HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2573        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 293

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 studying gateway cities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

1/29/2015

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/16/2015

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

8/21/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

8/21/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

8/21/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

8/21/2019

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

8/21/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

8/21/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

8/21/2019

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

8/21/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2573        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 293

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 293) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to create a task force (including members of the General Court) to study the impact and benefits of the additional funding for gateway municipalities.  Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to studying gateway cities.

 

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. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special commission to evaluate and study the impact and supposed benefit of the additional funding and legislative efforts granted to gateway communities. The task force shall consist of the Senate and House Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Economic Development, or their designee, a the Secretary of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, or their designee, the Secretary of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, or their designee, the Director of the Department of Unemployment Assistance, or their designee, the Undersecretary of Community Development, or their designee, the Senate and House Chairs of the Gateway Cities Legislative Caucus, or their designee and two representatives from the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

(b) The task force will be held responsible to evaluate the effectiveness of additional funding given to gateway cities through tax exemptions, credits and grants since the creation of the gateway city program. The group shall report to the legislature how communities currently recognized as gateway cities are utilizing additional funds in a positive way for the community and what current plans are put in place to eventually lower their unemployment rate and increase their median income and education achievable rate. The task force will present a report with recommendations on how to best recover from their current economic state and report it to Clerk of the House and Senate by December 31, 2015.