Chap. 678. An Act increasing the amount of money which the COMMONWEALTH MAY BORROW TO MEET THE NONFEDERAL COST OF CERTAIN WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR FLOOD PREVENTION AND WATER RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN THE WATERSHED OF THE QUABOAG RIVER, AND PROVIDING FOB THE RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. To provide additional funds for the commonwealth's share of the cost of the watershed improvement project authorized by chapter five hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-two, the water resources commission is hereby authorized to expend, in addition to the sums authorized in said chapter five hundred and seventy-one, the sum of two hundred thirty thousand dollars. In addition to the bonds authorized in said chapter, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, registered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem best, to an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the Acts, 1968. — Chap. 678. 563 aggregate, the sum of two hundred, thirty thousand dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth, as aforesaid, shall be designated on their face, Quaboag River Watershed Improvement Project Loan, Act of 1968, and shall be on the serial payment plan for such maximum term of years not exceeding ten years, as the governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to Section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so arranged that the amounts payable in the several years of the period of amortization other than the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest semiannually at such rate as the state treasurer, with approval of the governor, shall fix. The initial maturities of such bonds shall be payable not later than one year from the date of issuance thereof and the entire issue not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-three. Section 2. Except as is provided in section four of said chapter five hundred and seventy-one, the water resources commission may transfer any lands acquired or works constructed by it under said chapter five hundred and .seventy-one to the department of natural resources. Section 3. The department of natural resources, acting for and in behalf of the commonwealth, may acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, land, water rights, rights-of-way or other easements, public or private, appropriate for public outdoor recreation in conjunction with the lands acquired and the works constructed by the commission under said chapter five hundred and seventy-one and may accept transfers of land and works from the commission. The department of natural resources under the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A of the General Laws shall plan, develop, improve, construct recreation facilities upon, operate, administer and maintain such lands, waters and facilities. The commission shall advise the department of the operation and maintenance of all water retention structures. The cost of the operation, administration and maintenance of such lands, waters, works, and facilities shall be charged to the State Recreation Areas Fund. The department may apply for and accept any federal funds available for assistance for the purposes of this section. To provide funds to carry out the work of the department of natural resources under this section, other than operation, and maintenance, the department may expend such sums, not exceeding one million two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, as may be required for projects authorized by this section from any funds available for the development of recreation facilities within the commonwealth. Section 4. The water resources commission and the department of natural resources or either of them may enter into agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture or other agency of the federal government for the receipt of funds to a total amount not to exceed one million, five hundred and six thousand dollars for the purposes authorized by said chapter five hundred and seventy-one and section three of this act. To provide funds for payment of the federal share of the cost of the projects authorized by said chapter five hundred and seventy-one 564 Acts, 1968.—Chap. 678. and by section three of this act and for meeting federal allocations in anticipation of the sums to be received from the federal government, there is hereby appropriated the sum of one million five hundred and six thousand dollars from the Federal Capital Improvement Fund established by section two B of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws and said appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventy-one. Sums appropriated under this section shall be expended for the purposes authorized by said chapter five hundred •and seventy-6ne and by section three of this act and shall be in addition to authorizations contained elsewhere in this act or chapter five hundred and seventy-one. ' -For the purpose of meeting payments authorized by this section in anticipation of the receipt of federal funds, the state treasurer may borrow from time to time; on the credit of- the commonwealth, such sums as may be necessary and may issue and renew, from time to time, notes of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates as shall be fixed by the state treasurer. Such notes shall be issued and may be renewed one or more times for such terms, not exceeding one year, as the governor may recommend to the general court in accordance with Section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, but the final maturities of such notes, whether original or renewal, shall not be later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventy-four. Notwithstanding any provisions of this act, such notes shall be general obligations of the commonwealth. Notwithstanding the amount appropriated, sums authorized to be borrowed in this section shall not exceed the amounts certified by the proper federal authorities as the federal share of the cost of such projects. Notwithstanding the provisions of the second sentence of section nine of said chapter five hundred and seventy-one, amounts received from the federal government in anticipation of the receipt of which sums have been expended as authorized by this section shall be deposited in the Federal Capital Improvement Fund and shall be available to repay any note or notes issued as provided in this section. All payments on account of interest shall be allocated by the state treasurer to the funds financing the loan accounts providing funds for projects authorized by section one of said chapter five hundred and seventy-one and section three of this act in proportion to which the federal funds received hereunder shall have been granted to the water resources commission or the department of natural resources, respectively. Section 5. Funds provided in this act shall not be subject to the provisions of section thirty A of chapter seven of the General Laws, provided that no expenditure shall be made for consultant services, so called, or services coded in accordance with the expenditure code manual under the subsidiary title "03 Services—Non-employees" unless the rate of compensation' for such services shall have been approved by the commissioner of administration. The said commissioner shall, immediately upon the approval of any such rate or rates, file copies of the schedule or schedules of approved rates with the comptroller and with the house and senate committees on ways and means. Before engaging such consultant services under said subsidiary title "03", as so coded, as "Professional", the respective depart- Acts, 1968. — Chaps. 679, 680. 565 1TSS. NO. ments shall certify to the budget director that funds are available for the purpose and shall then file a statement of intent with the budget director, the comptroller and the house and senate committees on ways and means. Such statement shall include the rate of compensation, the period of time for which'the services are to be engaged or scope of work to be done,: and such other pertinent information as may be necessary to establish the maximum limit of the commonwealth's obligation. Approved July 19, 1968.