Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1127

EPS 1127

HazMat Response Teams Funding

Messrs. Brady, Feeney, Rush, Moore and Eldridge, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Cyr and Timilty, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Pacheco, O'Connor and deMacedo moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8324-0000, by inserting the following: “and provided further, that not less than $3,341,182 shall be expended for the hazardous materials emergency response program for the purposes of annual stipends pursuant to subsection (m) of section 5 of chapter 21K of the General Laws”; and in said item by striking out the figures “$20,304,522” and inserting in place thereof the following figures "$20,844,522” and further moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

Section XX. Section 5 of chapter 21K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 140, the figure “$3,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $5,000.