Amendment #9 to H52

Curtailing wasteful transportation spending

Mr. Rogers of Norwood moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

Section XX.  section 29 of  Chapter 242 of the Acts of 2013 shall be amended by adding the following:-

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall transfer the sum of $23,000,000 back to the General Fund that the Department set aside for expansion of commuter rail service through Walpole. The board of directors of said authority may, on or after, June 30th 2015 submit written testimony to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Transportation relative as to how, the department would  plan, to expend said amount, on improving existing commuter rail operation.