HOUSE DOCKET, NO.                 FILED ON: 4/8/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3999

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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Ordered, That, notwithstanding the provisions of any rule to the contrary, amendments to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 shall be properly filed with the Clerk of the House in electronic format to be determined by the Clerk as directed by the Speaker; provided that the clerk shall notify by electronic communication the primary sponsor of each amendment of the receipt of such amendment and the number assigned by said Clerk to the amendment; provided further that the Clerk shall print each amendment so filed electronically; and such printed copy shall be considered to be the official amendment for that bill; and be it further

Ordered, That, notwithstanding the provisions of House Rule 12, the Clerk be directed to print a Calendar for the House Session held on Monday, April 28, 2014, containing only the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015; and be it further

Ordered, That, notwithstanding the provisions of House Rule 20B, any amendment to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 relative to enhancing or reducing revenue may only be considered prior to the third reading of said bill to be in order, and that all other amendments to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 shall only be considered subsequent to the third reading of said bill; and be it further

Ordered, That, no amendment to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 that enhances or reduces funding distributions from the General Fund to cities and towns in accordance with section 35 of chapter 10 or chapter 70 of the General Laws shall be in order; and be it further

Ordered, That, no amendment to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 that amends or not withstands chapter 18 or chapter 118 of the General Laws, or that amends or not withstands chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be in order; and be it further

Ordered, That, except for consolidated amendments or perfecting amendments offered by the committee on Ways and Means, no proposition on a subject different from the amendment under consideration shall be admitted under color of a further amendment to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015; and be it further

Ordered, That, notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 20A, any amendment removed by a member from a consolidated amendment shall be offered as an amendment to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015, to be acted upon in the first degree before action is taken on the consolidated amendment, except that any amendment so removed from the consolidated amendment may be moved by the committee on Ways and Means from one subject category to any category not yet disposed of in the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015; and be it further

Ordered, That, a consolidated amendment to the General Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2015, offered by the committee on Ways and Means, shall contain a fiscal note indicating its total expenditures; and be it further

Ordered, That, notwithstanding the provisions of House Rule 74, consolidated amendments may not be divided; and be it further

Ordered, That, any amendment not complying with the provisions of the special rules of procedure stated herein shall be considered withdrawn; provided that, in the case of the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015, any such amendments shall be published as part of the amendment list published by the committee on Ways and Means; and be it further

Ordered, That, except as otherwise provided herein, all amendments to the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 shall be in compliance with House Rule 20A.