Amendment #11 to H2017

Create a Special Joint Committee on the Boston 2024 Olympic Games Bid

Mr. Frost of Auburn moves to amend the order by inserting a new section:-

Section 37.  The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate shall create a Special Joint Committee to study the benefits and costs associated with hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the Commonwealth. The Committee shall consist of 19 members of the House, the Speaker of the House shall appoint 14 members of the House and the Minority Leader of the House shall appoint 5 members of the House to said special committee of the House, and shall consist of 7 members of the Senate, 6 appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

Said Special Committee shall be charged with, but not be limited to, studying the benefits and costs of the Commonwealth and municipalities to bid and host the Summer Olympic Games in 2024; seek input from communities outside Boston on the possibility of regionalizing the Olympic Games with venues throughout the Commonwealth; seek proposals to protect the local aid and transportation funding  municipalities and regions throughout out the Commonwealth receive from being diverted to cover costs of hosting the Olympic Games; seek input from the City of Boston and active organizations public or private in favor of or opposed to hosting the Summer Olympic Games; seek input from federal, state and local public safety officials; and seek input from the United States Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee and input from other cities, organizers and Olympic organizations which have hosted a Summer or Winter Olympics in the past.

Said Special Committee shall host at least two public hearings in Boston, and at least 5 public hearings outside Boston in which at least one shall be in Central Massachusetts and at least one in Western Massachusetts.

Said Special Committee shall report its findings and any recommendations to the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, the Governor of the Commonwealth, the House Committee on Ways & Means, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts & Culture, the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, the Joint Committee on Public Safety, the Joint Committee on Transportation and to the Office of the House Clerk and the Office of the Senate Clerk on or before the first Wednesday of December 2015.