HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1867        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3238

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carole A. Fiola

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act establishing the Olmsted Park improvement fund.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/15/2015

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

12/23/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/4/2015

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

12/23/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

12/23/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

12/23/2019

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

12/23/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

12/23/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

12/23/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

12/23/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

11th Essex

12/23/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

12/23/2019

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

12/23/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/23/2019

Brian A. Joyce

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

12/23/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1867        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3238

By Ms. Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3238) of Carole A. Fiola and others for legislation to establish the Olmsted Park improvement fund.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act establishing the Olmsted Park improvement fund.

 

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

Chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 67. (a) The department shall administer a program for the rehabilitation and improvement of Olmstead parks in cities and towns of the commonwealth.  For the purposes of this section the term Olmstead park shall mean a state, county or municipal park, designed by the architectural firm headed by Frederick Law Olmsted and designated by the department as an Olmstead park. A city or town with an Olmstead park within its boundaries that desires state assistance to rehabilitate or improve the Olmstead park may apply in writing for a grant from the Olmstead Park Improvement Fund established in this section.

(b) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be administered by the department, that shall be known as the Olmstead Park Improvement Fund to be used without prior appropriation for the purposes of providing rehabilitation and improvement grants to cities and towns with an Olmstead park within its municipal boundaries. The fund shall consist of public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations, interest earned on such revenues and any funds provided from other sources. Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year.

(c) The department shall annually award a grant by a competitive grant process to qualified municipalities for an Olmstead park rehabilitation or improvement project within the municipality.