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Welcome to Tom Sannicandro's Website
Massachusetts State Representative
7th Middlesex District |
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
CHAPTER 123 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Following statewide job growth listening tour, House
passes comprehensive stimulus package designed to make
smart, bold investments in workforce training,
infrastructure, technology and cultural facilities
$30 million for Brownfields Redevelopment Fund
$50 million for Historical Rehabilitation Tax Credit
$10 million to spur activity in the state’s life
sciences and technology sector
$13 million for establishment of first-in-the-nation
Cultural Facilities Fund; Annual appropriation will
attract hundreds of millions of dollars in private
investments
$23 million for workforce development and training
programs
$100 million bond program for infrastructure
improvements that encourage economic development
STEM CELL RESEARCH
CHAPTER 27 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Despite objections of the Governor, Legislature enacts
groundbreaking legislation to establish Massachusetts as
a center for cutting edge, life-saving research with
appropriate regulatory oversight
STREAMLINED PERMITTING
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
House combats the excessive regulation and red tape that
impede economic development and job growth in the
Commonwealth by approving legislation to streamline the
state and local building approval process
Provides technical and marketing assistance to
communities that set 180 day permitting timeframe
Additional funding to assist Division of Administrative
Law Appeals expedite decisions on development disputes
and meet new requirement to issue decisions within 90
days of a hearing
Creates new division of the state’s Land Court to focus
exclusively on land use and environmental permit
disputes
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE
ENACTED INTO LAW OVER THE GOVERNOR’S VETO
Legislature reaffirms commitment to Commonwealth’s
working families by giving long overdue pay increase to
lowest wage earners; First increase since 2001 raises
rate to $7.50 in 2007 and $8.00 in 2008, giving
Massachusetts one of the most competitive minimum wages
in the country
BRINGING BRISTOL‐MYERS SQUIBB TO MASSACHUSETTS
CHAPTER 173 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Beating out competitor states like North Carolina and
New York, bipartisan Massachusetts effort persuades
global drug giant Bristol Myers Squibb to build a $660
million manufacturing plant at Devens; Company will
create hundreds of high paying jobs and produce ripple
effect through economy as more life sciences companies
choose to set up shop in the Commonwealth
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INCENTIVE
H.5253 – ENGROSSED BY THE HOUSE
New financing mechanism forges partnership between
communities, state and developers in order to stimulate
development and job growth across Massachusetts;
Authorizes Massachusetts Development Finance Agency to
sell bonds for public infrastructure improvements
related to economic development projects; Income tax
revenue generated from resulting new jobs would pay off
bonds
FILM TAX INCENTIVES
CHAPTER 158 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Seeking to further facilitate job growth and make
Massachusetts competitive with other states and
countries, House takes action to attract multi-billion
dollar movie industry to Massachusetts to create jobs,
increase tourism and generate revenue for state and
local economies
MILITARY BASE PROTECTION & DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 4 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
$261 million plan to expand and renovate Hanscom Air
Force Base in Bedford and US Army Soldiers System in
Natick keeps jobs in Massachusetts and bases open during
2005 BRAC review process
STRENGTHENING CHILD LABOR LAWS
AWAITING FINAL ENACTMENT
Legislature approves first comprehensive overhaul of
child labor rules in 70 years by increasing criminal
penalties and giving the attorney general authority to
pursue civil charges against negligent employers; Law
requires adult supervision of younger workers after 8
p.m., summarizes the statute on work permits and permit
applications and bars teens from carrying a firearm at
work
DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS STATE LAND
AWAITING FINAL ENACTMENT
House passes comprehensive legislation that restructures
the process for the disposal of surplus state property;
Bill offers municipalities and non-profits the
opportunity to purchase the property at a discount and
provides incentives for job growth and job creation on
state-owned parcels
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