Bill > S1951

This bill modifies the existing embarkation fees legislation by making several key changes. First, it increases the fee from $0.50 to $1.00 for each passenger embarking from a specific location. Second, it adjusts the percentage distribution of these fees, reducing the amount going to a city or town from 25% to 12.5%. Additionally, the bill introduces a new provision that allocates 25% of the fee to a fire district that provides fire or public safety services to a port within a city or town that offers ferry service. Correspondingly, the percentage retained by the original city or town is reduced from 75% to 62.5%. These changes appear to be aimed at redistributing the revenue from embarkation fees, providing more financial support to fire districts that serve ports while slightly increasing the overall fee amount. The bill modifies Section 129 of Chapter 46 of the acts of 2003, which governs the collection and allocation of these fees.

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