SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1806        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1740

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 commonwealth of Massachusetts hosting an Olympic Games.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1806        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1740

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1740) of Bruce E. Tarr, Richard J. Ross, James B. Eldridge, Viriato M. deMacedo and other members of the Senate for legislation relative to the commonwealth of Massachusetts hosting an Olympic Games.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

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 the commonwealth of Massachusetts hosting an Olympic Games.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no funds shall be expended by the commonwealth which are attributable to, resulting from, or connected to, the hosting of an Olympic Games as sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee unless and until any final application or bid for such hosting at any location in the commonwealth is approved in the form of a Special Act, following at least one public hearing conducted by the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, acting individually or jointly, at a time and place conducive to public participation, provided further, that said committees may conduct more than one such hearing in geographically diverse locations within the Commonwealth.