SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2786 FILED ON: 10/18/2010
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2637
[LOCAL APPROVAL RECEIVED.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. McGee
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Course Enterprise Fund in the city of Melrose.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Thomas M. McGee
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Third Essex and Middlesex
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Richard R. Tisei
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Middlesex and Essex
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Katherine Clark
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32nd Middlesex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Course Enterprise Fund in the city of Melrose.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.
Notwithstanding
chapter 124 of the acts of 1936, section 53F½ of chapter 44 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the city of Melrose, by and through its park commission, may appropriate funds from the Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Course enterprise fund to pay debt service associated with bonds and notes issued by the city of Melrose to pay costs of acquiring interests in land for open space and recreational purposes and for constructing, reconstructing and equipping outdoor recreational facilities in the city of Melrose. The amounts appropriated from the fund for this purpose shall be in excess of the amounts required to pay the annual costs of operating and maintaining the Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Course, including the payment of any debt service associated therewith.
SECTION 2.
Notwi
thstanding any
general or special law to the contrary, the
c
ity of Melrose
may
issue bonds for
constructing, reconstructing and equipping outdoor recreational facilities for a
term of
not more than 25
years.
SECTION 3.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
