New Chapter 10 Funds

SECTION 13.   Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 35DDD the following 2 sections:-

Section 35EEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Screening Trust Fund for the purpose of supporting school-based programs that educate children and young persons on addiction, substance misuse and other risky behaviors, and that identify and support children and young persons at risk of alcohol or substance misuse. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of education, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services, who shall use the fund to provide grants (i) to public elementary, middle and secondary schools and to public colleges and universities to support the expansion of educational and intervention programs meeting the purposes of the fund; and (ii) to the department of public health to support schools in implementing evidence based substance use prevention programs, early detection protocols and policies, risk assessment tools, or counseling in the school setting. Grants from the fund may be made to schools for the purposes specified in subsection (f) of section 1P of chapter 69 where consistent with the purposes of the fund. The secretary of education may use the fund for necessary and reasonable administrative and personnel costs related to administering the grants. Such expenditures may not exceed, in one fiscal year, 5 per cent of the total amount deposited into the fund during that fiscal year.

The fund shall consist of revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund, and revenue from private sources including, but not limited to, grants, gifts and donations received by the commonwealth that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

Section 35FFF. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Commonwealth Facility Trust for Energy Efficiency, in this section referred to as the trust. There shall be credited to the trust: (i) an initial $500,000 transfer from the existing Energy Credit, Efficiency and Sustainable Design Trust Fund previously established by a declaration by the secretary of the executive office of administration and finance executed March 21, 2006 and most recently amended and restated on March 1, 2011; (ii) amounts paid by agencies having completed energy or water efficiency projects funded at least in part by monies disbursed from the trust; (iii) 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 (iv) 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.
 
 

Summary:
This section proposes to create two trust funds. The first part renews a proposal the Governor filed as part of the CARE Act in November to create a trust to support school-based programs to educate students about the dangers of addiction and other programs that can identify students at risk because of substance use problems. In his budget proposal, the Governor calls for an initial appropriation of $5 million for the proposed Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Screening Trust Fund. The second part establishes a revolving trust to provide state agencies with funding for smaller energy and water conservation projects.