HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3766        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 822

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Create a World Class Park System..

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. Section 1 of chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of conservation and recreation may retain 100 per cent of all new revenue in excess of the levels reached in fiscal year 2009.

SECTION 2.  The last paragraph of section 1 of chapter 21 of the General Laws shall be effective for all revenues obtained in excess of the levels reached in fiscal year 2009 up to $20 million or for 10 years, whichever first occurs.