SECTION 1. Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 35AAA the following section:-
Section 35BBB. There shall be established a Special Election Guarantee Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the reimbursement of cities and towns for the costs associated with any special primary or special election held pursuant to sections 140 or 141 of chapter 54. There shall be credited to the fund any unused compensation from any vacant office of a senator or representative in the general court. The fund shall accept additional funding by any other method or vehicle including direct funding, an insurance policy or any method deemed appropriate by the general court. Any balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.
SECTION 2. Section 140 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
A city or town holding a special primary or special election pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed for the costs associated with the special primary and special general election from funds available to such city or town from the return of the vacant office of representative or senator’s unused compensation as provided by law from the Special Election Guarantee Fund established in section 35BBB of chapter 10.
SECTION 2. Section 141 of said chapter 54 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
A city or town holding such election shall be reimbursed for the costs associated with the special primary and special general election from funds available to such city or town from the return of the vacant office of representative or senator’s unused compensation as provided by law from the Special Election Guarantee Fund established in section 35BBB of chapter 10.
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