Amendment #897 to H4000

"Buy Local" amendment

Representatives Markey of Dartmouth, Mark of Peru, Cariddi of North Adams, Gobi of Spencer, Schmid of Westport, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Cabral of New Bedford, O'Connell of Taunton, Dykema of Holliston, Conroy of Wayland, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Calter of Kingston, Benson of Lunenburg, Gifford of Wareham, Garlick of Needham, Scibak of South Hadley, Andrews of Orange, Khan of Newton, Madden of Nantucket, Orrall of Lakeville, Pignatelli of Lenox, Koczera of New Bedford, Cutler of Duxbury, Puppolo of Springfield, Howitt of Seekonk, Hogan of Stow, Ferrante of Gloucester, Kocot of Northampton, Kafka of Stoughton, Campbell of Methuen, Vega of Holyoke, Boldyga of Southwick, Garry of Dracut, Smola of Warren, Nyman of Hanover, Galvin of Canton, Decker of Cambridge, DiZoglio of Methuen, Stanley of Waltham, Canavan of Brockton, Fiola of Fall River and Chan of Quincy move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 2511-0100, in line 9, by inserting after "department" the following: "; and provided further, that no less than $300,000 shall be expended to enhance the buy local effort in western, central, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts"; and in said item by striking out the figures "$4,826,193" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$5,126,193".