Section 115 Regional Tourism Council Matching Grants Waiver

Notwithstanding clause (3) of the fifth paragraph of section 14 of chapter 23A of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, in order to address disruptions caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the maximum amount of grants received by a private nonprofit agency from the office of travel and tourism pursuant to said section 14 of said chapter 23A may be greater than the amount received from nongovernmental sources in fiscal year 2022.