{"AmendmentNumber":"290","ParentBillNumber":"S3041","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BPC0","Name":"Brendan P. Crighton","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BPC0","ResponseDate":"2026-04-03T17:27:52.747"},"Category":null,"Action":"Adopted","RollCall":[{"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Branch":"Senate","RollCallNumber":147,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/Branches/Senate/RollCalls/147"}],"Title":"Mitigating Municipal Snow and Ice Budget Pressures","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Crighton, O'Connor, Eldridge and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following section:-\r\n\"SECTION X.  Notwithstanding section 23 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, section 31D of chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may amortize over fiscal years 2027 to 2029, inclusive, in equal installments or more rapidly, the amount of its fiscal year 2026 snow and ice removal deficit. The local appropriating authority as defined in section 21C of said chapter 59 shall adopt a deficit amortization schedule in accordance with the preceding sentence before setting the municipality’s fiscal year 2027 tax rate. The commissioner of revenue may issue guidelines or instructions for reporting the amortization of deficits authorized by this section.\"\r\n"}