SENATE DOCKET, NO. 174        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 594

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to extension..

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 14 of Chapter 75, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by Striking the fourth paragraph and inserting in its place the following:–

The director shall prepare an annual budget of the University of Massachusetts Extension programs for board consideration. Such budget shall be adopted with or without amendments by the board and approved or sent back to the board by the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In no cases may the board amend the budget as to increase the total combined expenditures of the programs.  The director shall annually render a complete and detailed report of the activities, outcomes, revenue and expenditures to the board.