Amendment #296 to H3400

RTA Language

Representatives Peake of Provincetown, Dykema of Holliston, Cariddi of North Adams, Andrews of Orange, Kocot of Northampton, Durant of Spencer, Madden of Nantucket, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Pignatelli of Lenox, Swan of Springfield, Garry of Dracut, Sannicandro of Ashland, Canavan of Brockton, Hogan of Stow, Scibak of South Hadley, Ashe of Longmeadow, Vega of Holyoke, Calter of Kingston, Gobi of Spencer, Keefe of Worcester, Diehl of Whitman, O'Day of West Boylston, Gifford of Wareham, Mark of Peru, Smola of Palmer, Walsh of Framingham, Roy of Franklin, Nyman of Hanover, Kafka of Stoughton, Heroux of Attleboro, Binienda of Worcester, Finn of West Springfield, Khan of Newton, Peterson of Grafton and Hunt of Sandwich move to amend the bill in Section 2E, in item 1595-6368, in line 3 by striking out the following: “the amount transferred in fiscal year 2013” and inserting in place thereof the following: “$49,000,000 and each authority shall receive not less in state contract assistance than was received in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013; provided further, any assistance provided above that amount shall be distributed based on the ridership based formula agreed to by the regional transit authorities and the secretary” and further in said item, in line 6 by inserting after the word “any”, the following: “other”; and in item 1595-6370, in line 3 by inserting after the word “provided”, the following: “each authority shall receive not less in assistance than was received in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013; provided further any assistance provided above that amount shall be distributed based on the ridership based formula agreed to by the regional transit authorities and the secretary; and provided further,” and further in said item, in line 5 by inserting after the word “any”, the following: “other”