Amendment #1 to H3670

An Act relative to the pension liability of the commonwealth

The committee on Bills in the Third Reading recommends that the bill be amended Engrossed Bill relative to the pension liability of the commonwealth (see House, No. 3670) being section 53 contained in the Engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (see House, No. 3650), which was returned by His Excellency the Governor pursuant to Article LVI with recommendation of amendment specified by him, (see Attachment G of House, No. 3675)

Reports recommending that the amendment recommended by His Excellency the Governor be considered in the following form:

By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“SECTION 1.  Section 22C of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition,  is hereby amended by striking out, in line 64, the figure “$2,169,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-  $2,198,092,616.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect as of July 1, 2015.”