Section 10 Wellfleet Hollow State Campground Trust Fund

Said chapter 10 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 35NNN the following 2 sections:-

Section 35OOO. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Summer Camp Stabilization Trust Fund for the purpose of stabilizing licensed summer camps.

(b) The fund shall be administered by the department of public health and credited with: (i) appropriations, bond proceeds or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to gifts, grants and donations; and (iii) any interest earned on such money.

Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be made available for expenditure in the following fiscal year. No expenditure shall be made from the fund that causes the fund to become deficient at any point.

(c) Annually, not later than December 1, the commissioner of public health shall file a report detailing expenditures from the fund to the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on public health.

Section 35PPP. (a) There shall be a Wellfleet Hollow State Campground Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Wellfleet hollow state campground in the town of Wellfleet. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of a 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.

(b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $5 upon each fee charged and collected for admission to camping in Wellfleet hollow state campground for out-of-state residents. The additional money collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Wellfleet Hollow State Campground Trust Fund.

(c) An annual report, which shall include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund, shall be submitted to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31.