Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-344-R1

Redraft ENV 344

Preservation of Public Beach Access

Mr. Boncore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 4 the following new section:-

“SECTION 4A. Said chapter 10 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 35PPP the following section:-

Section 35QQQ. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Revere Beach Reservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs for the long-term preservation, maintenance, nourishment and public safety of Revere Beach in the city of Revere. 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. Annually, not later than October 1, a report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund.

(b) Not less than 50 per cent of the revenues collected by the department of conservation and recreation from parking stations installed on or after January 1, 2021 and not less than 50 per cent of the revenues generated through parking violations within the Revere Beach Reservation shall be deposited into the Revere Beach Reservation Trust Fund. Expenditures by the trust shall be used for capital improvements to Revere Beach Reservation.

Annually, not later than November 30, the department of conservation and recreation shall meet with the mayor of the city of Revere to discuss the maintenance and safety plan for the beach for the next calendar year as well as the balance and expenditures from the Revere Beach Reservation Trust Fund.”.