases, repairs, improvements, construction, reconstruction and for the acquisition of development rights to certain properties, the sums set forth in sections two, two A, two B, two C, two D, two E and two F of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified under the provisions of this act, are hereby made available from the General Capital Projects Fund, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds.

SECTION 2. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 SECRETARY OF STATE. `tc1 0526-9951 `tc4 For a program of matching grants for the preservation and maintenance of historic properties and sites listed in the state register of historical places within the office of the secretary of state; provided, that the secretary of state shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the matching grant program authorized herein not later than October first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four `tc6 $5,000,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. `tc2 Division of Capital Planning and Operations. `tc1 1102-9951 `tc4 For the purpose of establishing a multi-purpose sports arena in the city of Lowell in conjunction with the university of Massachusetts at Lowell and the city of Lowell and for any costs related thereto; provided, that the amount expended from this item shall not exceed one third of the total cost of the project; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item until a comprehensive plan for said multi-purpose sports arena is submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $20,000,000 `tc2 Reserves. `tc1 1599-7952 `tc4 For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgements, settlements and legal fees, in compliance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller, in certain actions pertaining to the taking of land, filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means, which are ordered to be paid in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-five or in a prior fiscal year and which derive from causes of action initiated in said fiscal year or in a prior fiscal year; provided, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge such payments to this item `tc6 $5,000,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. `tc2 Department of Environmental Management. `tc1 2120-6956 `tc4 For the purposes of water quality improvements, diagnostic surveys, feasibility studies and aquatic vegetation control at Chandler's pond located in the city of Boston `tc6 $50,000 `tc1 2120-7952 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for the construction and restoration of anadromous spawning runs at the Sylvania dam and the Footes Mill dam in the Ipswich river in the town of Ipswich `tc6 $175,000 `tc1 2120-7953 `tc4 For the purposes of providing water resources restoration, dam safety improvements and rehabilitation of the Mattapoisett river dam located in the town of Mattapoisett `tc6 $250,000 `tc1 2120-7954 `tc4 For a feasibility study of the Muddy river in the city of Boston and the town of Brookline `tc6 $140,000 `tc1 2120-7955 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for dredging and drainage projects in the town of Nahant `tc6 $100,000 `tc1 2120-7957 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for a program of improvements to the facilities, holdings and infrastructure of the department of environmental management; provided, that said program of improvements shall include, but shall not be limited to, improvements and renovations to buildings, equipment, picnic areas, visitor centers and other interpretive structures, structures that improve or enhance the viability of an ecosystem, signs, roads, paths, bridges, dams, piers, flood control projects, vehicles, and vessels, and site clearance, including demolition of structures, and preparation, relocation, reclamation, and other developments; provided further, that not more than fifteen percent of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for the removal of hazardous waste; and provided further, that the department of environmental management shall use as many recycled products and materials as possible for all improvement projects funded by this item `tc6 $24,000,000 `tc1 2120-8950 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for emergency repairs to, and replacement of, the dam at Onota lake in the city of Pittsfield `tc6 $750,000 `tc1 2120-8951 `tc4 For the purpose of reimbursing the city of Revere for costs incurred for the Roughan's Point, Revere federal flood damage control reduction project `tc6 $2,555,000 `tc1 2120-9951 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for the purposes of providing water resources restoration, safety improvements and for the rehabilitation of the Falls Pond dam located in the town of North Attleboro `tc6 $170,000 `tc1 2120-9952 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for the purposes of providing water resources restoration, safety improvements and for the rehabilitation of the Whiting Pond dam located in the town of North Attleboro `tc6 $170,000 `tc1 2120-9954 `tc4 For engineering studies necessary for dredging the Bass River located in the town of Yarmouth `tc6 $80,000 `tc1 2120-9955 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for the repair of the Lake Gardner dam in the town of Amesbury `tc6 $320,000 `tc1 2120-9956 `tc4 For the purposes of providing for the study, design, repair and rehabilitation of the Pentucket Pond dam located in the town of Georgetown `tc6 $200,000 `tc1 2120-9957 `tc4 For a study, and for the preparation of plans, if necessary, for the reconstruction of Godfrey brook in the town of Milford `tc6 $100,000 `tc1 2150-9951 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for the purposes of assisting Massachusetts coastal cities and towns in repairing, rebuilding, and improving beaches, shores, seawalls, dunes and other structures necessary to protect the shore and property of said coastal communities `tc6 $10,000,000 `tc1 2150-9952 `tc4 For a continuous program of cleaning and dredging harbors and inland waterways `tc6 $10,000,000 `tc2 Department of Environmental Protection. `tc1 2200-8959 `tc4 For the purposes of a pilot program and exploration of new technology for landfill mining, so called, in the town of Newbury; provided, that said town shall make available to the department any and all engineering reports, summaries, and other related information and technology on a continual basis `tc6 $250,000 `tc1 2200-9959 `tc4 For a loan program to assist homeowners in complying with the revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste; provided, that the terms and conditions of loans made under this program shall be based upon income criteria and shall take into account the financial needs of low and moderate income homeowners; provided further, that the loan program authorized herein shall be administered by the department of environmental protection; provided further, that the department of environmental protection shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations for said loan program no later than October first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four `tc6 $10,000,000 `tc2 Metropolitan District Commission. `tc1 2440-7957 `tc4 For the purposes of providing water resources restoration, safety improvements and for the rehabilitation of the Upper Mystic Lake dam located in the towns of Arlington, Medford, and Winchester; provided, that not more than fifty thousand dollars may be expended on water quality improvements, diagnostic surveys, and feasibility studies; provided further, that not more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended for the purpose of aquatic vegetation control in the areas commonly referred to as the upper and middle forebays `tc6 $400,000 `tc1 2440-7958 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for improvements and the development of Abigail Adams state park `tc6 $1,500,000 `tc1 2440-8950 `tc4 For the purposes of general rehabilitation and reconstruction of flood control facilities including dams, locks and draws `tc6 $5,000,000 `tc1 2440-8951 `tc4 For the purposes of necessary repairs, renovations, furnishings and equipment of the Kelley rink located in the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston to convert said skating rink to a four season multi-use facility, and for repairs and renovations to the Veterans Memorial rink in the city of Waltham, including, but not limited to, the following:- improvements to the heating system, replacement of the outdated refrigeration system and equipment, rink expansion, new dasher boards, a new zamboni, and improvements to team rooms and stands `tc6 $3,200,000 `tc1 2440-8952 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for a program of improvements or replacements to the facilities, holdings and infrastructure of the metropolitan district commission; provided, that such improvements or replacements shall include, but shall not be limited to, buildings, equipment, picnic areas, visitor centers and other interpretive structures, structures that improve or enhance the viability of an ecosystem, signs, roads, paths, bridges, dams, piers, flood control projects, vehicles, and vessels, water purification systems, repairs and renovations for the watershed management division's facilities, and site clearance, including demolition of structures, and preparation, relocation, reclamation, and other developments; provided further, that not more than fifteen percent of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for the removal of hazardous waste; and provided further, that the metropolitan district commission shall use as many recycled products and materials as possible for all improvement projects funded by this item `tc6 $24,000,000 `tc1 2440-8956 `tc4 For the restoration, renovation, and improvements of the Boston harbor beaches located in Boston, Quincy, and Winthrop, pursuant to the recommendations contained in a report of the joint commission on the future of Boston harbor beaches dated June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ninety-three; provided, that the metropolitan district commission shall submit a revised restoration plan detailing any proposed expenditures from this item to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before December first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item prior to the receipt of said restoration plan by said committees `tc6 $30,000,000 `tc1 2440-8958 `tc4 For the study, design, improvements and construction of Dilboy field, Foss park, and Hormel stadium; provided, that not less than seventy-five thousand dollars shall be expended for a study of proposed improvements and construction at said facilities; provided further, that no improvements or construction projects shall begin until thirty days after said study is filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said study shall be filed with said committees not later than October first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four `tc6 $1,500,000 `tc1 2443-7951 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for repairs, improvements and renovations to the Commonwealth's zoos `tc6 $3,000,000 `tc1 2445-8958 `tc4 For a study, and the preparations of plans, if necessary, for repairs, improvements, reconstruction and other projects at the Thompson center in the Hyde Park section of the city of Boston, including the costs of repairs to the grounds and facilities located thereon `tc6 $1,500,000 `tc3 BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS. `tc1 7000-9952 `tc4 For a program of grants to cities and towns for approved public library projects as authorized by sections nineteen G to nineteen I, inclusive, of chapter seventy-eight of the General Laws; provided, that grants for approved public library projects may be awarded for projects for which construction commenced after July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three; provided further, that not more than one hundred thousand dollars of the amount authorized herein may be expended by the board of library commissioners for the administrative costs directly attributable to the projects funded herein, including the costs of temporary personnel; provided, however, that no permanent personnel shall be compensated from this item; provided further, that the board of library commissioners shall file an annual spending plan with the budget bureau and the house and senate committees on ways and means which details, by subsidiary, all temporary personnel and administrative costs charged to this item `tc6 $45,100,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. `tc2 Office of the Secretary. `tc1 8000-7950 `tc4 For a matching grant program for the repair, renovation, and construction of municipal police stations to be administered by the executive office of public safety, subject to the conditions set forth herein; provided, that municipalities receiving matching grant funding shall contribute not less than fifty percent of total project costs; provided further, that no funds shall be disbursed to any community applying for grant funding from this program until the executive office for administration and finance has completed a needs assessment for said community and has filed said assessment with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the executive office of public safety shall promulgate regulations governing the matching grant program herein authorized not later than October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ninety-four `tc6 $10,000,000 `tc1 8000-7957 `tc4 For the purchase of fire fighting equipment for municipalities providing fire protection to the department of mental retardation facility known as the Monson developmental center; provided, that the sum appropriated herein shall be divided equally between said municipalities `tc6 $400,000 `tc1 8000-8950 `tc4 For the purpose of repairing the fire tower located in the Freetown-Fall River state forest `tc6 $50,000 `tc1 8000-8958 `tc4 For the purchase of equipment for the hazardous materials first responder teams, so-called, including, but not limited to, truck replacement, a paging system, equipment and administrative costs associated with the teams; provided, that not more than two million dollars shall be provided to any single first responder team; provided further, that not less than four hundred thousand dollars shall be expended for a hazardous materials response vehicle for the city of Springfield; provided further, that all equipment purchases and distribution of the funds made available herein shall be coordinated by the executive office of public safety `tc6 $14,000,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2A. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION. `tc2 Department of Highways. `tc1 6010-3950 `tc4 For construction and reconstruction of town and county ways pursuant to section thirty-one of this act `tc6 $300,000,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2B. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 SECRETARY OF STATE. `tc1 0521-0950 `tc4 For the purchase of hardware, software, and related design, development and implementation services, pursuant to chapter four hundred and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and ninety-three; provided, that the office of secretary of state shall coordinate, manage, and approve all expenditures made from this item in conjunction with the office of management information systems; provided further, that the costs of personnel shall not be charged to this item `tc6 $5,024,400 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. `tc2 Department of Revenue. `tc1 1201-8958 `tc4 For the acquisition and upgrading of information and collection systems within the tax administration division of the department of revenue, including the purchase of hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, and related design, development and implementation services; provided, that the costs of personnel shall not be charged to this item `tc6 $4,000,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. `tc2 Office of the Secretary. `tc1 2000-8958 `tc4 For the development and implementation of the Massachusetts geographic information system, so-called, including the purchase of related equipment and software; provided, that funds may be allocated from this item to the department of environmental management, the metropolitan district commission, the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement, the department of food and agriculture, and the department of environmental protection pursuant to an allocation plan which the secretary of environmental affairs shall file in advance with the budget bureau, and the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $1,000,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `tc2 Division of Medical Assistance. `tc1 4000-9951 `tc4 For the purchase of computer hardware and software necessary for the development of the MA21 project, so-called; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the costs of personnel or for the costs of consultants; provided further, that said MA21 project shall replace the medicaid management information system and the recipient eligibility verification system with a unified, state-of-the-art claims and data management system; provided further, that the division of medical assistance shall maximize federal reimbursement associated with the development of said MA21 project; provided further, that all federal reimbursements for the MA21 project shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall not be retained by the division; provided further, that, in developing and designing said MA21 project, the division shall ensure that the MA21 system, so-called, shall meet the following criteria: (1) the system shall operate using a readily accessible database, (2) the system shall utilize flexible and readily programmable software, (3) the system shall have the ability to provide expenditure and utilization data and provider and recipient information on a routine and ad hoc basis, (4) the system shall offer budget and revenue forecasting support capabilities, (5) the system shall be capable of reformatting historical spending and utilization data consistent with provider and recipient categories to be used by the new system or systems, (6) the system shall be capable of completing an electronic interface with the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system, so-called, (7) the system shall be capable of responding to changing demands on the commonwealth for the provision of health care benefits and insurance, and (8) the system shall have the capability to interface electronically with the BEACON system, so-called; and provided further, that no expenditures shall be authorized until the division submits a detailed plan for the development of the MA21 project to the office of management information systems and said office certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the secretary of administration and finance, the state budget director, the secretary of health and human services, and the commissioner of the department of public welfare that the MA21 project has been structured so that the aforementioned criteria will be met `tc6 $1,500,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. `tc2 Registry of Motor Vehicles. `tc1 8400-8958 `tc4 For the purchase, construction, and installation of the registry of motor vehicles data center to be located at Ruggles Center in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston `tc6 $8,000,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2C. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT. `tc2 Office of the Secretary. `tc1 3722-7957 `tc4 For the installation of an elevator at the Talbot building of the Billerica housing authority `tc6 $125,000 `tc1 3722-7958 `tc4 For the replacement of an elevator at the Belair Towers building of the Brockton housing authority `tc6 $185,000 `tc1 3722-8958 `tc4 For the Wilmington housing authority for the purpose of installing an elevator at Deming Way Extension `tc6 $100,000 `tc3 BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS. `tc1 7000-9953 `tc4 For a Massachusetts library and information network, to be administered in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen L of chapter seventy-eight of the General Laws, as added by section nineteen of this act `tc6 $1,000,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. `tc2 Department of Education. `tc1 7010-7957 `tc4 For a program of matching grants to public elementary and secondary schools to support the acquisition of computers which shall be used solely for instructional purposes; provided, that the department of education shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the matching grant program authorized herein not later than October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ninety-four; provided further, that for the purposes of meeting the matching requirements of this program, communities may count expenditures made for computers and other information technology equipment made after July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-one `tc6 $2,600,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. `tc2 Department of State Police. `tc1 8100-8958 `tc4 For a grant program to provide bullet-proof vests, so-called, to municipal police officers and department of state police troopers to be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided, that all bullet-proof vests purchased from this item shall meet the current national institute of justice standards for type three A police body armor; provided further, that each officer receiving a bullet-proof vest shall attend a mandatory education and training session to be conducted by the executive office of public safety in conjunction with the department of state police and the criminal justice training council; and provided further, that reimbursements shall be made available from the grant program to any municipal police department which had purchased such bullet-proof vests after January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four upon written proof of purchase `tc6 $10,110,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2D. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION. `tc2 Department of Highways. `tc1 6010-7957 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans, if necessary, and for costs associated with the Canal Village project, so called, located in the town of South Hadley `tc6 $2,250,000 `tc1 6010-8958 `tc4 For traffic management studies and design plans for Route 228 in the town of Hingham and Route 18 in the town of Weymouth `tc6 $200,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2E. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. `tc2 Division of Capital Planning and Operations. `tc1 1102-9950 `tc4 For planning and studies, acquisition of land and buildings and interests therein, and related expenses, for, or relating to, the expansion of capacity at the Bridgewater correctional center; provided, that the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations shall consult with the secretary of the executive office of public safety on this project; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item until the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations submits a detailed plan for this project to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the inspector general is hereby authorized and directed to audit all expenditures made from this item `tc6 $5,500,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. `tc2 Higher Education. `tc1 7416-9951 `tc4 For repairs and replacement of the existing fresh air ventilation system and other ventilation support apparatus on the campus of the university of Massachusetts at Boston `tc6 $1,700,000 `tc1 7452-8958 `tc4 For the central solar heating plant project at the university of Massachusetts at Amherst `tc6 $2,700,000 `tc1 7502-9959 `tc4 For repairs and replacement of the existing fresh air ventilation system and other ventilation support apparatus on the campus of Berkshire community college `tc6 $825,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 2F. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. `tc2 Department of Food and Agriculture. `tc1 2530-8958 `tc4 For a program to acquire agricultural preservation restrictions pursuant to sections eleven A to eleven D, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A of the General Laws; provided, that any person or entity who receives funds from this item shall be encouraged to participate in any and all programs of the department of food and agriculture as may be suggested by the commissioner of said department; provided further, that said programs may include, but not be limited to, integrated pest management, pesticide regulation and reduction, and agri-composting; provided further, that the agricultural lands preservation committee shall prioritize the allocation of funds awarded herein for the acquisition of agricultural preservation restrictions on those lands deemed to be of significance to the protection and preservation of the commonwealth's agricultural base `tc6 $9,000,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 3. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred twenty-eight million nine hundred sixty thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Emergency Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Local Aid Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 4. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Local Aid Fund.

SECTION 5. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of the item included in section two A of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon the request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding in the aggregate, the sum of three hundred million dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Revenue Highway Improvement Loan Act of 1994 and shall be issued for such maximum term of years, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Highway Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth; provided, however, that any bonds issued by the state treasurer pursuant to this section, shall, upon request of the governor, be issued as special obligations pursuant to section two O of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws; and provided, further, that in deciding whether to request the issuance of particular bonds as special obligations the governor shall take into account (i) generally prevailing financial market conditions, (ii) the impact of each approach on the overall capital financing plans and needs of the commonwealth, (iii) any ratings assigned to outstanding bonds of the commonwealth and any ratings expected to be assigned to the bonds proposed to be issued, and (iv) any applicable provisions of a trust agreement or credit enhancement agreement entered into pursuant to said section two O. All special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be designated on their face, Special Obligation Revenue Highway Improvement Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal and such obligations shall be payable from the Infrastructure Fund established in said section two O of said chapter twenty-nine. Special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be special obligations of the commonwealth payable solely in accordance with the provisions of said section two O of said chapter twenty-nine.

SECTION 6. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by the item included in section two A of this act, and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor bearing interest payable at such time and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of the notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Highway Fund; provided, that the state treasurer may determine to issue any notes as special obligations pursuant to section two O of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws if the notes, or renewals thereof, are to be paid from the proceeds of special obligation bonds to be issued pursuant to said section two O.

SECTION 7. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two B, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, nineteen million five hundred twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Computer System Technology Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding ten years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nine. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 8. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two B of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund.

SECTION 9. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two C of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fourteen million one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Municipal Emergency Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding ten years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nine. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Local Aid Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 10. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two C of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Local Aid Fund.

SECTION 11. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two D of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Municipal Highway and Traffic Management Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Highway Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 12. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two D of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the Highway Fund.

SECTION 13. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two E of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, ten million seven hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, State Facilities Improvement and Emergency Repair Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, however, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 14. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two E of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund.

SECTION 15. To meet the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of section two F of this act, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth to an amount specified by the governor from time to time, not exceeding, in the aggregate, nine million dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Agricultural Preservation Capital Outlay Loan Act of 1994, and shall be issued for such maximum term, not exceeding twenty years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; provided, that all such bonds shall be payable not later than June thirtieth, two thousand and nineteen. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund. Bonds and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth.

SECTION 16. The state treasurer may borrow from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes of meeting payments authorized by section two F of this act and may issue and renew from time to time notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, two thousand and one. Notes and interest thereon issued under the authority of this section shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. All interest and payments on account of principal of such obligations shall be payable from the General Fund.

SECTION 17. Section 11 of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 10, after the words "in common" the words ", or to manage a facility to be operated jointly by more than one municipality".

SECTION 18. Section 19H of said chapter 78, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "unit", in line 33, the words:- , facility jointly used by more than one municipality.

SECTION 19. Said chapter 78 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 19K the following section:-

Section 19L. The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program for the purposes of providing funds for a Massachusetts library and information network. Grants and contracts awarded under this section shall be awarded for, but not limited to, purchase of computer equipment and software, acquisition of telecommunications equipment, development of information and referral services, and training. The board shall establish minimum requirements to be met by all applicants under this program.

SECTION 20. Subdivision (a) of clause (2) of the first paragraph of section 34 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first two sentences and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- For expenditure, under the direction of said department, for maintaining, repairing, improving and constructing town and county ways and bridges, sidewalks adjacent to said ways and bridges, bikeways, salt storage sheds, bikeways and public use off-street parking facilities related to mass transportation, for engineering services and expenses related to highway and mass transportation purposes, for care, repair, storage, replacement, purchase and long-term leasing of road building machinery, equipment and tools, for the erection and maintenance of direction signs and warning signs and for necessary or beneficial improvements to unpaved town and county ways together with any money which any town or county may appropriate for said purpose to be used on the same ways, sheds, bikeways, bridges, machinery, equipment, tools and facilities. The said ways, sheds, bikeways, bridges, machinery, equipment, tools and facilities shall remain town or county ways, sheds, bikeways, bridges, machinery, equipment, tools and facilities.

SECTION 21. Section 2 of chapter 723 of the acts of 1983 is hereby amended by striking out item 5377-8841 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 5377-8841 `tc4 For the acquisition and upgrading of information systems, including the purchase and installation of certain computer equipment, and for the costs associated with certain software development projects; provided, however, that said projects may include the consumer registry system and the communications infrastructure for the department of mental retardation; and provided, further, that the house and senate committees on ways and means shall be notified in writing of any amounts scheduled for information systems upgrading and the purpose of such scheduled items `tc6 $5,248,600. `tcol;end

SECTION 22. Said section 2 of said chapter 723 is hereby further amended by striking out item 5377-8842 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 5377-8842 `tc4 For studies, the preparation of plans, specifications and designs, if necessary, for the renovation, repairs, mechanical systems upgrading, site improvements, including walkways, roadways, parking, landscaping and exterior lighting and the installation of a decentralized on site heating and utility system `tc6 $1,120,000. `tcol;end

SECTION 23. Section 2B of chapter 206 of the acts of 1986 is hereby amended by striking out item 5377-7871 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 5377-7871 `tc4 For the acquisition and upgrading of information systems, including the purchase and installation of certain computer equipment, and for the costs associated with certain software development projects; provided, however, that said projects may include the consumer registry system and the communications infrastructure for the department of mental retardation; and provided further, that the house and senate committees on ways and means shall be notified in writing of any amounts scheduled for information systems upgrading and the purpose of such scheduled items `tc6 $2,500,000. `tcol;end

SECTION 24. Said section 2B of said chapter 206 is hereby further amended by striking out item 5377-7872 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 5377-7872 `tc4 For studies, the preparation of plans, specifications and designs, if necessary, for the renovation, repairs, mechanical systems upgrading, site improvements, including walkways, roadways, parking, landscaping and exterior lighting and the installation of a decentralized on site heating and utility system `tc6 $1,283,000. `tcol;end

SECTION 25. Item 1102-9882 of section 2B of chapter 199 of the acts of 1987 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Court", in line 4, the following words:- ; provided, further, that not less than three hundred thousand dollars shall be expended for repairs and renovations of the South Boston district court; and provided further, that not less than four million dollars shall be expended for repairs and renovations to the Charlestown district court.

SECTION 26. Chapter 564 of the acts of 1987 is hereby amended by striking out section 33 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 33. The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized to expend a sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars to renovate and refurbish the Ventura Street Playground, located at Suffolk county within the metropolitan district commission parks reservation area; provided, however, that the metropolitan district commission is hereby further authorized to expend not less than one hundred thousand dollars to renovate and refurbish Toohig Playground in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston.

SECTION 27. Section 2D of chapter 164 of the acts of 1988 is hereby amended by striking out item 5911-7890 and inserting in place thereof the following item:- `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `tc1 5911-7890 `tc4 For the acquisition and upgrading of information systems, including the purchase and installation of certain computer equipment, and for the costs associated with certain software development projects; provided, however, that said projects may include the consumer registry system and the communications infrastructure for the department of mental retardation; and provided, further, that the house and senate committees on ways and means shall be notified in writing of any amounts scheduled for information systems upgrading and the purpose of such scheduled items `tc6 $2,500,000. `tcol;end

SECTION 28. Item 7518-7892 of section 2 of chapter 208 of the acts of 1988 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "equipment", in line 4, the following words:- ; provided, that a sum not to exceed thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars shall be expended for a study, and the preparation of plans, and construction for an educational facility/production sound stage at Bunker Hill community college, including the acquisition of land and buildings, repairs and construction, building construction, site development, parking, and utility distribution systems, including the costs of furnishings and equipment.

SECTION 29. Section 6 of chapter 36 of the acts of 1992 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the words "or other interests in land," and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , other interests in land, and for costs associated with the acquisition of land, including but not limited to, the costs of legal services, appraisals, title examinations, engineering, environmental risks assessments, surveys, and supporting equipment and systems.

SECTION 30. Section 12 of said chapter 36 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words "or other interests in land," and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , other interests in land, and for costs associated with the acquisition of land, including but not limited to, the costs of legal services, appraisals, title examinations, engineering, environmental risks assessments, surveys, and supporting equipment and systems.

SECTION 31. The funds appropriated in item 6010-3950 of section two A of this act are hereby made available and shall be in addition to paragraph (d) of section three of chapter six hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-three, paragraph (d) of section three of chapter eight hundred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-five, paragraph (c) of section three of chapter fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and paragraph (c) of section three of chapter thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and ninety-one, for projects for construction and reconstruction of town and county ways under subdivision (a) of clause (2) of section thirty-four of chapter ninety of the General Laws; provided, however, that each city or town shall certify to the department that the city or town has expended all of the sums apportioned to the city or town under the provisions of said paragraph (d) of said section three of said chapter six hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-three, said paragraph (d) of said section three of said chapter eight hundred and eleven, said paragraph (c) of said section three of said chapter fifteen; and said paragraph (c) of said section three of said chapter thirty-three, or that said city or town has remaining a sum of money which by itself is insufficient to finance a proposed project; provided, further, that a city or town shall comply with procedures established by the department; provided, further, that any such city or town is hereby authorized to appropriate for such projects amounts not in excess of the amounts provided to such city or town under this section; provided, further, that said appropriation shall be considered as an available fund upon the approval of the commissioner of revenue pursuant to section twenty-three of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws; provided, further, that the commonwealth shall reimburse said city or town under this section within thirty days of receipt by the department of a request for reimbursement from such city or town, such request to include certification by such city or town that actual expenses have been incurred on projects eligible for reimbursements under this section, and the work has been completed to its satisfaction according to the specifications of said project and in compliance with applicable law; provided, further, that the department may enter into agreements with cities and towns to provide engineering and other services essential to the development of projects and if the department agrees to provide services, amounts charged for department employees may include the salary and salary related expenses of such employees to the extent that they work on or in support of such projects; provided, further, that funds provided herein may be expended for the entire cost of any project eligible under the provisions of said chapter ninety; provided, further, that the funds provided herein may be expended for the repair, replacement or removal of underground municipal public works fuel tanks; and, provided, further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the allocation to cities and towns from amounts authorized in this section are as follows: `t+99 `tm;keep=no `tcol=1;c1=10,55,tur `tch `tc1 `ts Municipality Distribution `t+1 `tch;end `tc1 Abington 558,441 Acton 989,028 Acushnet 470,882 Adams 494,475 Agawam 1,028,160 Alford 122,254 Amesbury 650,886 Amherst 1,155,623 Andover 2,029,288 Arlington 1,322,906 Ashburnham 522,764 Ashby 370,714 Ashfield 475,682 Ashland 526,267 Athol 837,866 Attleboro 2,017,255 Auburn 897,412 Avon 302,950 Ayer 395,984 Barnstable 3,182,457 Barre 685,226 Becket 392,586 Bedford 1,070,373 Belchertown 907,529 Bellingham 706,592 Belmont 868,527 Berkley 345,045 Berlin 305,251 Bernardston 301,044 Beverly 1,538,815 Billerica 1,596,126 Blackstone 371,009 Blandford 422,556 Bolton 428,053 Boston 22,277,507 Bourne 919,729 Boxborough 262,646 Boxford 609,057 Boylston 310,215 Braintree 1,642,102 Brewster 435,909 Bridgewater 921,606 Brimfield 450,928 Brockton 3,052,673 Brookfield 272,753 Brookline 1,562,884 Buckland 295,837 Burlington 1,348,119 Cambridge 4,075,525 Canton 1,065,362 Carlisle 369,762 Carver 571,339 Charlemont 298,005 Charlton 910,068 Chatham 516,953 Chelmsford 1,580,100 Chelsea 785,965 Cheshire 318,789 Chester 393,230 Chesterfield 368,207 Chicopee 1,922,173 Chilmark 103,944 Clarksburg 113,604 Clinton 527,301 Cohasset 332,539 Colrain 540,718 Concord 1,066,608 Conway 437,578 Cummington 329,606 Dalton 373,399 Danvers 1,382,451 Dartmouth 1,641,628 Dedham 987,190 Deerfield 615,492 Dennis 1,074,155 Dighton 435,077 Douglas 532,182 Dover 379,798 Dracut 1,102,916 Dudley 649,006 Dunstable 256,841 Duxbury 721,713 East Bridgewater 350,417 East Brookfield 154,072 East Longmeadow 919,863 Eastham 362,422 Easthampton 752,821 Easton 871,540 Edgartown 348,730 Egremont 255,131 Erving 138,663 Essex 216,791 Everett 957,934 Fairhaven 789,107 Fall River 3,244,899 Falmouth 1,719,905 Fitchburg 1,899,303 Florida 266,984 Foxborough 788,249 Framingham 2,815,322 Franklin 1,063,633 Freetown 558,742 Gardner 995,151 Gay Head 55,632 Georgetown 375,627 Gill 283,982 Gloucester 1,066,583 Goshen 178,317 Gosnold 14,567 Grafton 707,752 Granby 434,522 Granville 439,823 Great Barrington 677,968 Greenfield 1,076,726 Groton 636,381 Groveland 298,799 Hadley 539,343 Halifax 350,990 Hamilton 381,545 Hampden 375,617 Hancock 162,365 Hanover 671,996 Hanson 429,911 Hardwick 605,952 Harvard 573,383 Harwich 956,917 Hatfield 378,711 Haverhill 2,175,486 Hawley 294,756 Heath 349,773 Hingham 1,065,918 Hinsdale 255,648 Holbrook 396,147 Holden 919,154 Holland 256,212 Holliston 706,917 Holyoke 1,817,084 Hopedale 254,153 Hopkinton 632,040 Hubbardston 562,274 Hudson 865,957 Hull 457,234 Huntington 271,333 Ipswich 645,273 Kingston 583,254 Lakeville 480,587 Lancaster 486,082 Lanesborough 362,686 Lawrence 1,956,533 Lee 456,834 Leicester 660,340 Lenox 473,784 Leominster 1,747,133 Leverett 241,072 Lexington 1,432,047 Leyden 246,296 Lincoln 434,266 Littleton 539,082 Longmeadow 801,096 Lowell 3,028,148 Ludlow 911,431 Lunenburg 670,735 Lynn 2,445,580 Lynnfield 552,801 Malden 1,551,613 Manchester 243,286 Mansfield 810,740 Marblehead 733,077 Marion 211,814 Marlborough 1,496,085 Marshfield 894,465 Mashpee 877,055 Mattapoisett 335,226 Maynard 487,262 Medfield 626,967 Medford 1,593,070 Medway 537,582 Melrose 891,926 Mendon 321,592 Merrimac 268,225 Methuen 1,645,950 Middleborough 1,241,640 Middlefield 257,323 Middleton 372,850 Milford 1,111,420 Millbury 597,281 Millis 432,317 Millville 156,620 Milton 958,078 Monroe 109,870 Monson 775,579 Montague 795,623 Monterey 314,456 Montgomery 206,604 Mount Washington 116,478 Nahant 150,037 Nantucket 999,047 Natick 1,403,818 Needham 1,441,292 New Ashford 72,838 New Bedford 3,591,004 New Braintree 336,686 New Marlborough 569,341 New Salem 254,840 Newbury 405,978 Newburyport 749,226 Newton 3,591,390 Norfolk 508,094 North Adams 658,334 North Andover 1,217,296 North Attleborough 1,059,610 North Brookfield 514,743 North Reading 615,206 Northampton 1,577,152 Northborough 697,677 Northbridge 581,357 Northfield 477,242 Norton 714,193 Norwell 627,638 Norwood 1,421,603 Oak Bluffs 266,561 Oakham 300,260 Orange 655,859 Orleans 471,457 Otis 291,146 Oxford 750,942 Palmer 842,421 Paxton 291,985 Peabody 1,425,728 Pelham 158,533 Pembroke 563,647 Pepperell 618,904 Peru 222,092 Petersham 421,512 Phillipston 305,021 Pittsfield 2,289,568 Plainfield 317,722 Plainville 381,663 Plymouth 1,921,326 Plympton 252,580 Princeton 552,978 Provincetown 189,585 Quincy 2,933,156 Randolph 1,135,154 Raynham 589,012 Reading 875,710 Rehoboth 871,043 Revere 1,178,963 Richmond 280,188 Rochester 408,161 Rockland 616,737 Rockport 324,929 Rowe 242,582 Rowley 330,972 Royalston 472,111 Russell 169,675 Rutland 482,319 Salem 1,234,433 Salisbury 325,528 Sandisfield 541,614 Sandwich 831,477 Saugus 940,501 Savoy 326,893 Scituate 862,092 Seekonk 831,498 Sharon 891,324 Sheffield 589,240 Shelburne 366,831 Sherborn 375,857 Shirley 375,034 Shrewsbury 1,153,189 Shutesbury 222,166 Somerset 805,578 Somerville 1,748,177 South Hadley 778,734 Southampton 482,017 Southborough 533,463 Southbridge 808,425 Southwick 521,960 Spencer 809,120 Springfield 5,860,225 Sterling 626,538 Stockbridge 331,733 Stoneham 744,717 Stoughton 1,189,993 Stow 375,258 Sturbridge 658,512 Sudbury 1,031,846 Sunderland 290,513 Sutton 675,902 Swampscott 419,947 Swansea 874,509 Taunton 2,007,363 Templeton 539,162 Tewksbury 1,240,404 Tisbury 185,552 Tolland 265,623 Topsfield 416,926 Townsend 665,033 Truro 276,168 Tyngsborough 504,644 Tyringham 169,798 Upton 447,524 Uxbridge 701,120 Wakefield 1,013,728 Wales 173,961 Walpole 1,040,837 Waltham 2,737,634 Ware 709,159 Wareham 1,039,664 Warren 495,863 Warwick 371,911 Washington 282,682 Watertown 1,173,073 Wayland 771,173 Webster 732,002 Wellesley 1,358,393 Wellfleet 386,458 Wendell 323,252 Wenham 220,620 West Boylston 445,520 West Bridgewater 471,578 West Brookfield 377,790 West Newbury 313,334 West Springfield 1,349,403 West Stockbridge 254,863 West Tisbury 115,805 Westborough 1,092,249 Westfield 1,781,635 Westford 1,087,372 Westhampton 307,819 Westminster 676,716 Weston 724,408 Westport 996,412 Westwood 807,094 Weymouth 1,787,313 Whately 228,531 Whitman 514,114 Wilbraham 771,325 Williamsburg 309,725 Williamstown 510,895 Wilmington 1,158,520 Winchendon 709,987 Winchester 822,983 Windsor 441,648 Winthrop 490,998 Woburn 1,852,187 Worcester 6,932,548 Worthington 394,236 Wrentham 561,859 Yarmouth 1,374,155 `tcol;end

SECTION 32. The commissioner of the department of highways shall certify in writing to each city and town its total apportionment of the funds authorized in item 6010-3950 of section two A within thirty days of the effective date of this act.

SECTION 33. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance shall reimburse, pursuant to section forty-nine of chapter five hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, the towns of Beverly, Reading, Saugus, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, and Winthrop, and the cities of Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Melrose, and Revere for the debt service incurred for those costs attributable to the installation of certain environmental equipment, as required pursuant to section forty-eight A of said chapter five hundred and eighty-four at the RESCO resource recovery facility located in the town of Saugus for fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-five.

SECTION 34. For the purpose of making available for expenditure in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-five certain balances of authorizations which would otherwise revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ninety-four, the expiration dates of the items listed below are hereby extended through June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ninety-five. `tuc 7111-7891 7503-7892

SECTION 35. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any amounts heretofore made available by subsection (k) of section three of chapter thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and ninety-one may also be made available for expenditure for the purposes of subsection (b) of section three of said chapter thirty-three.

SECTION 36. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws, to convey in fee, grant permanent easement interests or lease for a term not to exceed fifty years, with an option for an additional term of twenty-five years, the property described below to the town of Medfield, subject to the requirements of sections thirty-seven to thirty-nine, inclusive, and to such additional terms and conditions as said commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the department of environmental management, said parcel is shown on a "PLAN TO SHOW EASEMENT FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES NORTHMEADOWS ROAD MEDFIELD, MA. SURVEYED BY RIVELIN LAND SURVEYORS 700 WEST CENTER ST., WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA-; DATED AUGUST 30, 1993 or any revisions thereof to be recorded and is currently being used as dedicated open space, forest and agricultural lands within the commonwealth's Charles River Reservation.

SECTION 37. No instrument purporting to convey or lease on behalf of the commonwealth the property described in section thirty-six of this act shall be valid unless the instrument provides that said property shall be used solely for the purposes of laying, installing, maintaining, repairing and operating a public water supply and water supply distribution system.

SECTION 38. If the aforementioned purposes as described in section thirty-seven of this act are not begun within five years from the effective date of this act, or ceases at any time thereafter, all easements and interests shall revert to the commonwealth under such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe.

SECTION 39. The town of Medfield shall assume the costs of appraisals, surveys and other expenses as deemed necessary by the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations for the disposition of the property referenced in section thirty-six of this act.

SECTION 40. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations, subject to the provisions of chapter forty of the General Laws, is hereby authorized to lease, subject to the conditions specified in section forty-one of this act, to the town of Tewksbury a parcel of land in said town bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point of intersection of land of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and A & B Automotive thence, north along the east side of state route 38 to the intersection of said state route and Chandler street, a distance of 240 feet, plus or minus thence, northeast along the east side of Chandler Street to the paved entryway to Tewksbury state hospital, a distance of 270 feet, plus or minus thence, southeast along said paved way a distance of 410 feet, plus or minus to a point thence, southwest to land of A & B Automotive, a distance of 365 feet, plus or minus thence, along the boundary of land of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and A & B Automotive to the point of beginning, a distance of 150 feet, plus or minus. Said parcel contains 4 acres, more or less.

SECTION 41. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized to lease for nominal consideration to the town of Tewksbury for a period of ninety-nine years the parcel of land described in section forty of this act; provided, however, that said lease may be renewed only at the end of such term; provided further, that said lease shall be reviewed by the inspector general; provided further, that said parcel of land shall be used by the town of Tewksbury for the construction of a public library; provided further, that if a library is not constructed on said parcel of land by August first, two thousand and one, the lease herein authorized shall terminate and said parcel shall revert to the commonwealth.

SECTION 42. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental management is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the care, control, maintenance and operation of any new, reconstructed or existing seawall located in the Roughan's Point area of the city of Revere to the metropolitan district commission, upon the completion of the Roughan's Point, Revere federal flood damage control project.

SECTION 43. Any municipality receiving funds pursuant to subdivision (a) of clause (2) of section thirty-four of chapter ninety of the General Laws may provide for the accommodation of bicycle traffic in conjunction with the construction and reconstruction of proposed public ways; provided, that said accommodation shall not compromise public safety, degrade environmental quality, or conflict with existing rights of way.

SECTION 44. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental management may, consistent with established procedures of the division of capital planning and operations, and as provided herein, lease real property under its control and supervision to any person or organization, if the commissioner of said department makes a determination that such lease will adequately ensure the preservation and maintenance of an historic property, and that such lease is otherwise consistent with the department's duties and responsibilities.

For the purposes of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:-

"Historic property", any real property possessing historic value, and so identified hereunder in this section.

Any lease entered into by the department pursuant to this section shall provide, at a minimum, for the following: (a) the improvement and maintenance and management, throughout the term of the lease, of the property by the lessee in conformance with appropriate standards for rehabilitation of historic properties approved by the Massachusetts historical commission, and all other applicable provisions of law; (b) the payment to the department of fair market rent for the property, provided that the value of any improvements and maintenance and management services provided by the lessee under the lease may be deducted from the amount payable over the term of the lease; (c) a finding by the commissioner that the property covered by the lease, while not needed for use by the department for the duration of the lease, is nonetheless subject to its statutory duty under section one of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws to exercise control and supervision of areas of historic significance committed to it, and that the lease is entered into by the department pursuant to said duty; (d) the opening of the property to the public, no less often than twice each year, for the purpose of providing public access to the historic qualities of the property; and (e) any and all other provisions, terms and conditions as the commissioner may deem necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the commonwealth and ensure the adequate preservation of the historic or other qualities of the property for future generations.

Historic properties subject to the provisions of this section shall include: the Barton house, so-called, Foxborough state forest, the Bell house, so-called, in Maudslay state park, the farm house, so-called, in Maudslay state park, the superintendent's house, so-called, in Wachusett Mountain state reservation, the Benjamin Osborne house, so-called, in Mount Washington state forest, Palmer mansion, so-called, in Bradley Palmer state park, E. F. Dodge house, so-called, in Bradley Palmer state park, Summit house, so-called, in Skinner state park, Hunter House, so-called, in Windsor state forest, Lowell Lichfield house, so-called, in Carlisle state forest, Graham house, so-called, in Nickerson state park, the former Knights of Columbus camp, so-called, in Dubuque state forest, Hunt house, so-called, in Mount Washington state forest, the gatekeeper's house and shed, so-called, Lowell heritage park, the superintendent's house, so-called, Beartown state forest, Swans Lodge and barn, so-called, Beartown state forest, the Inteman house, so-called, Mount Washington state forest, Crosby mansion, so-called, Nickerson state park, Graham house, so-called, Nickerson state park, Vierick house, so-called, Halibut Point state park, Elder house, so-called, Natural Bridge state park, Windago Camp compound, so-called, Windsor state forest, and Bascomb Lodge, so-called, Mount Greylock state reservation.

The commissioner shall establish guidelines for the implementation of a program of curatorship leases, provided, however, that such guidelines shall, at a minimum, provide for an open, competitive process for selecting lessees.

SECTION 45. The executive director of the Massachusetts Port Authority, hereinafter referred to as the port authority, is hereby authorized and directed to expend a sum not to exceed three million three hundred thousand dollars to fund the port authority's facilities, including but not limited to, parking, passenger shelters and amenities, and related support facilities in connection with shuttle bus service to and from Logan airport as part of the Industri-plex Regional Transportation Center in Woburn; provided, that the inspector general of the commonwealth shall study and examine the feasibility of relocating and operating the Massachusetts Port Authority's shuttle bus service to and from Logan International Airport, known as the "Woburn Logan Express", from its current site at Mishawum community Rail Station or any other site to the Industri-plex Regional Transit Center in Woburn; including but not limited to, an analysis of the potential economic benefits of such relocation, the potential for increased ridership from such relocation and the appropriateness of the site itself; provided further, that the inspector general shall file such study with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation. Funds authorized herein shall include, but not be limited to, the capital costs for the following:

(a) a sum not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars which the port authority is authorized to immediately transfer to the Woburn Redevelopment Authority, and which the Woburn Redevelopment Authority is authorized to accept, pursuant to the enabling legislation of the both authorities, to be used to fund the preliminary design and permitting of all aspects of the Regional Transportation Center;

(b) a sum not to exceed two million eight hundred thousand dollars to fund the capital costs in connection with the detailed design and construction of the port authority's airport shuttle bus service facilities, including parking for up to fifteen hundred cars and those costs, if any, which might be incurred by the port authority to acquire the rights in any land by lease, purchase or eminent domain under the provisions of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws; provided, that prior to any acquisition of rights in any land by lease, purchase, or eminent domain, notice of said acquisition shall be filed for review with the inspector general of the commonwealth.

SECTION 46. Notwithstanding the provision of any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized and directed to allot sufficient capital funds to the department of environmental management for general renovations to Forest Park in the city of Springfield.