Bill > H4804

This bill appropriates a total of $2,370,827,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2029 and $1,030,000,000 for fiscal year 2034 to strengthen Massachusetts' economic leadership through various programs and infrastructure improvements. * **MassWorks Infrastructure Program:** $400,000,000 from the General Fund for infrastructure improvements. * **Mass Impact Program:** $252,500,000 from the General Fund for large, transformational projects to drive economic growth, including $2,500,000 for the Museum of Science, Boston for a multimodal riverwalk. * **Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation:** $100,000,000 from the General Fund for grants supporting artificial intelligence adoption and application to public policy problems. * **Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation:** $99,000,000 from the General Fund for grant programs supporting collaboration among manufacturers and institutions of higher education. * **Rural Development Program:** $100,000,000 from the General Fund for programs promoting economic opportunity in rural communities. * **Seaport Economic Council Grant Program:** $100,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to coastal communities for economic development and job creation in the maritime economy. * **Grants for Local Governments and Economic Development:** $100,000,000 from the General Fund for cities, towns, and regional organizations to support economic development, workforce development, higher education, tourism, and arts and culture. * **Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund:** $50,000,000 from the General Fund for capital improvements to cultural facilities. * **Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MassVentures) Grants:** $25,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to Massachusetts companies commercializing technologies developed with federal Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer grants. * **Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MassVentures) Grants for Alternative Proteins:** $5,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to Massachusetts companies supporting alternative proteins developed with federal grants. * **Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation for Alternative Proteins:** $5,000,000 from the General Fund for matching grants supporting alternative proteins among private entities, institutions of higher education, and non-profits. * **Brownfields Redevelopment Fund:** $30,000,000 from the General Fund for the redevelopment of brownfield sites. * **Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation for Small Business Loans:** $35,000,000 from the General Fund for matching grants to community development financial institutions and corporations to make loans to small businesses, prioritizing disadvantaged businesses. * **Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation for Low- and Moderate-Income Entrepreneurs:** $10,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs for capital needs. * **Office of Travel and Tourism Grant Program:** $40,000,000 from the General Fund for grants to improve tourism facilities and destinations. * **Commonwealth Zoological Corporation:** $15,000,000 from the General Fund for capital improvements to facilities operated by Zoo New England. * **Massachusetts Broadband Incentive Fund:** $10,000,000 from the General Fund for capital repairs and improvements to broadband infrastructure. * **Massachusetts Educational Financing Agency:** $85,000,000 from the General Fund to assist students and institutions with access to affordable higher education. * **Local Economic Development Projects:** $488,327,000 from the General Fund for various local economic development projects across the commonwealth. * **Board of Library Commissioners Municipal Grant Program:** $150,000,000 from the General Fund for public library projects. * **Massachusetts Historical Commission Grant Program:** $8,000,000 from the General Fund for the preservation of historic properties, landscapes, and sites. * **Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund:** $580,000,000 from the General Fund for the expansion of the University of Massachusetts Boston's nursing and health sciences facilities. * **Clean Energy Investment Fund:** $200,000,000 from the General Fund to promote jobs, economic development, and workforce development through capital grants for clean energy technologies. * **Massachusetts Offshore Wind Industry Investment Trust Fund:** $200,000,000 from the General Fund to support the offshore wind industry. * **Nursing Facility Capital Needs Program:** $50,000,000 from the General Fund to address capital needs of nursing facilities, including specialized care units and urgent improvements.