Section 35PP. (a) There shall be established the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Salisbury Beach. Any balance in the fund at the end 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.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 10 sec. 35PP

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $3 upon each fee charged and collected from admission into, camping and parking in the Salisbury Beach Reservation. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the fund.

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