HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3307        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3292

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kate Hogan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the Massachusetts center for the book.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

 

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3307        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3292

By Ms. Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3292) of Kate Hogan and others for legislation to establish a public/private partnership with the Library of Congress to enhance libraries in the Commonwealth and promote reading.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to the Massachusetts center for the book.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 78 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 19N the following section:-

19O. The Massachusetts center for the book, chartered as the commonwealth affiliate of the center for the book in the Library of Congress, will shall be established in the commonwealth as a public-private partnership whose mission is to develop, support, and promote cultural programming that will advance the cause of books and reading and enhancing the outreach potential of Massachusetts libraries.