[ Text of section effective until October 6, 2020. For text effective October 6, 2020, see below.]
Section 182C. The Schooner Ernestina commission shall be placed in the department of environmental management and will work jointly with said agency so that operational and managerial responsibilities authorized and empowered to the commission herein follow state policies. The state auditor shall conduct an audit of the commission's books and accounts, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the auditor determines is necessary. An audit conducted pursuant to this section shall be available on the website of the state auditor and submitted to the department of conservation and recreation, the department of revenue and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means. Said audit shall be a public record. The home berth of said vessel shall be in the port of the city of New Bedford.
Chapter 6: Section 182C. Home berth
[ Text of section as amended by 2020, 116, Sec. 2 effective October 6, 2020. For text effective until October 6, 2020, see above.]
Section 182C. The home berth of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be in the port of New Bedford, located in the city of New Bedford, and displayed as such on the vessel. The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be berthed in the city of New Bedford for an aggregate of not less than 90 days per calendar year on a 3-year rolling average and at no cost to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; provided, that a berth space shall be designated for the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey at the state pier by the department of conservation and recreation or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency while said vessel is docked in the city of New Bedford; provided, however, that the vessel may be berthed from time to time at various locations in the commonwealth, including, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy campus in Buzzards bay, and abroad, as determined by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with the advice of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board.