Amendment #292 to H4000

Regional Economic Development Grants

Representatives Fernandes of Milford, Roy of Franklin, Dykema of Holliston, Wagner of Chicopee, Linsky of Natick, Moran of Lawrence, Dooley of Norfolk, Kuros of Uxbridge, Vieira of Falmouth, DiZoglio of Methuen, Peake of Provincetown, Pignatelli of Lenox, Sannicandro of Ashland, Cariddi of North Adams, Walsh of Framingham, Speliotis of Danvers, Keenan of Salem, Koczera of New Bedford, Ferrante of Gloucester, Benson of Lunenburg, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Gregoire of Marlborough, Markey of Dartmouth, Madden of Nantucket, Calter of Kingston, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Barrows of Mansfield, Parisella of Beverly, deMacedo of Plymouth, Campbell of Methuen, Garry of Dracut, Durant of Spencer, Peterson of Grafton, Jones of North Reading, Fennell of Lynn, Kocot of Northampton, Vega of Holyoke, Hogan of Stow, Puppolo of Springfield, Mark of Peru, Gobi of Spencer, Scibak of South Hadley, Costello of Newburyport, Schmid of Westport, Cabral of New Bedford, Conroy of Wayland, Gifford of Wareham, Finn of West Springfield, Smola of Warren, Arciero of Westford, Ayers of Quincy, Peisch of Wellesley, Cutler of Duxbury, Hill of Ipswich and Chan of Quincy move to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 7006-0071 the following item:

7007-0150 Regional Economic Development Grants

For the Massachusetts office of business development for contracts with regional development organizations under the program established by section 3J and 3K of chapter 23A of the General Laws........... $1,950,000