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Welcome to Tom Sannicandro's Website
Massachusetts State Representative
7th Middlesex District |
FY’07 BUDGET –
UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF LOCAL AID
CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Moving to ease property tax burdens and help
municipalities fund essential services, House uncaps
lottery aid and directs $920 million in lottery funding
to partners in local government; Total non education
local aid stands at $1.37 billion, exceeds pre-recession
levels and represents highest amount of local aid ever
distributed to the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns
FY’07 BUDGET – HISTORIC CHAPTER 70 FUNDING
CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Budget increases education aid by $216.6 million,
millions more than originally proposed by the Governor,
bringing total Chapter 70 statewide funding to $3.5
billion; Fair and equitable distribution will help
school districts recover from cuts implemented when
state revenues plummeted in 2002
FY’06 BUDGET
CHAPTER 167 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
On‐time, balanced budget increased funding for local
aid, education, human services and affordable housing;
Consistent with House commitment to greater public
transparency and good government reforms, the spending
plan restricts outside sections to those directly
related to spending line items
FY’06 CAPITAL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
CHAPTER 122 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Following the transfer of $691 million to Rainy Day
Fund, bringing reserve account that helped state weather
worst recession since Great Depression to $1.7 billion,
the House invests $297 million in vital, long delayed
infrastructure & capital projects across the
Commonwealth and on public college campuses
RESPONDING TO DISASTER: HURRICANE KATRINA
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION
CHAPTER 81 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
”Operation Helping Hand” designed to provide Hurricane
Katrina evacuees being temporarily housed at Camp
Edwards on Cape Cod. The Legislature responds with $25
Million in emergency appropriation for medical, housing
and educational services they need to begin rebuilding
their lives
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