Amendment ID: S2481-7-R1

Redraft Amendment 7

Municipal Police Training Fund

Messrs. Cyr and Feeney, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Rodrigues, Rush, Brady, Keenan, Eldridge, O'Connor, Ross and Timilty, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Ms. Friedman, Messrs. deMacedo, Crighton, Barrett, Moore and Lewis, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Montigny and Brownsberger, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Humason, Fattman, Lesser, Tran, Pacheco, DiDomenico, Hinds and Boncore, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Rosenberg and Welch move to amend the amendment the bill by inserting after section 3 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 3A. Section 35EEE of said chapter 10, inserted by section 14 of chapter 69 of the acts of 2018, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) The fund shall consist of: (i) funds transferred from the Marijuana Regulation Fund established in section 14 of chapter 94G; (ii) revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) interest earned on money in the fund; (iv) funds from private sources including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations received by the commonwealth that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (v) revenues, up to $10,000,000 in a calendar year, collected from the surcharge imposed by section 32E5⁄8 of chapter 90.  Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.  The secretary shall annually report the activity of the fund to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than December 31.

SECTION 3B. Said section 35EEE of said chapter 10, as so inserted, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) The executive office of public safety and security shall: (i) estimate the full cost of operating the municipal police training committee; (ii) estimate how much revenue will be generated from the police training surcharge; and (iii) identify any additional funding necessary to fully fund the operations of the municipal police training committee. The executive office of public safety and security shall annually submit a report of its findings to the governor and the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than December 1.”; and by inserting after section 15 the following section:-

“SECTION 15A. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 32E¾ the following section:-

Section 32E5⁄8. (a) There shall be a police training surcharge of $2 imposed upon each vehicular rental transaction contract in the commonwealth. The surcharge shall be in accordance with section 32E ¾ and shall be deposited in the Municipal Police Training Fund established in section 35EEE of chapter 10; provided, however, that not more than $10,000,000 collected from the surcharge in a calendar year shall be deposited into the fund; and provided further, that any amount collected from the surcharge above $10,000,000 in a calendar year shall be deposited into the General Fund. The surcharge shall not apply to transportation network companies or to rental periods of less than 12 hours that are charged on an hourly basis.”; and by adding the following section:-

“SECTION 38. Sections 3A and 15A shall take on January 1, 2019.”