Outside Section 35

Lease Terminations for Insufficient Funds

SECTION 35.   Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, after consulting with the head of the leasing state agency or the chief justice for administration and management, may exercise any contractual right to terminate a lease for nonappropriation or nonallotment if, in the determination of the agency head or the chief justice for administration and management, insufficient funds are available within the agency's or the court's appropriation or allotment to maintain the lease consistent with maintaining core governmental functions. This section shall expire on June 30, 2010.
 
 

Summary:
This section allows terminating a state lease for insufficient funds if the agency head or (for court leases) the Chief Justice for Administration and Management determines that the appropriation cannot maintain the lease consistent with maintaining core governmental functions.