Amendment #1098 to H4200

Public Safety Staffing Grants

Representatives Silvia of Fall River, Fiola of Fall River, Schmid of Westport and Puppolo of Springfield move to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 1599-0026, by adding the following:-

“; provided further, that $4,250,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (a) have populations of at least 60,000; and (b) demonstrate that their police or fire departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that grant funds under this item shall only be provided to communities that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the executive office of public safety and security in fiscal year 2016;"