{"AmendmentNumber":"434","ParentBillNumber":"H5562","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"SGX1","Name":"Steven George Xiarhos","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/SGX1","ResponseDate":"2026-07-06T16:05:41.867"},"Category":null,"Action":"Withdrawn","RollCall":[],"Title":"Maritime Workforce and Education Campus","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Xiarhos of Barnstable moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting the following item:- \r\n\r\n\"SECTION XXXX. Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth, acting by and through the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance, on behalf of and in consultation with the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, may lease, as tenant, real property comprising not less than 200,000 rentable square feet for the establishment and operation of a maritime workforce and education campus within a live maritime industrial operating environment. The premises leased pursuant to this section shall:\r\n \r\n(i) be located within a designated port area established pursuant to chapter 91 of the General Laws;\r\n(ii) have direct frontage on, and access to, deep water navigable by oceangoing vessels; and\r\n(iii) include, or be served by, a graving dock in excess of 1,000 linear feet in length.\r\n \r\nThe commissioner may enter into such lease for a term, including any extensions, not to exceed [50] years. The premises shall be used for the educational, training, research, workforce development and related administrative purposes of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and for other uses reasonably related thereto. The lease shall contain such terms and conditions, including as to consideration, as the commissioner, in consultation with the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, determines to be in the best interest of the commonwealth. The commissioner may take such actions as are necessary or convenient to carry out this section without further compliance with the advertisement, proposal and competitive selection requirements otherwise applicable to the acquisition of real property by rental for the use of the state.\r\n"}