Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 2 Fiscal Year 2013

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Superintendent Responsible for State House Only

SECTION 7.   (A) Chapter 8 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the title and inserting in place thereof the following title:- STATE HOUSE AND SUPERINTENDENT.

(B) Section 1 of said chapter 8, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a bureau of the state house, headed by a state superintendent of the state house, in this chapter called the superintendent.

(C) Section 4 of said chapter 8, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "of state office buildings".

(D) Said chapter 8 is hereby further amended by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 6. The superintendent shall direct the making of all repairs and improvements in the state house and on its grounds, and all executive and administrative departments and officers shall make requisition upon the superintendent for any such repairs or improvements.

(E) Section 9 of said chapter 8, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 to 8, the words "the John W. McCormack state office building, the Leverett Saltonstall state office building, the Springfield office building, the Pittsfield office building, the Erich Lindemann building, the Charles F. Hurley building and all state parking areas related thereto, and any other state properties designated by law, to be the responsibility of the superintendent of state office buildings" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- and all state parking areas related thereto.

(F) Section 9A of said chapter 8, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "state superintendent of state office buildings" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- superintendent.
 
 

Summary:
The section changes the name of the Bureau of State Office Buildings to the Bureau of the State House. This section transfers the responsibility of all of the buildings currently under the responsibility of the Bureau of State Office buildings, except the State House, to the Divison of Caiptal Asset Management (DCAM). The Bureau of the Statehouse will maintain responsibility for oversight of the State House.



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