SECTION54. Item 1599-2056 of said section 2A of said chapter 102 is hereby amended by striking out the words transferred from this item to item 7061-0012 for compensatory services for adults that reached age 22 during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic and inserting in place thereof the following words:- expended by the department of elementary and secondary education for services for individuals with disabilities that reached age 22 between March 10, 2020 and September 1, 2023 and were entitled to special education services up to age 22. When a ballot is delivered to a voter, the voters name shall be checked on the voting list and, except where the city or town clerk has opted to not use a check-out list, it shall be checked on the second voting list when the voter deposits the ballot. The commissioner shall award a job order contract to the eligible and responsible bidder who offers the lowest mark-up over the base unit prices specified in the contract specifications. Public Health. SECTION23. AN ACT RELATIVE TO MINIMUM WAGE, PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE AND THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY. Newsroom Press Releases May 10, 2022 Warren, Jayapal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Broken Judicial Ethics System Bicameral legislation would reform In the case of a proposed amendment to the charter of an existing educational institution which shall give it power to grant degrees, or change its name as aforesaid, the board shall make an investigation of the institution, its faculty, equipment, courses of study, financial organization, leadership and other material facts relative thereto. (11)Early voting ballots authorized pursuant to this section shall be provided to the voter in the language required pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (7)., (12)The provisions of section 81 relative to spoiled ballots shall apply to early voting ballots under this section; provided, however, that a request for a substitute ballot from a voter who has received a ballot by mail shall not be valid unless it is accompanied by the spoiled ballot and received in the office of the city or town clerk or the registrars before 5 p.m. on the fifth day preceding the election for which such substitute voting ballot is requested., (13)An early voting ballot received by mail may be returned by the voter or a family member by: (i) delivering it in person to the office of the appropriate city or town clerk; (ii) delivering it to an early voting location for the appropriate city or town during the early voting in-person hours; (iii) dropping it in a secured municipal drop box for the city or town where the voter is registered; or (iv) mailing it to the appropriate city or town clerk., All early voting ballots submitted by mail, delivered in person to the office of the city or town clerk, returned to a secured municipal drop box for the city or town where the voter is registered or returned electronically pursuant to the accommodations granted to a voter by reason of disability under paragraph (4) shall be received by the city or town clerk before the hour fixed for closing the polls on the day of a preliminary, primary or election; provided, however, that an early voting ballot mailed on or before the day of a biennial state election shall be accepted until 5 p.m. on the third day after the election and shall be processed in accordance with section 95. The terms of the appointed members shall expire as designated by the governor at the time of appointment, but shall not exceed 2 years. (b)Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, within 90 days after the effective date of this section, the public fund shall make its best efforts to facilitate the identification of all scrutinized companies in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings. SECTION68. Massachusetts Legislature | 2023-2024 | 193rd General Court Cessation of divestment, reinvestment or any subsequent ongoing investment authorized by this subsection shall be strictly limited to the minimum steps necessary to avoid the contingency set forth in the preceding sentence. Subsection (b) of section 2 of chapter 118 of the acts of 2020, as amended by sections 10 and 11 of chapter 20 of the acts of 2021, is hereby further amended by striking out the words May 1, 2022 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- April 1, 2023. Monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 93, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-, Section93. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 25B, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sections:-. Weban act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the SECTION65. The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, together with any drafts of legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture, the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on the judiciary and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security not later than June 30, 2022. On November 10, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law Chapter 268 of the Acts of 2022, a $3.76 billion spending plan to promote economic development, The identification of scrutinized companies shall be performed by an independent, third-party research firm selected by the public fund and based on the criteria set forth in this section. SECTION15. SECTION62. The board may approve such application for a junior college, the name of which does not include the word junior; provided, that the charter of such educational institution shall require that such name when used on its official documents and publications be accompanied by a descriptive phrase which in the judgment of the board shall effectively distinguish the institution from a senior college. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 83, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-, Section83. A voter with accommodations in receipt of a ballot pursuant to this section may complete and return the ballot by: (i) submitting it electronically; (ii) delivering it, in person or by a family member, to the office of the appropriate city or town clerk or a secured municipal drop box for the city or town where the voter is registered; or (iii) mailing it to the appropriate city or town clerk; provided, however, that the state secretary shall provide an envelope to allow for returning the ballot pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii). SECTION72. Item 1595-1068 of section 2E of said chapter 24 is hereby amended by striking out the figure $437,750,000 and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $577,145,000. Said item 1599-2056 of said section 2A of said chapter 102 is hereby further amended by striking out the words transferred to item 7066-1400 for the mitigation of the financial impacts of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic and maintenance projects for state universities and inserting in place thereof the following words:- expended for the mitigation of the financial impacts of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic and maintenance projects for state universities and that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health or life insurance, or any other indirect costs of state employees. Item 4513-1020 of said section 2 of said chapter 24 is hereby amended by adding the following words; provided further, that not less than $8,000,000 shall be expended from this item for early intervention staffing recovery payments to address the staffing crisis and restore early intervention staffing and service hours through hiring, rehiring and retention of clinical and support staff across the early intervention system; provided further, that such funds shall be used to support increased salaries, wages and benefits for early intervention clinicians and support staff; provided further, that such funds may be used to cover supervision, training, nonbillable time and other onboarding costs directly associated with the hiring of new early intervention clinicians and support staff; provided further, that such staffing recovery payments shall be distributed by the department as payment vouchers to all vendors of certified early intervention programs; provided further, that such payments shall be made on a proportional basis, calculated using the most recent early intervention child counts of the department; provided further, that such funds shall be distributed not later than May 1, 2022; and provided further, that not later than June 30, 2022, the department shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution of the staffing recovery payments. In a precinct at which a check-out table is used, a voter, after marking the voters ballot, shall give the voters name, and, if requested, residence, to an officer in charge of the ballot box, who shall distinctly announce the voters name and, if requested, residence. Massachusetts' New Laws You Need to Know About in 2022 - FUN Said chapter 20 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 27 the following section:- Section27A. (c)(1)Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the public fund shall adhere to the procedure in paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, for companies on the scrutinized companies list. Said item 1599-2049 of said section 2A of said chapter 102 is hereby further amended by striking out the words transferred from this item to item 4000-0005 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- expended, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services and the safe and successful youth initiative,. Learn More Here! On August 10th, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2022 (An Act Addressing Barriers to Care for Mental Health). Item 1599-2026 of section 2A of chapter 102 of the acts of 2021 is hereby amended by striking out the words provided further, that a portion of said funds shall be used to reimburse providers for 1-time costs associated with opening new behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment beds in calendar year 2022 or 2023, which are not covered by other reimbursement or grant sources including the MassHealth behavioral health incentive grants for fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, that not less than $12,000,000 shall be expended to the non-profit medical center established pursuant to chapter 147 of the acts of 1995 for 1-time costs associated with opening new behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment beds; provided further, that not less than $12,000,000 shall be expended to the non-state, government public hospital system established pursuant to chapter 147 of the acts of 1996 for 1-time costs associated with opening new behavioral health beds. SECTION40. Common Data Set 2022-23 MIT Institutional Research The voter shall be able to request that the ballot be mailed to the voters home address, or a different mailing address as designated by the voter, or provided electronically if the voter is approved to utilize an accessible electronic ballot as an accommodation under paragraph (4). AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND RELIEF FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. SECTION10. WebFilm still. WebFor legislation to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS. Each early voting site shall be accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law. , (5)The designation of an early voting site shall be made not less than 14 days prior to the beginning of the early voting period established in this section. Scrutinized company, a company that: (i) has been sanctioned by the United States government as a result of the Russian Federations invasion of Ukraine; or (ii) is incorporated in the Russian Federation. Sections 6 and 7 shall take effect on January 1, 2023. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 91C, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-, Section91C. Senator Markey succeeded in getting major provisions of this legislation included in the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, which was favorably The final budget is also known as the General Appropriations Act or Chapter 126 of the Acts of 2022. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the special legislative commission established in chapter 348 of the acts of 2020 is hereby revived and continued to December 31, 2022. SECTION71. Section 65 of said chapter 54, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-, This section shall apply to early voting locations under section 25B while voting is being conducted., SECTION12. Upon receiving such a request from a registered voter by phone or electronically, the local election official shall grant reasonable accommodations to the voter., (6)The state secretary shall establish, implement and maintain an internet portal on the secretarys website to allow a voter to request an early voting ballot for preliminaries, primaries and elections authorized pursuant to this subsection or an absent voting ballot for primaries and elections authorized pursuant to section 86. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 67, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-, Section67. (f)The public fund shall file a copy of the scrutinized companies list with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives and the attorney general within 30 days after the list is prepared. SECTION56. The commissioner may issue emergency educator licenses for a period of 180 days after the termination of the May 28, 2021 declaration of a state of emergency pursuant to section 2A of chapter 17 of the General Laws. SECTION11. SECTION78. (b)Notwithstanding section 46 of chapter 7C of the General Laws, section 44A of chapter 149 of the General Laws, section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner may establish a pilot program for the use of job order contracts by: (i) higher education facilities subject to control of the department of higher education; (ii) an agency within the department of correction; and (iii) the division of capital asset management and maintenance with respect to properties for which the division is responsible. [Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, for message see H4678] SECTION38. Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, shall take effect 30 days after the effective date of this act., SECTION27. Section25B. The new law, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022, includes an extension until July 15, 2022, of the remote meeting provisions of the Governors March 12, 2020, Executive WebExplore the 2022-23 CDS A. If the name is found on the voting list by the local election officer, the local election officer shall distinctly repeat the name and check it on the voting list. Disclosing any such result before such time shall be punished as a violation of section 14 of chapter 56., If not advance deposited, the city or town clerk, on the day of the election but not later than 1 hour after the hour for the closing of the polls, shall transmit all envelopes purporting to contain official absent voting ballots received on or before the close of business on the day preceding the day of the election, and that have not been marked Rejected as Defective as provided in section 94, to the local election officers in the several precincts where the voters whose names appear on such envelopes assert the right to vote or to a central tabulation facility designated in accordance with regulations promulgated by the state secretary. From a minimum wage increase to a potential egg shortage, Except as otherwise stated, these sums shall be made available until June 30, 2023. (d)Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, with respect to actions taken in compliance with this section, the public fund shall be exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law obligations, including any such obligation with respect to the choice of asset managers, investment funds or investments for the public funds securities portfolios and all good faith determinations regarding companies as required by this section. Indirect holdings, all securities of a company held in an account or fund including, but not limited to, a mutual fund, managed by persons not employed by the public fund, in which the public fund owns shares or interests together with other investors not subject to this section. This feature is exclusive to users ofMyLegislature, Copyright 2023 The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The special legislative commission shall file its report pursuant to said chapter 348 with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate who shall forward the same to the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on public health not later than December 31, 2022. AN ACT CREATING A NEXT-GENERATION ROADMAP FOR MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE POLICY. (f)Annually, not later than June 30, the commissioner shall prepare a report on the projects utilizing job order contracts through the pilot program and submit the report to the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this act, the state secretary shall implement the internet portal required by paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of section 25B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as inserted by section 10., SECTION28. (c)The officer in charge of a facility shall: (i)not later than 45 days before an applicable statewide election, display or distribute any informational posters or packets provided by the state secretary pursuant to subsection (d) or, if received after such date, immediately upon receipt; provided, however, that the distribution and announcements of such information shall be continued through the conclusion of such election;, (ii)not later than 14 days before an applicable statewide election, file a written report with the state secretary, in a form prescribed by the state secretary, that details the actions taken under this section; provided, however, that the report shall be a public record; and, (iii)appoint a subordinate officer at the facility to supervise the actions required by this section.. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended by striking out section 72, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-, Section72. After a ballot envelope has been accepted, it shall be securely stored at the early voting site until such time as it is transported to the office of the local election official, but not later than the close of early voting for that day., (c)(1)The select board, board of selectmen, town council or city council of each city and town may vote to authorize early in-person voting for any other city or town preliminary or election not included in subsection (b). The commissioner of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission shall be the administrator of the fund. The electronic instructions and accommodations prescribed by the state secretary pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 25B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as inserted by section 10, shall comply with requirements contained in Title II of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and shall conform, to the extent feasible and required under law, with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA and best practices from the National Institute of Standards and Technology., SECTION26. (g)Not less than 30 days prior to each presidential primary, state primary, state election, and primary or election held pursuant to section 140 to fill a vacancy for senator or representative in congress, the state secretary shall deliver to each city and town, in quantities as the state secretary determines necessary, the following papers: (i) official early voting ballots similar to the official ballot to be used at the election; provided, however, that a sufficient quantity of such ballots are printed in the languages necessary to accommodate the selection of a bilingual ballot by voters pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a); (ii) envelopes of sufficient size to contain the ballots specified in clause (i) bearing on their reverse the voters affidavit; (iii) return envelopes, pre-addressed to the local election official with postage guaranteed, for any ballot requested for voting by mail; and (iv) instructions for voting by mail to be sent to each voter who requests to cast a ballot by mail. Item 2000-7081 of section 2A of chapter 209 of the acts of 2018 is hereby amended by striking out the words cities and towns and inserting in place thereof the following words:- the commonwealths political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, cities, towns, counties and districts, and federal and state recognized tribes, or any authority, commission, board or instrumentality of the foregoing,. SECTION24. Item 4512-2020 of said section 2 of said chapter 24 is hereby amended by striking out the words to employ 1 full-time mental health counselor within the police department of the city of Fitchburg and inserting in place thereof the following words:- for training and equipment for the police department in the city of Fitchburg. The state secretary shall enter in the voter registration information system the transmission date on which absentee voters were sent ballots by the state secretary pursuant to this subsection., (g)The state secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this section., SECTION19. Section 93 of chapter 124 of the acts of 2020 is hereby amended by striking out the words in direct response to the state of emergency declared by the governor on March 10, 2020 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- from the start of the state of emergency declared by the governor on March 10, 2020 and thereafter to support the commonwealths ongoing response to the 2019 novel coronavirus and subsequent variants, also known as COVID-19. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. Such job order contracts shall have a maximum term of 2 years. Subsection (b) of section 2 of chapter 257 of the acts of 2020, as amended by section 16 of chapter 20 of the acts of 2021, is hereby further amended by striking out the words during the COVID-19 emergency or until April 1, 2022, whichever is later and inserting in place thereof the following words:- until March 31, 2023. Web1599-6068 For a reserve to address the needs of community health centers receiving grants under 42 U.S.C. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 61, shall be deposited in the ballot box. Said item 1599-2026 of said section 2A of said chapter 102 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure $400,000,000 and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $424,000,000. Environment and SECTION41. Section 91B of said chapter 54, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word prepaid, in line 5, the following words:- and with return postage guaranteed., SECTION18. The select board, board of selectmen, town council or city council of each city and town, in consultation with its election officers and registrars, shall detail a sufficient number of police officers or constables for each building that contains the polling place for 1 or more precincts at every election therein to preserve order and to protect the election officers and supervisors from any interference with their duties and to aid in enforcing the laws relating to elections., SECTION14. (b)If an application is not approved, the applicant may appeal to the superior court, which shall hear the case and determine whether the application shall be approved. Such procurement may be conducted in accordance with the procedures specified in 801 CMR 21.00. Such notice shall be conspicuously posted: (i) in the office of the city or town clerk and on the principal official bulletin board of each city or town; (ii) on any other public building considered necessary; (iii) on the city or town's website; and (iv) on the website of the state secretary., (6)Prior to the beginning of in-person early voting, the local election officials for each city and town shall prepare a list for the early voting sites, containing the names and residences of all persons qualified to vote at each voting site as the names and residences appear upon the annual register, and shall reasonably transmit the applicable list to the local election officers at each early voting site designated by the registrars., (7)A voter seeking to vote in person at an early voting site shall provide their name and address to the local election officer who shall, upon finding the voters name and address upon the list, repeat it loudly and clearly, mark the list and provide the voter with an early voting ballot and an envelope containing an affidavit, which shall include a notice of penalties under section 26 of chapter 56.The registrar or presiding election officer at the early voting site shall cause to be placed on the voting list opposite the name of a qualified voter who participates in early voting, the letters EV designating an early voter., (8)Upon marking their early voting ballot, enclosing it in the secrecy envelope and executing the affidavit, the voter shall return the ballot envelope to a local election officer at the early voting site who shall review the envelope to ensure the affidavit has been signed by the voter.
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