Amendment #745 to H4200

Relative to Municipal Impact Statements

Mr. Speliotis of Danvers moves to amend the bill at the end thereof with the following new sections:-

"SECTION  X. Section 2 of chapter 30A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph 5 the following paragraph:

A municipal impact statement shall be filed with the state secretary, the division of local mandates in the office of the state auditor, and the local government advisory committee on the same day that the notice is filed and shall accompany the notice. Notwithstanding section 6, the state secretary shall include the full text of said municipal impact statement on the electronic website of the state secretary; provided, however, that the full text of the municipal impact statement may also be inspected and copied in the office of the state secretary during business hours.

That municipal impact statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) an estimate of the number of cities and towns subject to the proposed change;

(2) projected costs imposed upon cities and towns;

(3) projected expansion of existing services;

(4) projected employment of additional personnel;

(5) alteration of administrative work or procedures;

(6) changes to organizational structures;

(7) increased disbursements which are not reimbursed by the federal or state government;

(8) limitations on the discretion exercised by local officials; and

(9) an analysis of whether the changes are duplicative of existing state or federal laws or regulations.

SECTION X. Section 3 of chapter 30A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph 5 the following paragraph:

A municipal impact statement shall be filed with the state secretary, the division of local mandates in the office of the state auditor, and the local government advisory committee on the same day that the notice is filed and shall accompany the notice. Notwithstanding section 6, the state secretary shall include the full text of said municipal impact statement on the electronic website of the state secretary; provided, however, that the full text of the municipal impact statement may also be inspected and copied in the office of the state secretary during business hours.

That municipal impact statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) an estimate of the number of cities and towns subject to the proposed change;

(2) projected costs imposed upon cities and towns;

(3) projected expansion of existing services;

(4) projected employment of additional personnel;

(5) alteration of administrative work or procedures;

(6) changes to organizational structures;

(7) increased disbursements which are not reimbursed by the federal or state government;

(8) limitations on the discretion exercised by local officials; and

(9) an analysis of whether the changes are duplicative of existing state or federal laws or regulations.

SECTION X. Section 5 of chapter 30A of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence in paragraph two and inserting its place the following:

In addition, no rule or regulation so filed, unless filed for the purposes of setting rates within the commonwealth, shall become effective until an agency has filed with the state secretary a statement considering the impact of said regulation on small business and on the cities and towns of the commonwealth.

SECTION X. Section 5 of chapter 30A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence in paragraph two the following language:

The requirements to file municipal impact statements under sections 2 and 3 shall be enforceable by a civil action for mandamus relief, but the sufficiency of the statement filed shall not be grounds for invalidating or staying the effect of the regulation.”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #745 to H4200

Relative to Municipal Impact Statements