Consolidated Amendment "B" to H3400

Transportation

Fiscal Note: $0

Amendment 23 has been re-categorized from Constitutional Officers and State Administration.

Amendments from Transportation:  60, 157, 171, 232, 303, 310, 312, 314, 315, 340, 363, 369, 382, 387, 419, 420, 438, 455, 466, 512 and 580.

Mr. Dempsey of Haverhill and others move to amend H3400, in section 2E, in item 1595-6368, by adding the following: “; provided, that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall expend $100,000 for the purposes of conducting a study to include field research, surveys, market studies, and other research methods as needed, to identify and determine additional recurring revenues through the leasing or disposition of commonwealth right-of-ways or other land, property, or interests therein, on the property of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and associated railroad or transportation related property of the commonwealth, inclusive of its rights-of-way, whether in use for rail, alternative access or abandoned; said study to be for the purpose of maximizing revenue to the commonwealth from installing utility and communication infrastructure including, but not limited to: utility pipelines, conduits, ditches, wires, poles, transmission lines, or transmission facilities for cellular phone devices, broadband, internet and wireless under existing agreements or permits or such agreements or permits or under existing laws, provided that such use does not interfere with the public use of the property for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or other purposes.  Said study shall be completed by February 1, 2012 and copies transmitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation”

And further amend the bill by adding the following sections:-

SECTION XX. Section 41 of chapter 161A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection:- (f) to sell electricity to the divisions within the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the division of capital asset management, shall study and assess the current market value of real property under the ownership, possession and control of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, including but not limited to, any land or buildings previously owned by the Massachusetts turnpike authority, and determine whether such assets are surplus to the operation of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, as defined by section 1 of chapter 6C.  The department shall submit the results of the study to the executive office of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before July 1, 2012.