SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2045        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2169

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul W. Mark

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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 clarifying eligibility to the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

 

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/25/2025

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/25/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

3/3/2025

Sally P. Kerans

13th Essex

3/5/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

4/10/2025

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

6/12/2025

Thomas W. Moakley

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

9/26/2025


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2045        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2169

By Mr. Mark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2169) of Paul W. Mark, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf, Joanne M. Comerford, Michael D. Brady and others for legislation to authorize cultural facilities owned by tribal governments to be financed on the same basis as projects which are municipally owned.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act clarifying eligibility to the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 42(b)(1) of chapter 23G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the third sentence in the definition of “Cultural facility” and inserting in place thereof:- Municipally or tribal government owned buildings, structures, or sites of which at least 50 per cent is used as a cultural facility.