Amendment #712 to H4000

Alternative Housing Voucher Program

Representatives Toomey of Cambridge, Ayers of Quincy, Benson of Lunenburg, Brodeur of Melrose, Calter of Kingston, Cariddi of North Adams, Chan of Quincy, Conroy of Wayland, Decker of Cambridge, DiZoglio of Methuen, Fennell of Lynn, Fox of Boston, Garballey of Arlington, Gobi of Spencer, Gordon of Bedford, Hecht of Watertown, Heroux of Attleboro, Hill of Ipswich, Keenan of Salem, Khan of Newton, Lyons of Andover, Mannal of Barnstable, Mark of Peru, O'Day of West Boylston, Peake of Provincetown, Pignatelli of Lenox, Provost of Somerville, Rogers of Cambridge, Roy of Franklin, Sannicandro of Ashland, Smizik of Brookline, Speliotis of Danvers, Swan of Springfield, Timilty of Milton, Turner of Dennis and Walsh of Framingham move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7004-9030, in line 11, by striking out the following: "shall pay agencies that administer this program an allowance not to exceed $25 per voucher per month for the costs of administration" and inserting in place thereof the following: "shall pay agencies that administer this program an allowance of an amount to be determined by the undersecretary for the costs of administration"; and in said item, in line 38, by striking out the following "and provided further, that consistent with said chapter 179 of the acts of 1995, the amount appropriated in this item shall not annualize to more than $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2015"; and in said item by striking out the figures "3,450,000" and inserting in place thereof the figures "5,000,000".