HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1159        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2891

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Using Capital Gain Income for One-Time Capital Expenditures..

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.Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new paragraph:-

2YYY.One-Time Capital Expenditures

There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the One-Time Capital Expenditure Fund to which shall be credited: (a) any funds that shall be appropriated or transferred for deposit into the trust fund; and (b) any income derived from investment of amounts credited to the trust fund (c) all Part C taxable income collected on an annual basis by the Commissioner of Revenue pursuant to Section 2 (h) of Chapter 62, after accounting for refunds, abatements or other adjustments.  This money shall be expended for one-time capital needs of the commonwealth as determined by the legislature and not for annual operating expenses.