Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-346

GOV 346

DCAMM CoFFEE

Messrs. Tarr and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __the following section:-

“SECTION XX:    Said chapter 10 is hereby further amended by inserting after section

35DDD, inserted by section 6 of chapter 121 of the acts of 2016, the following section:-

Section 35EEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate expendable trust, to be known as the Commonwealth Facility Trust for Energy Efficiency, hereinafter in this section referred to as the trust. There shall be credited to the trust: (i) amounts paid by agencies having completed energy or water efficiency projects funded at least in part by monies disbursed from the trust; (ii) any monies received by the commonwealth from persons or governmental, quasi-governmental or non-governmental entities as rebates, credits, securities, grants, or the like as a result of enhancing energy efficiency and utilizing renewable energy applications in facility projects funded at least in part by monies disbursed from the trust; and (iii) any appropriations, bond proceeds, or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited thereto. The comptroller shall disburse amounts in the trust at the direction of the secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance,  without further appropriation, for the purpose of funding certain small and medium energy and water efficiency projects at state facilities identified by the division of capital asset management and maintenance. The secretary of administration and finance or the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance may require agencies to agree to repayment terms, including without limitation payment of administrative fees, as a condition of receipt of monies from the trust. All monies received from non-governmental parties by the division of capital asset management and maintenance under this section shall be by check made payable to the commonwealth of Massachusetts and deposited in the trust by the division of capital asset management and maintenance. Amounts credited to the trust shall not be subject to further appropriation.  Money remaining in the trust at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.