Amendment #380 to H3400

Pacheco Exemption for PPPs

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Barrows of Mansfield, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Ferguson of Holden, Hunt of Sandwich, Smola of Palmer, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Durant of Spencer, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Kuros of Uxbridge, Mirra of West Newbury, Orrall of Lakeville, Vieira of Falmouth, Wong of Saugus and Harrington of Groton move to amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following section:

"SECTION 7A.  Section 73 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following:-

The report shall be delivered within 30 days of the commission’s approval of a request for proposal for design-build-finance-operate-maintain or design-build-operate-maintain services to the secretary for administration and finance, the house committee on ways and means, the senate committee on ways and means, and the joint committee on transportation.”

; and further, by inserting after section 8 the following section:

“SECTION 8A. Chapter 7, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 55 the following new section:-

Section 55A.  Notwithstanding sections 52 to 55, inclusive, or any other general or special law to the contrary, a request for proposal for design-build-finance-operate-maintain or design-build-operate-maintain services approved by the public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission, pursuant to section 73 of chapter 6C, shall not be subject to the provisions of section 52 to 55, inclusive.".