[ Text of section effective until October 6, 2020. For text effective October 6, 2020, see below.]
Section 182B. The Schooner Ernestina commission is hereby authorized and empowered:--
(a) to hold, administer, operate, preserve and maintain said vessel for educational or training purposes. Said vessel shall serve as the official vessel of the commonwealth and it may participate in tourism activities in cooperation with the advisory commission on vacation travel;
(b) to authorize the vessel to ply the oceans, seas, and all navigable waters and to fly the flag of the commonwealth; provided, however, that said vessel shall not be used for commercial fishing;
(c) to charge fees or tuition to students, trainees, sailing cadets or others who are carried on voyages or trips for educational or training purposes;
(d) to charge fees to passengers for excursions and tours;
(e) to develop educational programs, including exhibitions and dockside tours of the vessel and to charge and receive admission fees from the public for the provisions of such services;
(f) to retain and expend any fees, tuitions and revenues received under the provisions of clauses (c), (d) and (e). All monies retained and expended shall be reported to the secretary of administration and finance, the department of environmental management and the house and senate committees on ways and means;
(g) to receive and expend from both municipal and federal agencies, as well as private foundations, grants to support the operations, preservation and maintenance of said vessel and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be used for the purposes for which said grants and contributions may be made;
(h) to hire, as needed, professional staff to assist with the operation of the vessel;
(i) to contract out, with private and not for profit organizations, the operations and maintenance of the vessel;
(j) and directed to establish fees and tuitions pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) at a level sufficient to ensure the continued operation, preservation and maintenance of the Schooner Ernestina. The commission is hereby further authorized and directed to establish a business and spending plan detailing revenues of and expenditures by said commission which plan shall ensure the continued operation, preservation and maintenance of the Schooner Ernestina. Said plan shall be filed annually on or before March first, to the state auditor, the secretary of administration and finance, the department of environmental management and the house and senate committees on ways and means.
Chapter 6: Section 182B. Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey to be held by Massachusetts Maritime Academy for educational and training purposes and tourism; powers
[ Text of section as amended by 2020, 116, Sec. 2 effective October 6, 2020. For text effective until October 6, 2020, see above.]
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy shall hold, administer, operate, preserve and maintain the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey for educational and training purposes and may participate in tourism activities in cooperation with the advisory board on vacation travel. The Massachusetts Maritime Academy shall establish all policies relative to the operation of the vessel.
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy may:
(i) authorize the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey to ply the oceans, seas and all navigable waters and to fly the flag of the commonwealth; provided, however, that the vessel shall not be used for commercial fishing;
(ii) charge fees or tuition to students, trainees, sailing cadets or others who are carried on voyages or trips for educational or training purposes;
(iii) charge fees to passengers for excursions and tours;
(iv) develop educational programs, including exhibitions and dockside tours of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey and charge and receive admission fees from the public for providing such services;
(v) retain and expend any fees, tuitions and revenues received under this section to ensure the continued operation, preservation and maintenance of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey; provided, however, that all monies retained and expended shall be reported annually to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means;
(vi) receive and expend grants from municipal and federal agencies and private foundations to support the operation, preservation and maintenance of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey and to receive and accept contributions, including, but not limited to, money, property and labor, from any source to be used for the purposes for which the grants and contributions are made; and
(vii) hire, as needed, professional staff to assist with the operation of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey.