Amendment #21 to H4461

Museum of World War II

Mr. Linsky of Natick moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION XXX. The secretary of administration and finance, hereinafter referred to as the secretary, is hereby authorized to make grants to the Museum of World War II in Natick, MA hereinafter referred to as the Museum, in a total amount not to exceed ten million dollars to acquire land, including buildings thereon, and to construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, finish, or expand facilities or the collection therein to be used as a museum of World War II and facilities related thereto, hereinafter referred to as the “Project”. Such funds shall be granted by the secretary in one or more grants upon his approval of grant applications submitted by the Museum containing any information concerning the Project that the secretary shall require. Said grants in total shall not exceed 40 percent the total cost of the Project. No State funds shall be used for the operational costs of the facility. The Museum shall not sell or divest itself of the Project, other than those portions which are designated for improvements or in the course of the Museum operations unless certified by the deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations, and those portions which were not constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, finished or expanded with state funds, without refunding to the Commonwealth an amount equal to monies actually granted under the provisions act.