Section 29:2NNNN - [See also Version 1 as added by a different 2014 act] Climate Change Adaptation Infrastructure Investment Fund(a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Climate Change Adaptation Infrastructure Investment Fund into which shall be deposited amounts credited or transferred to the fund by the general court or any other source including, without limitation, federal grants, loan repayments, investment earnings on monies in the fund and any other amounts required to be credited to the fund by law or by resolution or agreement entered into by the department of conservation and recreation, the office of coastal zone management or the department of fish and game. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs. Monies deposited into the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.(b) Amounts credited to the fund may be used, without further appropriation, for the costs associated with the operations of the division of waterways and the office of dam safety within the department of conservation and recreation, the department of environmental protection, the department of fish and game and its divisions and the office of coastal zone management for the costs associated with operations but such expenditures shall be solely for the purposes stated in this section and no funds shall be transferred from the trust to any other fund. The fund shall be used to provide grants or loans to agencies of the commonwealth and local governmental bodies to finance or refinance costs of inspection, repair and removal projects including, but not limited to, projects related to seawalls, jetties, revetments, retaining wall, and inland flood control; provided, however, that the secretary of energy and environmental affairs shall require a local match for any funds provided to a local governmental body. The amount expended from the fund during any fiscal year for the costs of employees shall not exceed 5 per cent of the funds expended from the fund in that fiscal year. As used in this section, a "local governmental body" shall include a municipality, district or regional governmental unit and a commission or board of a municipality and a district or regional governmental unit.(c) Annually, not later than September 1, a local governmental body or public flood control infrastructure owner may apply to the secretary of energy and environmental affairs for assistance in financing the cost of an eligible infrastructure project. Priority shall be given to projects that are owned or operated by agencies of the commonwealth or local governmental bodies.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, § 2NNNN
Added by Acts 2014, c. 286,§ 13, eff. 8/13/2014.