HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2559        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 40

 

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 proposal for constitutional amendment:

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution ensuring appropriate expenditure of fair share funds.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/19/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/25/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

1/25/2023

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/26/2023

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

1/26/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2023

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/26/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/27/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/27/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/31/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/2/2023

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/8/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2559        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 40

By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 40) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to ensuring appropriate expenditure of fair share funds received from persons reporting incomes in excess of one million dollars.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution ensuring appropriate expenditure of fair share funds.

 

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
 

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
 

Article CXXI of the Massachusetts Constitution is hereby amended by adding after the word “purposes” the following:-

“; provided however that any funds appropriated shall be in addition to and not in lieu of funds appropriated for such purposes in the fiscal year most recently completed prior to the enactment of this amendment.”