Amendment #815 to H4100

To create community preservation bonds

Mr. Winslow of Norfolk moves to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following sections:-

“SECTION XX. Subsection (c) of Section 8C of Chapter 23G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “obligation” in line 110, the following new words:-

provided, however, that such fixed annual charges and fees and expenses charged by the Agency may be paid from the proceeds of the qualified bonds or of any temporary notes in anticipation of the sale of the bonds

SECTION XX. Subsection (c) of Section 8C of Chapter 23G of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Agency” in line 127, the following new words:-

provided, further, that annual revenues within a city or town’s Community Preservation Fund, acquired pursuant to chapter 44B, shall be assurance satisfactory to the agency for the purposes of this section

SECTION XX. Section 3 of Chapter 44A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “bonds” in line 4, the following new words:-

provided, however, that the board shall by resolution authorize such city or town, with the approval of the community preservation committee, to issue such qualified bonds when the bonds are secured with revenues within the city or town’s Community Preservation Fund, acquired pursuant to chapter 44B

SECTION XX. Section 11 of Chapter 44B of the General Laws, as so appearing, in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “principal” in line 18, the following new paragraph:-

A city or town or multiple municipalities acting as a public body that accepts sections 3 to 7, inclusive, may through the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency request financing through subsection (c) section 8 of chapter 23G.”