Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately provide for certain changes to public school transportation revolving funds and to limit the time period available for certain reimbursements to certain cities and towns, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

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. Section 53E> of chapter 44 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1990 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "employees", in line 24, the following words:- ; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to wages or salaries paid to full or part-time employees who are employed as drivers providing transportation for public school students; provided, further, that only that portion of a revolving fund which is attributable to transportation fees may be used to pay such wages or salaries and provided, further, that any such wages or salaries so paid shall be reported in the budget submitted for the next fiscal year.

SECTION 2. Section 115 of chapter 150 of the acts of 1990, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word "Notwithstanding" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- During fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-one and the two subsequent fiscal years and notwithstanding.

SECTION 3. Section two of this act shall take effect as of July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.