Massachusetts HD 115: An Act relative to creating a public advancement fund

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 115 FILED ON: 1/13/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 514

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradford Hill
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to creating a public advancement fund.
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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Bradford Hill 4th Essex 1/13/2021

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 115 FILED ON: 1/13/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 514
By Mr. Hill of Ipswich, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 514) of Bradford Hill
relative to creating a public advancement fund with monies transferred from registration and
renewal fees from online gaming, daily fantasy sports, and online sports betting. Economic
Development and Emerging Technologies.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 375 OF 2019-2020.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to creating a public advancement fund.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:

1 Chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby
2 amended by inserting after Section 71 the following section:
3 “Section 72. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a
4 fund to be known as the Public Advancement Fund. The fund shall be credited with any monies
5 transferred from all registration and renewal fees from online gaming, daily fantasy sports, and
6 online sports betting. Expenditures from the fund shall be subject to appropriation; provided,
7 however that 50 per cent of the funds received shall be appropriated for the purposes of
8 transportation services to supplement, and not offset, any reduction in line item 5911-2000 of
9 the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year’s general appropriation act; and

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10 provided further, that the remaining 50 per cent of the funds received shall be appropriated for
11 the purposes of K-12 education and shall be used to supplement, and not offset, any reduction in
12 line-item 7061-0008 of the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year’s general
13 appropriation act.