HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4508        FILED ON: 9/25/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4116

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Whelan

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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 to establish a beach capital improvement fund.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

9/25/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

10/2/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

10/2/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4508        FILED ON: 9/25/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4116

By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4116) of Timothy R. Whelan, William L. Crocker, Jr., and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) that the town of Yarmouth be authorized to establish a beach capital improvement fund.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to establish a beach capital 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:
 

ARTICLE 46:  Establish a Beach Capital Improvement Fund

To see if the Town will establish Chapter 82 of the Town’s General Bylaws, a Beach Capital Improvement Fund, as follows, or take any other action relative thereto:

Chapter 82.  AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF YARMOUTH TO ESTABLISH A BEACH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND

                               Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding section 53 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special fund in the Town of Yarmouth to be known as the Beach Capital Improvement Fund.  There shall be deposited into the fund, without further appropriation, a portion of fees collected from the sale of beach daily parking stickers. Appropriations from the fund in excess of $20,000 shall be made by Town Meeting with the recommendation of the Recreation Commission of the Town of Yarmouth for beach-related capital improvements.  Appropriations from the fund up to $20,000 shall be made by the Board of Selectmen or their designee for beach-related capital improvements.

SECTION 2.  Twenty percent of the fee collected from the sale of a beach daily parking sticker shall be deposited in the Beach Capital Improvement Fund.  Thereafter, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Yarmouth may, increase or decrease the portion of the beach parking sticker fee that shall be deposited into the fund, provided that such portion shall not exceed 50% of the beach parking sticker fee.

SECTION 3.  The Beach Capital Improvement Fund shall be maintained by the Town Treasurer as a separate account, subject to any applicable provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and any interest earned thereon shall be credited to and become part of the separate account.

SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.