By Mr. Rush of Boston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 854) of Michael F. Rush and others relative to authorizing the Division of Urban Parks and Recreation to retain all revenues generated by parks, beaches and recreational facilities under their.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 

Michael F. Rush

Alice K. Wolf

Rachel Kaprielian

Peter V. Kocot

Stephen Kulik

Louis L. Kafka

Michael F. Kane

Steven M. Walsh

Robert M. Koczera

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Frank M. Hynes

Bradford Hill

David Paul Linsky

Robert K. Coughlin

Frank I. Smizik

David B. Sullivan

Todd M. Smola

Matthew C. Patrick

Jeffrey Davis Perry

Walter F. Timilty

David M. Torrisi

Bruce J. Ayers

Eric Turkington

Michael J. Rodrigues

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Brian P. Wallace

Robert L. Rice, Jr.

Stephen M. Brewer

Robert A. Antonioni

Richard T. Moore

Michael R. Knapik

William Lantigua

Linda Dorcena Forry

Theodore C. Speliotis

Denise Provost

Christine E. Canavan

Anne M. Gobi

Alice Hanlon Peisch

James B. Eldridge

Mary E. Grant

Kay Khan

Cleon H. Turner

Garrett J. Bradley

Kevin G. Honan

Martin J. Walsh

William M. Straus

Joseph R. Driscoll

Jennifer M. Callahan

Elizabeth A. Poirier

Michael J. Moran

Christopher N. Speranzo

William Smitty Pignatelli

 

 

 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act relative to the Division of Urban Parks and Recreation.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

 

The 4th paragraph of section 1 of chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 3 sentences:-

 

The division of urban parks and recreation shall retain all revenues generated by parks, beaches and recreational facilities under their jurisdiction for their own purposes.  60 percent of the funds generated at a facility shall be used for said faculty and 40 percent shall go to the division’s general fund.  All licensing fees generated by the division shall go to the division’s general fund.