By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 516) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation
establish a state piers retained revenue fund.
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 516) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation
establish a state piers retained revenue fund.
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:
Section 2RR. There is hereby established and set up on the books of the Commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the State Piers Maintenance and Improvements Fund. There shall be credited to said fund such revenues as are received by the department of environmental management from the operation of the Jodrey Memorial State Pier in the city of Gloucester; the Frazier Memorial State Pier in the town of Plymouth, the New Bedford State Pier in the city of New Bedford, and the Fall River State Pier in the city of Fall River. All monies in the fund may be expended by the department of environmental management without further appropriation for the care, maintenance, improvement and repair of these state piers as determined to be necessary and appropriate by the commissioner of the department. The commissioner of the department of environmental management shall annually, no later than September 30, file with the chairpersons of the committees on ways and means a report detailing the revenues and expenditures of said fund for the preceding fiscal year.
