SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2298        FILED ON: 2/19/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2193

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Eric P. Lesser

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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 to invest more in middle class jobs and less in the relocation of out-of-state corporations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

 

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

 

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

 

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/19/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/19/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

3/20/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/19/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/20/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/20/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/20/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

2/21/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

3/7/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/21/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/21/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

2/22/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/22/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/25/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

2/25/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/28/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

3/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2298        FILED ON: 2/19/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2193

By Mr. Lesser, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2193) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Eric P. Lesser, Paul R. Feeney, Joanne M. Comerford, Diana DiZoglio and other members of the General Court for legislation to invest more in middle class jobs and less in the relocation of out-of-state corporations.  Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to invest more in middle class jobs and less in the relocation of out-of-state corporations.

 

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. Section 63 of chapter 23A, as so amended in chapter 228 of the acts of 2018, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection:-

“(h) Any grants over $20 million issued under this section to municipalities or other public instrumentalities used to incentivize corporations to relocate to the commonwealth that have been rescinded due to non-compliance with the terms of said grant issuance shall be redirected and awarded to vocational schools and school districts that include one or more vocational schools to fund the design, construction, and renovation of said vocational schools and equipment purchases and installation for vocational-technical education programs, as defined in section 1 of chapter 74 of the general laws, in order to improve and augment said programs and to reduce student waitlists at said vocational schools."