Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-37-R1

Redraft OTH 37

Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial

Ms. Forry, Messrs. Rush, Timilty, Montigny and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 1410-0024 the following item:-

“1410-0031 For the cost of establishing a memorial to honor Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes; provided, that funds shall be made available to the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. for programming, design, construction and maintenance; provided further, that nothing in this item shall prohibit the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. from raising private funds to promote the establishment of the memorial or encouraging the donation of private funds for the construction and maintenance of the memorial or for any other endeavor the organization so chooses...........................$150,000”; and

by inserting after section 37 the following section:-

“SECTION 37A. Section 2E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 78 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

(e) The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles distinctive registration plates which shall display on their faces the silhouette of a soldier, a soldier’s cross and a gold star with the words “Honor Their Sacrifice” to honor men and women who have died while in active service in the armed forces of the United States. There shall be a fee of not less than $50 for the plates in addition to the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles, which shall be payable at the time of registration of the vehicle and at each registration renewal of the vehicle. The registrar shall furnish without charge 1 “Honor Their Sacrifice” registration plate for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by parents, children, siblings, grandchildren or spouses of members of the military who died while in active service in the armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable. The portion of the total fee remaining after the deduction of costs directly attributable to the issuance of the plates shall be deposited in a registry-retained revenue account. Of the remaining portion of the fee, (i) 75 per cent shall be directed to the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc., to be distributed by the fund at its discretion in cooperation with the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial monitoring committee for the benefit of the programs, design, construction and maintenance of the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial, veterans memorials and fallen heroes memorials throughout the commonwealth; and (ii) 25 per cent shall be directed to the Disabled American Veterans, Dept. of Massachusetts, Inc.”.