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 the provisions of any general or special
law to the
contrary, the town of Ipswich is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a
special fund to be known as the Open Space, Recreation and Water
Supply-Watershed Protection Fund which shall be utilized for open space,
recreation and
water supply-watershed protection purposes.
As a means of providing available
assets for the fund, all monies received by the town through the following
means
shall be paid over to and become part of the fund:
(a) 96 per cent of all revenues received from excise taxes paid pursuant
to the provisions of section 3A of
chapter 64G of the General Laws;
(b) all monies
received from withdrawn penalty taxes paid pursuant to the provisions of
section 7 of chapter 61 of the General
Laws;
(c) all monies received from conveyance taxes
paid pursuant to the provisions of
section 12 of chapter 61A of the General
Laws;
(d) all monies received from conveyance taxes paid pursuant to the
provisions of
section 7 of chapter 61B of the General Laws; and
(e) all monies
received from the lease or leases of property by the town of Ipswich to
telecommunication companies for the construction or attachment of wireless
communications facilities.
SECTION 2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law
to the
contrary, the town of Ipswich is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a
special fund to be known as the Tourism Development and Services Fund to be
utilized for tourism development and services.
As a means of providing available
assets for the fund, 4 per cent of all the revenue derived from excise taxes
paid
pursuant to the provisions of section 3A
of chapter 64G of the General Laws
shall
be paid over to and become part of the fund.
Approved December 29, 2000.