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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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CALENDAR

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
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 [At eleven o’clock A.M.]
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ORDERS OF THE DAY.
 
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10. [H. 2023] Bill designating certain pavilions in the city of Revere as the Frank V. McCarthy Memorial Pavilions (House, No. 2023). 3d. [03/29/11.] [Gobi-Kafka.]
 
 
13. [H. 560] Bill authorizing the town of Arlington to establish senior citizen safety zones (House, No. 560). 3d. [04/11/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
22. [H. 2477] Bill authorizing the Massachusetts retirement board to provide certain retirement and medical benefits to Associate Justice Patrick J. Riley of the Superior Court (House, No. 2477). 3d. [04/14/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.]
 
 
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26. [H. 3342] Bill increasing the retirement allowance to former police officer Michael Marchese of the city of Everett (House, No. 3342). 3d. [04/25/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
33. [H. 1655] Bill relative to collective bargaining (House, No. 1655). 3d. [05/11/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1408.]
 
 
42. [H. 254] Bill preserving public trust rights in land affected by ocean erosion (House, No. 254). 3d. [05/25/11.]  [Gobi-Kafka.]
 
 
64. [H. 566] Bill relative to Tisbury water supply system (House, No. 566). 3d. [07/07/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
78. [H. 3456] Bill relative to the relocation of Harris Park in the city of Somerville (House, No. 3456). 3d. [07/14/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
82. [H. 710] Bill to define further teacher for retirement purposes (House, No. 710). 3d. [07/20/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.]
 
 
83. [H. 1590] Bill relative to the New Bedford Police Association (House, No. 1590). 3d. [07/20/11.]  [Scibak-Kafka.]
 
 
 
86. [H. 3618] Bill extending simulcasting (House, No. 3618). 3d. [07/21/11.] [Speliotis.] [Reported on Senate, No. 131.]
 
 
94. [H. 1639] Bill pertaining to retirement boards (House, No. 1639). 3d. [08/11/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Representative Brownsberger of Belmont of the committee on Public Service dissents.]
 
 
98. [H. 2385] Bill relative to organ retention (House, No. 2385). 3d. [08/18/11.] [Sanchez-Kafka.]
 
 
99. [H. 2943] Bill relative to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (House, No. 2943). 3d. [08/18/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Representative Brownsberger of Belmont of the committee on Public Service dissents.]
 
 
101. [H. 3567] Bill creating a maximum allowable check-cashing rate (House, No. 3567). 3d. [08/18/11.] [Speliotis-Kafka.] [Reported on House, No. 1880.]
 
 
102. [H. 3624] Bill relative to Chapter 32, Section 91a waivers (House, No. 3624). 3d. [08/18/11.] [Scibak-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 20.]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
103. [H. 123] Bill clarifying the continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and sales persons (House, No. 123, changed). 3d. [08/22/11.] [Speliotis-Kafka.]
        [Changed in line 3 by striking out the figures “2011” and inserting in place thereof the figures “2013” and in line 4 by striking out the words “is later”.]
 
 
106. [H. 3329] Bill authorizing special police officers for the city of Revere (House, No. 3329). 3d. [08/25/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
110. [H. 1968] Bill authorizing the establishment of senior citizen safety zones (House, No. 1968). 3d. [09/01/11.] [Wolf-Kafka.]
 
 
113. [H. 2350] Bill relative to the release of a body by the medical examiner to a person charged with an offense which resulted in the death of the deceased (House, No. 2350). 3d. [09/08/11.] [Sanchez-Kafka.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1167.]
 
 
117. [H. 1111] Bill allowing citizens 17 years or older to vote in the city of Lowell municipal elections (House, No. 1111). 3d. [09/15/11.] [Moran-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.] [Senator Knapik and Representatives Lombardo of Billerica and Webster of Pembroke of the committee on Election Laws, dissent.]  
 
 
 
124. [H. 923] Bill relative to signs on the Massachusetts Turnpike (House, No. 923). 3d. [10/03/11.] [Straus-Kafka.] [Representative Durant of Spencer of the committee on Transportation dissents.]
 
 
132. [H. 920] Bill designating a state road in the city of Waltham as Landry Way (House, No. 920). 3d. [10/05/11.] [Straus-Kafka.]
 
 
141. [S. 295] Bill repealing the sunset clause for the preparation of certain ballots in the city of Boston (printed as Senate, No. 295). 3d. [10/11/11.] [Moran-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.] [Senator Knapik and Representatives Lombardo of Billerica and Webster of Pembroke of the committee on Election Laws, dissent.]  
 
 
142. [H. 3432] Bill amending Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2010 to reflect the passage of Chapter 398 of the Acts of 2008 and to make certain other corrections (House, No. 3432). 3d. [10/13/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
143. [H. 3433] Bill amending Chapter 270 of the Acts of 1985, as amended by Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1900 and Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1991 (House, No. 3433). 3d. [10/13/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
144. [H. 3591] Bill relative to the approval of funding at town meeting (House, No. 3591). 3d. [10/13/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
145. [H. 3592] Bill relative to the town charter in the town of North Andover (House, No. 3592). 3d. [10/13/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
146. [H. 3665] Bill validating the actions taken at the June 7, 2011 annual town meeting held by the town of North Andover (printed in House, No. 3665). 3d. [10/13/11.] [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
148. [H. 57] Bill relative to the disclosure of information held by the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (House, No. 57). 3d. [10/17/11.] [Khan-Kafka.]
 
 
149. [H. 80] Bill relative to the reporting of the abuse of mentally retarded persons (House, No. 80). 3d. [10/17/11.] [Khan-Kafka.]
 
 
155. [H. 2329] Bill relative to vacant and abandoned property in the Commonwealth (House, No. 2329). 3d. [10/20/11.] [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
161. [S. 1941] Bill (S.) providing for the establishment of a fire department in the town of Newbury (Senate, No. 1941, amended). 3d. [10/26/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
        [Amended by the Senate in section 2, in lines 11 and 12, by striking out the words “there shall remain in place two fire companies within the jurisdictional limits of the town of Newbury” and inserting in place thereof the following: “2 fire companies within the jurisdictional limits of the town of Newbury may provide services to the town”.]
 
162. [H. 231] Bill relative to environmental performance standards for plumbing fixtures (House, No. 231, changed). 3d. [10/26/11.] [Gobi-Kafka.]
         [Changed in section 2, in line 44, by striking out the word “subsection” and inserting in place the word “section”; in lines 48 and 58, by striking out the figures “1.28” and inserting in place thereof the figures “1.6”; in line 50, by striking out the year “2011: and inserting in place thereof the year “2012”; in line 52, by striking out the following “A112.19.2-2008, or A112.19.14-2006” and inserting in place thereof the following “A112.19.2, or A112.19.14”; and, in line 56, by inserting after the word “Engineers” the word “with”; in lines 82 and 84, by striking out the figures “2006”; and in lines 98 to 103, inclusive, by striking out the two paragraphs contained in those lines.”.]
 
 
168. [H. 3670] Bill further compensating the town of Rochester for water facilities (House, No. 3670). 3d. [10/26/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
172. [H. 3772] Engrossed Bill relative to a small business impact statement (see House, No. 3772). [Dempsey-Kafka.]
         [Being a published copy of Section 8 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (see House, No. 3737, amended), which had been returned by His Excellency the Governor with recommendations of amendment (for message, see House No. 3774).]
         [Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 10/31/11.]
180. [H. 247] Bill relative to spear fishing (House, No. 247). 3d. [11/01/11.] [Gobi-Kafka.]
 
 
181. [H. 2256] Bill relating to controlled substances and medical treatment (House, No. 2256). 3d. [11/01/11.] [O’Flaherty-Kafka.]
 
 
182. [H. 2849] Bill relative to manslaughter (House, No. 2849). 3d. [11/01/11.] [O’Flaherty-Kafka.]
 
 
183. [H. 3332] Bill authorizing the town of Natick to allow a lease of up to ninety-nine years for the former East School (House, No. 3332). 3d. [11/01/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
190. [S. 1934] Bill (S.) authorizing the town of Newbury to use certain fund balances for capital expenditures (Senate, No. 1934). 3d. [11/02/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
191. [H. 3333] Bill regarding the duration of contract with the chief of police in the town of Natick (House, No. 3333). 3d. [11/02/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
193. [H. 3775] Bill updating certain banking laws (House, No. 3775). 3d. [11/02/11.] [Costello-Kafka.] [Reported on House, No. 1209.]
 
 
 
 
195. [H. 3593] Bill exempting Sean C. Lewis, Sr. from the maximum age requirement for appointment as a firefighter in the town of North Andover (House, No. 3593). 3d. [11/09/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
197. [H. 3791] Bill relative to affiliate transfers (House, No. 3791). 3d. [11/09/11.] [Costello-Kafka.] [Reported on House, No. 305.]
 
 
203. [H. 578] Bill relative to private road maintenance (House, No. 578). 3d. [11/16/11.]  [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
204. [H. 3806] Bill relative to co-operative banks (House, No. 3806). 3d. [11/16/11.]  [Costello-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 1202.]
 
 
205. [H. 2848] Bill relative to anti-gang injunctions (House, No. 2848). 3d. [11/16/11.]  [O’Flaherty-Kafka.] [Reported on Senate, No. 639.]
 
 
206. [H. 3442] Bill relative to the charter of the city of Somerville (House, No. 3442). 3d. [11/16/11.]  [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
210. [H. 3812] Bill authorizing the board of commissioners of the Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority to offer a limited early retirement incentive (House, No. 3812). 3d. [11/16/11.] [Scibak-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 3748.]
211. [H. 579] Bill relative to the maintenance of private roads, beaches and amenities in municipalities (House, No. 579). 3d. [11/17/11.] [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
212. [H. 2968] Bill relative to the retirement of certain employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (House, No. 2968). 3d. [11/17/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.]
 
 
213. [H. 3572] Bill designating a certain bridge in the town of Framingham as the Greg Vilidnitsky Bridge (House, No. 3572). 3d. [11/17/11.] [Straus-Kafka.]
 
 
214. [S. 1718] Bill (S.) relative to identification cards (Senate, No. 1718). 3d. [11/21/11.] [Straus-Kafka.]
 
 
215. [H. 1749] Bill relative to the flying of the flag of the Commonwealth at half staff on state buildings and installations (House, No. 1749). 3d. [12/15/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
216. [H. 2317] Bill authorizing the investment of certain funds for the Water Supply District of Acton (House, No. 2317). 3d. [12/15/11.] [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
217. [H. 2774] Bill making amendments to the Massachusetts business corporation act (House, No. 2774). 3d. [12/15/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
218. [H. 3826] Bill relative to premature infant hospital discharge and quality improvement (House, No. 3826). 3d. [12/15/11.] [Sanchez-S. M. Walsh-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 2349.]
 
 
219. [H. 826] Bill relative to the official amphibian of the Commonwealth (House, No. 826). 3d. [12/19/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
220. [H. 3487] Bill authorizing the town of Sherborn to enter into an employment contract for the position of police chief of the town of Sherborn (House, No. 3487). 3d. [12/19/11.] [Scibak-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
221. [H. 3825] Bill relative to Down Syndrome (House, No. 3825). 3d. [12/19/11.] [Sanchez-S. M. Walsh-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 1528.]
 
 
222. [H. 834] Bill setting apart the third Saturday of the month of October as Massachusetts Minutemen and Militia Day (House, No. 834). 3d. [12/22/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
223. [H. 3338] Bill regarding proceeds from railroad right of way (House, No. 3338). 3d. [12/22/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
 
 
 
 
224. [H. 3503] Bill relative to the charter of the town of Harwich (House, No. 3503, changed). 3d. [12/22/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received.]
         [Changed in section 1, in line 1, by inserting after the figure “1:” the following “Section 6 of”.]
 
 
226. [H. 3575] Bill relative to the Holyoke Housing Authority (House, No. 3575). 3d. [12/22/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
228. [H. 823] Bill relative to improving public safety and reducing construction costs (House, No. 823). 3d. [12/29/11.] [Kocot-Kafka.]
 
 
229. [H. 3836] Bill approving the Nantucket Islands Land Bank to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of certain land situated in the town of Nantucket for any lawful purpose (House, No. 3836). 3d. [12/29/11.] [Kane-Kafka.] [Reported on House, No. 3461.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
231. [H. 901] Bill relative to commuter shuttles and public transportation improvements (House, No. 901). 3d. [01/03/12.] [Straus-Kafka.]
 
 
232. [H. 1461] Bill to amend the municipal ticket law (House, No. 1461). 3d. [01/03/12.] [Kane-Kafka.]
 
 
233. [H. 1815] Bill designating a certain state owned bridge in the town of Randolph as the Charles L. Bowley Memorial Bridge (House, No. 1815). 3d. [01/03/12.] [Straus-Kafka.]
235. [H. 537] Bill to protect volunteer firefighters from dismissal (House, No. 537). 3d. [01/09/12.] [Coakley-Rivera-Kafka.]
 
 
236. [H. 3853] Bill relative to the procurement and award of contracts for certain affordable housing in the city of Boston (House, No. 3853). 3d. [01/09/12.] [Honan-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of House bill No. 3523.] [Local Approval Received.]
 
 
238. [H. 50] Bill requiring school bus operators and monitors to be mandated reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect (House, No. 50). 3d. [01/18/12.] [Khan-Kafka.]
 
 
239. [H. 3854] Bill relative to extending the deadline for mailing quarterly tax bills (House, No. 3854). 3d. [01/18/12.] [Kaufman-Kafka.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1466.]
 
 
240. [S. 2105] Bill (S.) relative to improving accountability and oversight of education collaboratives (Senate, No. 2105, amended). 3d. [01/19/12.] [Peisch-Binienda-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of Senate bill No. 2101.]
          [Amended by the House by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 3889.]
 
 
 
 
 
 
89. [H. 3512] Bill relative to oversight of private occupational schools (House, No. 3512). 2d. [Sannicandro-Dempsey-Kafka.] [Reported on House Nos. 6 and 38 and a part of House, No. 3.]
        [The committee on Ways and Means recommends that the bill be amended by substitution of a Bill relative to oversight of private occupational schools (House, No. 3625).]
 
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241. [S. 1986] Bill (S.) authorizing the sale of land by the Wakefield Housing Authority (Senate, No. 1986). 2d. [Honan-Dempsey-Kafka.] [New draft of Senate bill No. 585.]
 
 
242. [S. 2048] Bill (S.) validating certain elections in the town of Dudley (Senate, No. 2048). 2d. [Michlewitz-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received]
 
 
243. [S. 2062] Bill (S.) relative to certain affordable housing in the city of Taunton (Senate, No. 2062). 2d. [Honan-Kafka.] [Local Approval Received]
 
 
244. [H. 3573] Bill relative to life settlements and stranger originated life insurance (House, No. 3573). 2d. [Costello-Dempsey-Kafka.] [Reported on House, Nos. 1203 and 2069]
         [The committee on Ways and Means recommends that the bill be amended by substitution of a Bill relative to life settlements and stranger originated life insurance (House, No. 3877).]