Special commission files, 1967-1971.

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Special commission files, 1967-1971.

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Resolves 1967, cc 126, 135, 145 provided for the establishment of a commission of legislators and gubernatorial appointees known as the Special Commission Relative to the Finances and Operation of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which was mandated to consider MBTA officer salaries, consultant fees, deficit assessment to member municipalities, prospective enlargement of the MBTA transit system, MBTA advisory board approval of capital expenditures, and related matters. The commission issued six reports through May 1971; its recommendations resulted in establishment of the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction (St 1969, c 704, s 3, effective Apr. 1971) and reconstitution of the MBTA board of directors and changes in authority fiscal procedures (St 1973, c 1140). Series was created by the authority to monitor commission activities and to respond to commission requests for information.

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Massachusetts. Executive Office of Transportation and Construction

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The Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, established pursuant to St 1969, c 704, s 3 (effective Apr. 1971), coordinates and plans state transportation and related public construction policies. As currently described by MGLA c 6A, s 19, it includes the Massachusetts Highway Dept. (formerly Dept. of Public Works) and, with some exceptions, state agencies within it; the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission; the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; the Massachuset...

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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