Lawmakers poised to send Baker fee bill to train police
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 18, 2018.....The new $2 fee on rental cars that both branches of the Legislature are on record supporting was dropped from the compromise fiscal 2019 budget, but the Senate is expected to advance the proposal separately Wednesday afternoon.
The fee, which the House endorsed in the form of standalone legislation (H 4516) and which the Senate added to its budget, would fund municipal police training programs and is expected to generate as much as $8 million in new revenue.
Having eliminated the fee from budget consideration, the Senate Ways and Means Committee polled the House bill on Wednesday, with plans for the Senate to consider it during a formal session Wednesday afternoon.
"Big news! The municipal police training proposal that the Senate has passed several times is heading to the Governor's desk," Sen. Julian Cyr, who has spearheaded the Senate's efforts to establish a dedicated revenue source for police training this session, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "This afternoon the Senate will take up and pass House Bill 4516, which will provide stable funding for municipal police training up to $10 million annually."
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