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H2251 • 2025

An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway

An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Blais, Natalie M.
Last action
2025-11-10
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway

An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2251) of Natalie M.
  • Blais (by vote of the town) that the town of Conway be authorized to establish a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts in said town.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-11-10 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-11-03 House

    Enacted

  3. 2025-11-03 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-08-25 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  8. 2025-08-21 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-07-23 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. 2025-07-23 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-07-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-07-10 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  13. 2025-05-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  14. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  15. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway
By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2251) of Natalie M. Blais (by vote of the town) that the town of Conway be authorized to establish a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2251

SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 53 of chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Conway may establish a special fund for the deposit of any proceeds from the annual festival of the hills, any state, federal or other grants and any local appropriations for such purpose. Interest earned on the fund shall be treated as general fund revenue for the town. Any balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall carry over to the next fiscal year and thereafter if not then expended for the purposes set forth in this act.

(b) Proceeds from the fund shall be used at the discretion of the festival of the hills committee of the town of Conway without further appropriation: (1) to pay all expenses for the festival of the hills event in the town of Conway; (2) thereafter a portion or all of the remaining net balance in the fund in any given year may be expended at the discretion of the festival of the hills committee as scholarship grants to graduating high school seniors in the town of Conway to further their education or training; provided that, no funds received pursuant to local appropriation shall be used for scholarship purposes; and (3) any remaining balance to be used for the purposes set forth above.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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