Amendment ID: S21-23

Amendment 23

Emergency snow and ice removal aid to municipalities

Mr. Keenan and Ms. Lovely move to amend the amendment by inserting in Section 2A, under the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, the following new line item:-

1599-3801       For the payment of local aid to cities and towns to mitigate the budgetary impact of the extraordinary snow and ice removal costs associated with severe winter storms during fiscal year 2015; provided, that funds shall be distributed to cities and towns in accordance with section ___ of this act; provided further, that receipt of funds from this item and distributed in accordance with this act shall not affect a municipality’s obligations regarding education financing and shall be available for unrestricted use by the municipalities……$50,000,000

And moves to further amend the bill by inserting the following new section:-

SECTION ___.  The Secretary for Administration and Finance shall distribute the funds appropriated in line 1599-3801 as described in this section.  The Secretary shall determine the amount of funding budgeted for snow and ice removal by each municipality, shall aggregate these figures to determine the statewide total of municipal funding budgeted for snow and ice, and shall determine the proportion that each municipality’s funding budgeted for snow and ice removal represents of the statewide total of municipal budgeting for snow and ice removal.  Each municipality shall receive a distribution of the funds appropriated in line 1599-3801 that is equal to the municipality’s proportion determined according to the preceding sentence.

And moves to further amend the bill by inserting the following new section:-

SECTION ___. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of distributing funds pursuant to section __ of this act, on or before June 30, 2015 the comptroller shall transfer a sum not to exceed $50,000,000 from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund to the General Fund.