Whereas , The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to make supplemental appropriations, 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. Item 2120-8881 of section 2 of chapter 564 of the acts of 1987 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "calendar year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight" in line 30 the following words:- ; provided further, that the department of environmental management may issue a grant of not more than $500,000 from the amount appropriated herein to Historic Massachusetts, Inc., for the purpose of addressing code compliance, public safety improvements, historic preservation and associated costs at the Baker Chocolate Factory Company Administration Building at Lower mills in the city of Boston, under the historic curatorship program, so-called, established pursuant to section 44 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the grant shall be charged to the books of the commonwealth as a fiscal year 2000 expenditure.

SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 267 of the acts of 1995 is hereby amended by striking out item 7506-7961 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=12,52,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=65,13,tur `tc1 7506-7961 `tc4 For the planning, design and construction of a technology building ? `tc6 $9,000,000 `tcol;end