Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-34-R1

Redraft OTH 34

County Pension Liability Funding

Messrs. Timilty, Keenan, Rush, Rodrigues, Montigny and Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting after section 12 the following section:-

“SECTION 12A. Chapter 14 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 12. Notwithstanding any general or special law or county charter to the contrary, each county government shall submit to the division of local services the annual or supplementary budget of the county and quarterly updates on the county’s budget.”; and

by inserting after section 51 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 51A. Section 11 of chapter 64D of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “assessment”, in line 25, the following words:- , which shall include the county’s required maintenance of effort for the fiscal year plus an additional 10 per cent of the combined maintenance of effort for fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2014, inclusive.

SECTION 51B.  Said section 11 of said chapter 64D is hereby further amended by striking out the words “plus an additional 10 per cent of the combined maintenance of effort for fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2014, inclusive”, inserted by section 51A.”; and

by inserting after section 131 the following section:-

“SECTION 131A.  Section 51B shall take effect on July 1, 2024.”