Amendment #359 to H4000

Court Appointed Special Advocates

Representatives Scibak of South Hadley, Cole of Peabody, Keenan of Salem, Fox of Boston, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Toomey of Cambridge, Finn of West Springfield, Campbell of Methuen, Gordon of Bedford, Andrews of Orange, Kocot of Northampton, Rogers of Cambridge, Gobi of Spencer, Vega of Holyoke, Basile of Boston, Malia of Boston and Smola of Warren moves to amend the bill in Section 2, in line item 0337-0002 by adding the following new language:-

Provided further, the Massachusetts Court Appointed Special Advocates programs funding shall not be reduced from the amount allocated to the CASA programs as appearing in items 0337-0300 and 0337-0600 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008, provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the Boston CASA Program, provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the Worcester CASA Program, provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the Hampshire & Franklin CASA Programs.