Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-840-R1

Redraft OTH 840

Massachusetts National Guard Museum Birthplace

Ms. Lovely and Mr. O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting before section 4 the following section:-

“SECTION A4. Chapter 2 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

The Massachusetts National Guard museum in the city of Salem, established pursuant to section 140 of chapter 33 shall be the official military museum of the commonwealth.

by inserting after section 16 the following section:-

“SECTION 16A. Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 140. There shall be a Massachusetts National Guard museum in the city of Salem, the birthplace of the national guard pursuant to section 60 of chapter 2.”; and

by inserting after section 36 the following section:-

“SECTION 36A. Chapter 156 of the acts of 2018 is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 3. Notwithstanding sections 33 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, following the conveyance authorized under section 2, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may, in consultation with the adjutant general, enter into a lease, on behalf of the military division, for the former Essex county superior courthouse and Essex county commissioners building, or portions thereof, for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts National Guard museum, including, but not limited to, office and records storage. Such lease shall be for a term of not more than 40 years, including all renewals and extensions, and on such terms and conditions as the commissioner deems appropriate.”.