Bill Text: MA H1979 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The expenditure of certain municipal and district monies recovered from insurance or received in restitution for damage done to property
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H1979 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1979-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kevin G. Honan
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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 bill:
An Act relative to the expenditure of certain municipal and district monies.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1950 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the expenditure of certain municipal and
district monies.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The second sentence of section 53 of chapter 44 of the
General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by
striking out clause (2) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:—
(2) sums not in excess of twenty thousand dollars recovered under the terms of
any insurance policy or received in restitution for damage done to property or
due to the injury or incapacity of an officer or employee may be used by the
officer or department having control of the city, town or district property or
replacement services for the restoration or replacement of such property,
during the 120 days following receipt of those proceeds, or to provide
replacement services for the injured or incapacitated officer or employee,
including any related costs, for whom the insurance proceeds or restitution is
received during the same fiscal year those proceeds are received, or to
reimburse the budget item from which the replacement services are funded,
during the same fiscal year the replacement services are provided and the
proceeds are received, without specific appropriation.