Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5416: An Act authorizing the town of Lynnfield to appropriate funds from the Golf Enterprise Fund to the Recreation Capital Trust Stabilization Fund
Status: Signed into law, August 28, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, May 7, 2026:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 53F½ of chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Lynnfield, by and through its select board, may appropriate funds from the Golf Enterprise Fund to the Recreation Capital Trust Stabilization Fund for the purpose of funding large and/or long term capital projects, improvements and turf replacement to the town’s synthetic turf fields, including all incidental and related costs. The amounts appropriated from the Golf Enterprise Fund for this purpose shall not exceed $100,000 annually and shall be in excess of the amounts required to pay the annual costs of operating and maintaining the Reedy Meadow and King Rail Golf Courses, including the payment of any debt service associated therewith. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Sponsors
- Bradley Jones (R) · primary sponsor
- Brendan Crighton (D)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 201 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Rules suspended
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (May 14, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H5416?
- H5416 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the town of Lynnfield to appropriate funds from the Golf Enterprise Fund to the Recreation Capital Trust Stabilization Fund.
- What is the status of H5416?
- Signed into law as of August 28, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 201 of the Acts of 2026 (August 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5416?
- Bradley Jones (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H5416?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5416
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