Amendment #1159 to H4400

"Buy Local" Amendment

Representatives Markey of Dartmouth, Ashe of Longmeadow, Cabral of New Bedford, Campbell of Methuen, Crocker of Barnstable, Cutler of Duxbury, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Rogers of Cambridge, Dykema of Holliston, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Finn of West Springfield, Garlick of Needham, Garry of Dracut, Gifford of Wareham, Hecht of Watertown, Howitt of Seekonk, Kane of Shrewsbury, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Koczera of New Bedford, Mahoney of Worcester, McMurtry of Dedham, Orrall of Lakeville, Petrolati of Ludlow, Pignatelli of Lenox, Puppolo of Springfield, Schmid of Westport, Scibak of South Hadley, Smizik of Brookline, Straus of Mattapoisett, Tosado of Springfield, Whipps of Athol, Muradian of Grafton, Ferguson of Holden, O'Day of West Boylston, Linsky of Natick and Donahue of Worcester move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 2511-0100, in line 9, by inserting after "department" the following: "; and provided further, that no less than $500,000 shall be expended to enhance the Buy Local effort in Western, Central, Northeastern and Southeastern Massachusetts"; and in said item by striking out the figures “$4,945,785”and inserting in place thereof the figures “$5,445,785".

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1159 to H4400

"Buy Local" Amendment