Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-97

LOC 97

Roxbury Trust Fund Committee

Ms. Chang-Diaz moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION XX.

Section 1 of chapter 443 of the acts of 1990, as amended by chapter 296 of the acts of 1995, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The “Roxbury Trust Fund Committee” shall mean a committee with a size, membership, and term length determined by the Trustees in accordance with the Declaration of Trust of the Roxbury Trust Fund Committee Trust (the “Trust”), as may be amended from time to time by at least a majority of the Trustees, except that such membership shall include, as ex officio Trustees, the sitting State Senator of the district or his or her designee, the sitting State Representatives of the district or their respective designees, and the sitting Mayor of Boston or his or her respective designee. The ex officio Trustees shall be eligible to vote on amendments to the aforementioned Declaration of Trust, but shall be non-voting Trustees for all other purposes. The Roxbury Trust Fund Committee shall not be prohibited (i) from exercising at any time or times all powers necessary to carry out the purposes of the Trust, such purposes include operating for any charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purpose, nor (ii) from raising, collecting, and expending funds, property, or other assets necessary to support or sustain such purposes.