Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-123

OTH 123

Tourism Matching Fund Waiver

Messrs. Kennedy, Eldridge, Lesser, Tarr, Gomez, Cyr, Cronin and Collins moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

SECTION __. Notwithstanding clause (3) of the fifth paragraph of section 14 of chapter 23A of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, in order to address disruptions caused by the 2019 coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the maximum amount of grants received by a private nonprofit agency from the office of travel and tourism pursuant to said section 14 of said chapter 23A may be greater than the amount received from nongovernmental sources in fiscal year 2022.