HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 694 FILED ON: 1/14/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3217 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Jay R. Kaufman _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act requiring appropriation bills to include estimated amounts for the following fiscal year. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Jay R. Kaufman | 15th Middlesex | Michael Barrett | Third Middlesex | Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin | Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | Angelo M. Scaccia | 14th Suffolk |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 694 FILED ON: 1/14/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3217 By Mr. Kaufman of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3217) of Jay R. Kaufman and others for legislation to require estimated amounts of appropriations for a subsequent fiscal year on appropriation bills. Ways and Means. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act requiring appropriation bills to include estimated amounts for the following fiscal year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- In addition, each such appropriation proposed by the governor or enacted by the general court shall include in numeric figures the estimated amount of that appropriation for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which it is made, but that estimated amount is only for planning purposes and does not constitute an authorization to expend.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
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