Amendment ID: S3018-421-R1

Redraft Amendment 421

Corrective amendment

Mr. Rodrigues moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 2A, in item 0524-2023, by inserting after the word "voter", in line 21, the following words:- "who has applied for a vote by mail ballot"; and

in said section 2A, in item 1599-6087, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $3,185,343 shall be expended for the Education Development Center, Inc. to increase K-16 student participation in data science education pathways by recruiting participating school districts, preparing a public awareness campaign for data science educational opportunities and careers and providing professional development courses in computational biology, chemistry and physics courses to teachers; provided further, that not less than $8,000,000 shall be expended for planning, design, acquisition, construction and any other costs associated with improvements to public safety, pedestrian access, utilities, federal Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and downtown revitalization in the area impacted by the at-grade commuter rail crossing near the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Ashland commuter rail station; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for improvements to the wastewater treatment facility in the town of Holliston including, but not limited to, upgrades to the supervisory control and data acquisition system; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for community-based economic development efforts in the town of Hopkinton including, but not limited to, place-making projects, local farmers markets, community supported agriculture projects and identification of form-based code areas within the town; provided further, that not less than $275,000 shall be expended for pedestrian connectivity and safety improvements for Milford street in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended for clean-up of polychlorinated biphenyls from soils on Willow street near the Cochituate rail trail in the town of Natick; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for design and community engagement for a project to improve Main street in the town of Natick including, but not limited to, access to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Natick Center commuter rail station; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the entity that assumes management of cancer services at MetroWest Medical Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for Leonard Morse Hospital in the town of Natick for a pilot program to improve practices in behavioral health care and to address behavioral health staffing shortages; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended as a grant to the town of Somerset for the replacement and upgrade of old drainage infrastructure on Valley road neighborhood; provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended as a grant to Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc. for water sprinkler system and water pumping station upgrades; provided further, that not less than $410,000 shall be expended as a grant to Westport Community Schools in the town of Westport for laptop technology upgrades and technical education supports; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for safety improvements and upgrades at the intersection of state highway route 177 and Gifford road in the town of Westport”; and

by striking out the figure “$9,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$76,075,343”; and

in section 3A, in item 7002-8060, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for design and construction costs associated with traffic, pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements in the Saxonville section of the city of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 for improvements in the Flint neighborhood in the city of Fall River including, but not limited to, the demolition of abandoned buildings and the redevelopment of blighted properties”; and

by striking out the figure “$1,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$182,980,000”; and

in section 157, by striking out, in line 2399, the figure “$1,014,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$1,195,980,000”; and

in section 79, by striking out, in lines 1377 and 1378, the words “give notice to the state forester of a notice of appeal. Not later than 30 days after receipt of a notice of appeal” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “submit a notice of appeal to the state forester. Not later than 30 days after receipt of a notice of appeal from an aggrieved party”; and

in said section 79, by inserting after the word “parties”, in line 1382, the following words:- “by certified mail”; and

in section 84, by striking out, in lines 1434 and 1435, the words “actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “maintained for recreational use”; and

by inserting after section 88 the following section:-

“SECTION 89A. Section 9 of said chapter 61B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the eighteenth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The assignment shall be for the purpose of maintaining not less than 70 per cent of the land in use as forest land as defined in section 1 of chapter 61, as agricultural and horticultural land as described in sections 1 and 2 of chapter 61A or as recreation land as described in section 1 of this chapter and the assignee shall not develop a greater proportion of the land than was proposed by the developer whose offer gave rise to the assignment. All land other than land that is to be developed shall then be bound by a permanent deed restriction that meets the requirements of chapter 184.”; and

in section 143, by striking out, in line 2220, the figure "12" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "18"; and

by inserting after section 160 the following section:-

“SECTION 160A. The special legislative commission established in section 112 of chapter 253 of the acts of 2020, as amended by section 21 of chapter 76 of the acts of 2021, is hereby revived and continued to September 30, 2022. The special legislative commission shall file its report pursuant to subsection (d) of said section 112 of said chapter 253 with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives not later than September 30, 2022.”; and

by inserting after section 162 the following section:-

“SECTION 162A. Sections 107 and 108 shall take effect for the estates of decedents dying on or after September 1, 2022.”.