SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1506        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1932

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act eliminating the use of capital funds for operating and personnel expenses..

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.   Section 1 of chapter 16 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

(e) The commissioner shall terminate the usage of capital funds to pay for personnel and personnel-related costs, including payroll allocations for budgetary employees, fringe recovery and other charge-backs, within 5 years of the passage of this act.

SECTION 2.  Section 1 of said chapter 16, as so appearing, is hereby further amend by inserting the following subsection:

(f) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.