Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-267-R1

Redraft ENV 267

Douglas PILOT Remediation

Mr. Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2800-0101, by adding to following new section;

SECTION XX. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation, maintenance and public safety of Douglas State Forest in the town of Douglas. Any  balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year. An annual report to include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund shall be submitted to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1 of each year.

(b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of not less than $1 upon each fee charged and collected from admission to and parking in the Douglas State Forest. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund. Expenditures by the trust for public safety may be made available to the town of Douglas’s police, fire, ambulance, emergency personnel.