Index

exemptions, payment in lieu of taxes, and State
reimbursement grants to certain counties altered and
added...........................................................................................

V

Vending Machines —

Sales and use tax, rate increased...................................................

Veto —

Handguns owned by a law enforcement agency, disposal by
means of sale, exchange, or transfer to a manufacturer,
provisions added.........................................................................

W

Water Pollution SEE Pollution
Waterway Improvement Fund —

Annual appropriation to, requirement added; other

distributions to, provisions repealed.........................................

Weapons —

Handguns owned by a law enforcement agency, disposal by
means of sale, exchange, or transfer to a manufacturer,

provisions added.........................................................................

Women —

Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account,
established to provide grants for investment capital and

loans; reports by grant recipients required...............................

Video lottery terminal proceeds, allocation for local impact
grants and to the Education Trust Fund, Purse
Dedication Account, Racetrack Facility Renewal Account,
and Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses

Account, provisions added.........................................................

Worcester County —

Video Lottery Terminals —

Allocation of proceeds for local impact grants, distribution

requirements added..............................................................

Constitutional authorization of license issuance;
limitations on number and facility location; facility
compliance with local planning and zoning laws; and
referendum approval of legislative authorization of
additional forms or expansion of commercial gaming,

provisions added...................................................................

Operation authorized; licensing, regulation, and

distribution of proceeds, provisions added...........................

State payment of highway improvements in area of
facility, provisions added......................................................

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