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Lawmakers Hear Request to Remove Four‑term Limit on Governor’s Council Travel Reimbursement
Summary
Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs and Representative Tricia Farley Bouvier told the joint committee that Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 6, Section 4 limits travel reimbursement for governor’s council members to the first four terms, creating geographic and economic inequities for members who travel long distances to the State House.
Representative Tricia Farley Bouvier and Governor’s Councilor Tara Jacobs told the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight that a provision in state law limits travel reimbursements for members of the governor’s council after four terms and creates a geographic inequity for councilors who travel long distances to Boston. "We have discovered something that is a little bit inexplicable in our statute," Representative Tricia Farley Bouvier said,…
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