Bill > H4790

This bill provides financing for the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The key provisions include: - Authorizing $4.131 billion in general obligation bonds to fund a variety of capital projects, including improvements to state facilities, public safety infrastructure, higher education facilities, and housing programs. - Establishing a $64 million grant program for the Water Pollution Abatement Trust to assist with water pollution abatement and drinking water infrastructure. - Prohibiting the study, planning, design, acquisition, leasing, or construction of new correctional facilities or the expansion of existing ones, with this prohibition expiring after 5 years. - Extending the availability of certain existing bond-funded spending authorizations through June 30, 2027. - Granting the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance the authority to acquire land and buildings necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. Overall, the bill aims to provide funding for a wide range of capital investments in the Commonwealth's infrastructure, while also placing a temporary moratorium on the expansion of the state's prison system.

House Committee on Ways and Means (H), Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (J)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4790