Consolidated Amendment "A" to H4532

Consolidated Amendment

Fiscal Note: $6,750,000

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Mr. Michlewitz of Boston and others move to amend H.4532, in section 2, by adding the following words:-

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Department of Fire Services

8324-0050………………………………………………………………………………$1,750,000

And further amend the bill, in section 2A, in item 1599-0793, by striking out, in line 74, the words “the vaccination” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- COVID-19 related response;

And further amend said section 2E, by adding the following words:-

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Department of Housing and Community Development

7004-1001 For the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program under 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq., to assist eligible low-income elders, working families and other households with assistance paying a portion of winter heating bills; provided, that the department shall establish the maximum assistance for which a household shall be eligible; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall revert on June 30, 2022...............................              $5,000,000

And further amend the bill, in section 6, by inserting after the word “government”, in line 142, the following words:- and allocated to the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission.

And further amend the bill, in said section 6, by inserting after the word “government”, in line 160, the following words:- and allocated to the Massachusetts commission for the blind.

And further amend the bill by inserting after section 23 the following section:-

SECTION 23A. Section 5 of chapter 345 of the acts of 2020 is hereby amended by striking out the words “December 31, 2021” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- December 31, 2022.

And further amend the bill by inserting after section 29 the following section:-

SECTION 29A. Said item 4003-0122 of said section 2 of said chapter 24, as so amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for the purpose of this item until June 30, 2023.

And further amend the bill, in section 32, by striking out the words “said chapter 147”, in line 339, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- chapter 147 of the acts of 1996.

And further amend the bill by inserting after section 44 the following section:-

SECTION 44A. Notwithstanding section 33 of chapter 22 of the acts of 2022, the special legislative commission established in section 106 of chapter 227 of the acts of 2020, as amended by section 93 of chapter 24 of the acts of 2021, is hereby revived and continued to April 15, 2022. The special legislative commission shall file its report pursuant to said section 106 of said chapter 227 with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies not later than April 15, 2022.