Bill S.2060

Senate, No. 2060 , printed as amended

[ SENATE, May 21 , 200 9 -- Text of the Senate amendments to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2010 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 4401 )]

 

In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

SECTION 1.To provide for the maintenance of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions and other services, and for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in sections 2, 2B, 2D and 3, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in sections 2, 2B, 2D and 3, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.  All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and handicapped persons.  All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of state government, as well as in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing business with the commonwealth.  Each agency, board, department, commission or division, in spending appropriated sums and discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rates of compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all terms and conditions of employment.

 

SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, it is hereby declared that the amounts of revenue set forth in this section by source for the respective funds of the commonwealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures from such funds for said fiscal year as set forth and authorized in sections 2 and 2B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with the projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such actual and projected receipts in the annual report for said fiscal year pursuant to section 13 of chapter 7A of the General Laws.  The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section .

Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source and Budgeted Fund (in Millions)
Source	All Budgeted Funds*	General Fund	Highway Fund	Other**
Alcohol. Bev.	70.4	70.4	0.0	0.0
Cigarettes	485.6	485.6	0.0	0.0
Corporations	1,514.1	1,514.1	0.0	0.0
Deeds	117.0	117.0	0.0	0.0
Estate Inheritance	276.5	276.5	0.0	0.0
Financial Institutions	351.2	351.2	0.0	0.0
Income	11,432.0	11,432.0	0.0	0.0
Insurance	399.3	399.3	0.0	0.0
Motor Fuels	651.4	0.0	650.5	0.9
Public Utilities	72.3	72.3	0.0	0.0
Room Occupancy	115.1	74.8	0.0	40.3
Sales-Regular	2,883.0	2,883.0	0.0	0.0
Sales-Meals	649.0	649.0	0.0	0.0
Sales-Motor Vehicles	489.0	489.0	0.0	0.0
Miscellaneous	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.0
UI Surcharges	20.9	0.0	0.0	20.9
Total Consensus Tax Revenues:	19,530.0	18,817.4	650.5	62.1
Transfer to School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust (SMART) Fund for School Building Authority	(640.7)	(640.7)
Transfer to MBTA State and Local Contribution Fund	(767.1)	(767.1)
Transfer to Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund for Pension Contribution	(1,376.6)	(1,376.6)
Total Consensus Tax Revenue for Budget:	16,745.6	16,033.0	650.5	62.1

Revenue Changes
Annualized Value of Additional Auditors	26.0	26.0	0.0	0.0
Adjustment to Consensus Revenue	(1,541.7)	(1,541.7)	0.0	0.0
Total Taxes Available for Budget:	15,229.9	14,517.3	650.5	62.1
Non-Tax Revenue
Federal Reimbursements	8,064.3	8,058.2	0.8	5.3
Departmental Revenue	2,630.3	2,081.0	527.5	21.9
Consolidated Transfers	465.1	843.3	(77.1)	(301.1)
GRAND TOTAL	26,389.7	25,499.8	1,101.7	(211.8)
* Includes revenue deposited into and transfers out of the Workforce Training Fund, Mass Tourism Fund, Inland Fish and Game Fund, and Stabilization Fund.
** Includes tax revenue of $20.9 M into the Workforce Training Fund, $40.3 M into the Mass Tourism Fund and $0.9 M into the Inland Fish and Game Fund

 

 

SECTION 1B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts of non-tax revenues by each department, board, commission or institution to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such receipts with projected receipts in the annual report for such fiscal year pursuant to section 13 of chapter 7A of the General Laws.  The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.

Non-Tax Revenue:  Department Summary

Revenue Source                       Unrestricted Non-Tax                      Restricted Non-Tax                       Total Non-Tax

Judiciary

Supreme Judicial Court               $2,760,900               $0               $2,760,900

Committee for Public Counsel               $0               $750,000               $750,000

Appeals Court               $440,697               $0               $440,697

Trial Court               $78,061,750               $56,000,000               $134,061,750

              TOTALS :               $81,263,347               $56,750,000               $138,013,347

District Attorneys

District Attorney's Association               $0               $1,580,958               $1,580,958

              TOTALS :               $0               $1,580,958               $1,580,958

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Secretary of the Commonwealth               $194,948,640               $30,000               $194,978,640

              TOTALS :               $194,948,640               $30,000               $194,978,640

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Office of the Treasurer               $241,390,683               $0               $241,390,683

State Lottery Commission               $181,230,578               $768,608,566               $949,839,144

              TOTALS :               $422,621,261               $768,608,566               $1,191,229,827

Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General               $18,867,581               $600,000               $19,467,581

              TOTALS :               $18,867,581               $600,000               $19,467,581

State Ethics Commission

State Ethics Commission               $32,466               $0               $32,466

              TOTALS :               $32,466               $0               $32,466

Inspector General

Office of the Inspector General               $0               $404,250               $404,250

              TOTALS :               $0               $404,250               $404,250

Office of Campaign and Political Finance

Office of Campaign and Political Finance               $55,500               $0               $55,500

              TOTALS :               $55,500               $0               $55,500

Revenue Source                       Unrestricted Non-Tax                      Restricted Non-Tax                       Total Non-Tax

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination               $158,196               $2,000,054               $2,158,250

              TOTALS :               $158,196               $2,000,054               $2,158,250

Office of the State Comptroller

Office of the State Comptroller               $466,191,927               $0               $466,191,927

              TOTALS :               $466,191,927               $0               $466,191,927

Executive Office for Administration and Finance

Executive Office for Administration and Finance               $50,000,000               $0               $50,000,000

Secretary of Administration and Finance               ($1,253,083,219)               $1,000,000               ($1,252,083,219)

Division of Capital Asset Management &               $7,056,867               $16,550,000               $23,606,867

Maintenance

Bureau of State Office Buildings               $164,842               $0               $164,842

Civil Service Commission               $20,000               $0               $20,000

Group Insurance Commission               $566,055,095               $850,000               $566,905,095

Division of Administrative Law Appeals               $60,502               $0               $60,502

George Fingold Library               $1,000               $5,000               $6,000

Department of Revenue               $175,401,789               $6,547,280               $181,949,069

Appellate Tax Board               $1,937,037               $300,000               $2,237,037

Human Resources Division               $3,000               $3,501,760               $3,504,760

Operational Services Division               $691,492               $2,258,000               $2,949,492

Information Technology Division               $0               $595,695               $595,695

Public Employee Retirement Administration               $179               $0               $179

              TOTALS :               ($451,691,416)               $31,607,735               ($420,083,681)

Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs

Executive Office of Energy & Environmental               $5,191,899               $275,000               $5,466,899

Department of Environmental Protection               $39,427,944               $903,817               $40,331,761

Department of Fish and Game               $15,004,755               $217,989               $15,222,744

Department of Agricultural Resources               $5,927,815               $0               $5,927,815

Department of Conservation and Recreation               $18,087,824               $8,857,116               $26,944,940

Department of Public Utilities               $11,006,153               $2,375,000               $13,381,153

Department of Energy Resources               $3,245,535               $0               $3,245,535

              TOTALS :               $97,891,925               $12,628,922               $110,520,847

Department of Early Education and Care

Department of Early Education and Care               $210,392,934               $0               $210,392,934

              TOTALS :               $210,392,934               $0               $210,392,934

Revenue Source                       Unrestricted Non-Tax                      Restricted Non-Tax                       Total Non-Tax

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Department of Veterans' Services               $15,188               $300,000               $315,188

Secretary of Health and Human Services               $5,195,783,309               $225,100,000               $5,420,883,309

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy               $240,250,677               $0               $240,250,677

Mass Commission for the Blind               $2,800,874               $0               $2,800,874

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission               $3,050,526               $0               $3,050,526

Mass Commission for the Deaf               $153,846               $165,000               $318,846

Chelsea Soldiers' Home               $11,963,847               $330,661               $12,294,508

Holyoke Soldiers' Home               $11,765,694               $365,000               $12,130,694

Department of Youth Services               $1,211,426               $0               $1,211,426

Department of Transitional Assistance               $501,915,554               $2,450,000               $504,365,554

Department of Public Health               $142,744,370               $56,447,166               $199,191,536

Department of Children and Families               $197,251,332               $3,156,812               $200,408,144

Department of Mental Health               $101,807,501               $125,000               $101,932,501

Department of Developmental Services               $420,561,754               $150,000               $420,711,754

Department of Elder Affairs               $1,185,114,638               $0               $1,185,114,638

              TOTALS :               $8,016,390,536               $288,589,639               $8,304,980,175

Executive Office of Transportation & Public Works

Secretary of Transportation               $706,602               $27,344               $733,946

Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission               $410,749               $0               $410,749

Mass Highway               $8,252,926               $500,000               $8,752,926

Registry of Motor Vehicles               $522,215,172               $6,393,906               $528,609,078

              TOTALS :               $531,585,449               $6,921,250               $538,506,699

Board of Library Commissioners

Board of Library Commissioners               $2,000               $0               $2,000

              TOTALS :               $2,000               $0               $2,000

Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development

Department of Housing & Community Development               $2,602,560               $2,329,213               $4,931,773

Department of Business Development               $100               $0               $100

Office of Consumer Affairs and Business               $1,000,000               $500,000               $1,500,000

Division of Banks               $17,921,502               $5,000,000               $22,921,502

Division of Insurance               $70,779,741               $0               $70,779,741

Division of Professional Licensure               $15,372,616               $0               $15,372,616

Division of Standards               $2,024,269               $418,751               $2,443,020

State Racing Commission               $2,999,131               $0               $2,999,131

              TOTALS :               $112,699,919               $8,247,964               $120,947,883

Revenue Source                       Unrestricted Non-Tax                      Restricted Non-Tax                       Total Non-Tax

Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development

Department of Workforce Development               $259,105               $0               $259,105

Department of Labor               $1,627,962               $252,850               $1,880,812

Division of Industrial Accidents               $22,987,775               $0               $22,987,775

Division of Labor Relations               $5,892               $0               $5,892

              TOTALS :               $24,880,734               $252,850               $25,133,584

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education               $7,686,000               $0               $7,686,000

              TOTALS :               $7,686,000               $0               $7,686,000

Department of Higher Education

University of Massachusetts               $47,142,280               $0               $47,142,280

Bridgewater State College               $3,043,997               $0               $3,043,997

Fitchburg State College               $3,171,228               $0               $3,171,228

Framingham State College               $2,478,160               $0               $2,478,160

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts               $371,415               $0               $371,415

Salem State College               $3,511,560               $0               $3,511,560

Westfield State College               $2,749,770               $0               $2,749,770

Worcester State College               $2,793,692               $0               $2,793,692

Massachusetts Maritime Academy               $318               $0               $318

Berkshire Community College               $289,833               $0               $289,833

Bristol Community College               $715,101               $0               $715,101

Cape Cod Community College               $594,030               $0               $594,030

Greenfield Community College               $347,661               $0               $347,661

Holyoke Community College               $999,417               $0               $999,417

Mass Bay Community College               $1,168,852               $0               $1,168,852

Massasoit Community College               $979,538               $0               $979,538

Mount Wachusett Community College               $421,978               $0               $421,978

Northern Essex Community College               $782,537               $0               $782,537

North Shore Community College               $889,664               $0               $889,664

Quinsigamond Community College               $520,316               $0               $520,316

Springfield Technical Community College               $1,041,234               $0               $1,041,234

Roxbury Community College               $243,750               $529,843               $773,593

Middlesex Community College               $594,522               $0               $594,522

Bunker Hill Community College               $1,467,443               $0               $1,467,443

              TOTALS :               $76,318,296               $529,843               $76,848,139

Revenue Source                       Unrestricted Non-Tax                      Restricted Non-Tax                       Total Non-Tax

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security               $100,000               $0               $100,000

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner               $0               $1,700,000               $1,700,000

Criminal History Systems Board               $8,216,685               $0               $8,216,685

Department of State Police               $800,242               $22,916,200               $23,716,442

Criminal Justice Training Council               $1,500               $900,000               $901,500

Department of Public Safety               $18,787,316               $1,946,997               $20,734,313

Department of Fire Services               $12,003,861               $25,000               $12,028,861

Merit Rating Board               $20,000               $0               $20,000

Military Division               $2,500               $1,400,000               $1,402,500

Emergency Management Agency               $669,198               $0               $669,198

Department of Corrections               $11,292,933               $5,600,000               $16,892,933

Parole Board               $1,000,000               $600,000               $1,600,000

              TOTALS :               $52,894,235               $35,088,197               $87,982,432

Sheriffs

Sheriff's Department Hampden               $796,136               $1,914,460               $2,710,596

Sheriff's Department Worcester               $132,000               $0               $132,000

Sheriff's Department Middlesex               $166,000               $950,000               $1,116,000

Sheriff's Department Franklin               $846,500               $2,600,000               $3,446,500

Sheriff's Department Hampshire               $30,000               $250,000               $280,000

Sheriff's Department Essex               $643,362               $2,000,000               $2,643,362

Sheriff's Department Berkshire               $40,000               $1,250,000               $1,290,000

Sheriff's Department Association               $0               $344,790               $344,790

Sheriff's Department Barnstable               $4,948,448               $250,000               $5,198,448

Sheriff's Department Bristol               $4,089,663               $6,500,000               $10,589,663

Sheriff's Department Dukes               $1,047,541               $0               $1,047,541

Sheriff's Department Nantucket               $7,031,251               $2,500,000               $9,531,251

Sheriff's Department Norfolk               $870,517               $0               $870,517

Sheriff's Department Plymouth               $4,562,765               $16,000,000               $20,562,765

Sheriff's Department Suffolk               $14,999,189               $8,000,000               $22,999,189

              TOTALS :               $40,203,372               $42,559,250               $82,762,622

Total Non-Tax Revenue  :               $9,903,392,902               $1,256,399,478               $11,159,792,380

SECTION 2              

JUDICIARY.

 

Supreme Judicial Court.

 

0320-0003               For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices               $ 7,965,766

 

0320-0010               For the operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county               $1,174,133

 

0321-0001               For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct               $ 402,657

 

0321-0100               For the services of the board of bar examiners               $1,111,341

 

Committee for Public Counsel Services.

 

0321-1500               For the operation of the committee for public counsel services, as authorized by chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means no t later than February 1, 2010, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by the committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by the committee by type of case; and (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case $28,645,024

 

0321-1510               For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services r endered before fiscal year 2010               $125,370,957

 

0321-1518               For t he chief counsel for the committee for public services which may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney rep resentation of indigent clients               $750,000

 

0321-1520               For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2010               $13,532,500

 

0321-1600               For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that the corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no t later than January 29, 2010 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of persons whom the programs funded by the corporation assisted in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; and (c) the total number of indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth who received services of the corporation, by type of case and geographic location; and provided further, that the corporation may contract with any organization for the purpose of providing the representation               $8,000,000

 

0321-2000               For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain programs for the indigent mentally ill, established pursuant to section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws               $707,599

 

0321-2100               For the Massachusetts correctional legal services committee               $877,016

 

0321-2205               For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county               $1,506,704

 

Appeals Court.

 

0322-0100               For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of the chief justice, recall ju dges and the associate justices               $ 10,827,256

 

Trial Court.

 

0330-0101               For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfer of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of the transfer               $49,836,452

 

0330-0300               For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreement, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rental and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, rental of county court facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, court interpreter program,  insurance and chargeback costs, the Massachusetts sentencing commission, alternative dispute resolution services, permanency mediation services, court security and judicial training; provided, that 50 per cent of all fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 30, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the rights afforded to a veteran, pursuant to said section 9A of said chapter 30, shall also be afforded to any such veteran, who holds a trial court office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of chapter 30, and who: (1) has held the office or position for not less than 1 year; and (2) has 30 years of total creditable service to the commonwealth, as defined in chapter 32; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of cases in which the assessment was reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate within the courts; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance boar d on or before January 11, 2010               $196,762,543

 

0330-3333               For t he chief justice for administration and management which may expend for the operation of the trial court an amount not to exceed $2 7 ,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 26 2 of the General Laws; provided , that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $2 7 ,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2010; provided further, that the first $53,000,000 of revenue received from the fees shall be deposited in the General Fund and not retained; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of one half of this authorization or t he most recent revenue estimate , as reported in the state accounting system               $2 7 ,000,000

 

0330-3334               For t he chief justice for administration and management which may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $2 9 ,000,000 from fees charged and collected under section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $2 9 ,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2010               $2 9 ,000,000

 

0330-3337               For additional expenses associated with the operation of the trial court; provided, that a schedule detailing all transfers shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2010               $ 11,192,192

 

Superior Court Department.

 

0331-0100               For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be expended for the medical malpractice tribunals in accordance with section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping               $21,740,332

 

District Court Department.

 

0332-0100               For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program               $36,312,991

 

Probate and Family Court Department.

 

0333-0002               For the operation of the probate and family court department               $ 19,673,841

 

Land Court Department.

 

0334-0001               For the operation of the land court department               $2,214,118

 

Boston Municipal Court Department.

 

0335-0001               For the operation of the Boston municipal court department               $7,172,575

 

Housing Court Department.

 

0336-0002               For the operation of the housing court department               $3,975,411

 

Juvenile Court Department.

 

0337-0002               For the operation of the juvenile court department               $10,881,680

 

 

Office of the Commissioner of Probation.

 

0339-1001               For the office of the commissioner of probation and trial court office of community corrections ; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner, subject to appropriation, shall have exclusive authority to appoint, dismiss, assign and discipline probation officers, associate probation officers, probation officers-in-charge, assistant chief probation officers and chief probation officers; provided further, that the associate probation officers shall only perform in-court functions and shall assume the in-court duties of the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the probation service subject to collective bargaining agreements to perform intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the provisions of intensive supervision and community restraint services; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the costs associated with full implementation of chapters 303 and 418 of the acts of 2006 to ensure effective supervision of probationers who are monitored through global positioning system bracelets; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this line item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to utilize the department’s wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching, for the purposes of determining an individual’s eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as defined in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that the office shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets, revenue generated through collection of indigent client fees, the average indigent client fee that each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act, recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel and other pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification; provided further, that the intensive supervision and community corrections programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution, and community incapacitation or restraint; and provided further, that the number of placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 inte nsively-supervised probationers               $153,331,833

 

Office of the Jury Commissioner.

 

0339-2100               For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws               $2,412,913

 

Suffolk District Attorney.

 

0340-0100               For the Suffolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the domestic violence unit and the children’s advocacy center; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 15,188,357

 

0340-0101               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district attorney’s office               $337,431

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Middlesex District Attorney.

 

0340-0200               For the Middlesex district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1 , 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention  to make that transfer…..               $ 13,038,535

 

0340-0201               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middl esex district attorney’s office               $491,890

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Eastern District Attorney.

 

0340-0300               For the Eastern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savi ngs associated with the program               $ 8,011,057

 

0340-0301               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eas tern district attorney’s office               $480,334

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Worcester District Attorney.

 

0340-0400               For the Worcester district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof;  provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 8,466,451

 

0340-0401               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worce ster district attorney’s office               $393,809

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

0340-0410               For the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and chemicals at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments               $400,000

 

Hampden District Attorney.

 

0340-0500               For the Hampden district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 7,623,079

 

0340-0501               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Ham pden district attorney’s office               $ 323,713

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Hampshire/Franklin District Attorney

 

0340-0600               For the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in said fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $4, 746,396

 

0340-06 01               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office               $ 280,236

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Norfolk District Attorney.

 

0340-0700               For the Norfolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its i ntention  to make that transfer               $ 7,810,091

 

0340-07 01               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district attorney’s office               $ 406,958

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Plymouth District Attorney.

 

0340-0800               For the Plymouth district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 6,774,559

 

0340-0801               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plym outh district attorney’s office               $409,373

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Bristol District Attorney.

 

0340-0900               For the Bristol district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 7,048,574

 

0340-0901               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district attorney’s office               $310,779

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Cape and Islands District Attorney.

 

0340-1000               For the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts’ district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 3,445,389

 

0340-1001               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office               $265,462

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

Berkshire District Attorney.

 

0340-1100               For the Berkshire district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program , the drug task force and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation no later than February 1, 2010, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2009 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts district attorneys’ association no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2010; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2010, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer               $ 3,354,920

 

0340-1101               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berks hire district attorney’s office               $204,882

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS’ ASSOCIATION.

 

0340-2100               For t he Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys’ A ssociation which may expend for its operation an amount not to exceed $1,580,958 in revenues collected from voluntary contributions from the 11 district attorneys of the commonwealth; provided, that each district attorney shall submit a report to the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation and the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating all funds expended for the purpose of implementing the case management and tracking system not later than January 30, 2010; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: an analysis of the total cost of the district attorneys’ computer network; the total cost incurred by each district attorney’s office; a detailed list of all hardware and software leased, owned or operated by each district attorney; a plan for any purchases to be made in the remainder of fiscal year 2009; and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of the network by either the Massachusetts D istrict A ttorneys A ssociation or the individual district attorneys’ offices; and provided further, that the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2010, detailing, by district attorney’s office, sources and amounts of revenue, including, but not limited to, federal and state grants that were received in fiscal year 2009               $1, 580,958

 

0340-8908               For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association’s wide area network               $ 1,246,779

 

EXECUTIVE.

 

0411-1000               For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that funds may be expended for the governor’s commission on mental retardation; and provided further, that the advisory council on Alzheimer ’s disease and related disorders, as established in the office of the governor by section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998 and section 80 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2000, shall c ontinue during fiscal year 2010               $4,952,646

 

0411-1005               For the operation of the office of the child advocate               $243,564

 

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

 

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

 

0511-0000               For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles by program and compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit the report not later than February 1, 2010, to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100, 0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000 and 0540-2100 pursuant to an allocation schedule filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to any regulation or standard established by the secretary of state or the records conservation board; and provided further, that those regulations shall be   issued not later than June 30, 2010               $ 6,355,331

 

0511-0001               For t he secretary of state which may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of merchandise at the Massachusetts state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory               $30,000

 

0511-0200               For the operation of the state archives division               $ 3 89,815

 

0511-0230               For the operation of the records center               $37,337

 

0511-0250               For the operation of the archives facility               $ 310,478

 

0511-0260               For the operation of the commonwealth museum               $251,220

 

0511-0270               For the secretary of state who may contract with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical assistance on United States census data and to prepare annual population estimates               $2,073,736

 

0511-0420               For the operation of the address confidentiality program               $145,308

 

0517-0000               For the printing of public documents               $ 800,000

 

0521-0000               For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of state may award grants for voter registration and education; provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations; and provided further, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2010, detailing the amount appropriated for the purposes of providing reimbursements for the costs of extended polling hours from this item to each city or town               $3,179,907

 

0521-0001               For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 1, 2010               $ 3,809,248

 

0524-0000               For providing information to voters               $ 271,871

 

0526-0100               For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission               $750,000

 

0527-0100               For the operation of the ballot law commission               $11,018

 

0528-0100               For the operation of the records conservation board               $35,119

 

0540-0900               For the registry of deeds located in Lawrence in the former county of Essex               $ 1,103,998

 

0540-1000               For the registry of deeds located in Salem in the former county of Essex               $ 2,933,894

 

0540-1100               For the registry of deeds in the former county of Franklin               $ 487,561

 

0540-1200               For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampden               $ 1,827,990

 

0540-1300               For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampshire               $ 511,582

 

0540-1400               For the registry of deeds located in Lowell in the former county of Middlesex               $ 1,208,477

 

0540-1500               For the registry of deeds located in Cambridge in the former county of Middlesex               $ 3,128,511

 

0540-1600               For the registry of deeds located in Adams in the former county of Berkshire               $ 278,586

 

0540-1700               For the registry of deeds located in Pittsfield in the former county of Berkshire               $ 474,287

 

0540-1800               For the registry of deeds located in Great Barrington in the former county of Berkshire               $ 234,535

 

0540-1900               For the registry of deeds in the former county of Suffolk               $ 1,950,823

 

0540-2000               For the registry of deeds located in Fitchburg in the former county of Worcester               $ 726,432

 

0540-2100               For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester in the former county of Worcester               $ 2,345,612

 

TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.

 

Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.

 

0610-0000               For the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer shall provide computer services required by the teachers’ retirement board; provided further, that the treasurer’s office shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board which details the amount of assessments transmitted to the treasurer during the previous calendar year on a monthly basis from the courts, the registrar of motor vehicles and the sheriff or superintendent of any correctional facility pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the board on or before January 30, 2010; provided further, that funds may be expended for the payment of bank fees ; provided further, that payments shall be made to public safety employees killed in the line of duty pursuant to section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided further, that financial assistance shall be made available to injured firefighters; and provided further, that the treasurer’s office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item               $ 9,599,373

 

0610-0050               For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, that said commission shall maintain at least 1 chief investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that said commission shall work and cooperate with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms division of the United States Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic beverages; and provided further, that the commission is directed to seek out matching federal dollars and to apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages               $ 2,057,305

 

0610-0140               For the purpose of funding administrative, transactional and research expenses associated with maintaining and increasing the interest earnings on the Commonwealth’s General and Stabilization Fund investments               $22,250

 

0610-2000               For payments made to veterans pursuant to section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005; provided, that the office of the state treasurer may expend not more than $150,000 for costs incurred in the administration of these payments               $ 3,155,604

 

0611-1000               For bonus payments to war veterans               $ 44,500

 

Lottery Commission.

 

0640-0000               For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded by this item shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State L ottery Fund to the General Fund               $77,172,416

 

0640-0005               For the costs associated with the continued implementation of monitor games; provided, that any sums expended on promotional activities shall be limited to point-of-sale promotions and agent newsletters; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery fund to the General Fund               $2,875,484

 

0640-0010               For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund               $2,000,000

 

0640-0096               For the purpose of the commonwealth’s fiscal year 2010 contributions to the health and welfare fund established pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement between the lottery commission and the service employees international union, Local 254, AFL-CIO; provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the trust fund on such basis as the collective bargaining agreement provides; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State L ottery Fund to the General Fund               $355,945

 

MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL.

 

0640-0300               For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the council may expend the amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws in amounts and at times as the council may determine pursuant to section 54 of said chapter 10; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that any funds expended from this item for the benefit of schoolchildren shall be expended for the benefit of all Massachusetts schoolchildren and on the same terms and conditions; provided further, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any grant or contract recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to assist cultural organizations in augmenting or initiating endowments to promote the financial stability of the organizations and the assistance shall be in the form of challenge grants to the organizations; provided further, that in order to receive a grant a cultural organization shall raise an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant for the organization’s endowment; provided further, that funds provided by the grants shall, in perpetuity, be used solely to provide free or reduced rate public programs or services to citizens of the commonwealth; provided further, that a grant made under this program shall not exceed $100,000; provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; and provided further, that funds shall be provided for the Local Cultural Council Grant Program               $ 9,692,945

 

Debt Service

 

0699-0015               For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth ; provided , that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer may make payments pursuant to section 38C of chapter 29 of the General Laws from this item , item s 0699-9100 , 0699-2004 and item 0699-0016 ; provided further, that the payments shall pertain to the bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be paid from each item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may transfer the amounts that would otherwise be unexpended on June 30, 2010, from item 0699-0015 to item s 0699-9100 , 0699-2004 and 0699-0016 or from item s 0699-9100, 0699-2004 and 0699-0016 to item 0699-0015 which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; and provided further, that payments on bonds issued pursuant to section 2O of said chapter 29 shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Highway F u nd               $1, 870,000,000

 

General Fund               60.0 %

Highway Fund               40.0 %

 

0699-0016               For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness incurred under chapter 233 of the acts of 2008 for financing the accelerated bridge program               $ 12,000,000

 

Highway Fund               100.0%

 

0699-2004               For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness which may be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall               $91,719 ,000

 

Highway Fund               100.0%

 

0699-9100               For the payment of costs associated with any bonds, notes or other obligations of the commonwealth, including issuance costs interest on bonds , bond and revenue anticipation notes , commercial paper, and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the payment to the United States pursuant to section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of any rebate amount or yield reduction payment owed with respect to any bonds or notes or other obligations of the commonwealth; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or Hig hway Fund debt service reserves               $52, 104,529

 

0699-9101               For the purpose of depositing with the trustee under the trust agreement authorized in section 10B of chapter 11 of the acts of 1997 , an amount to be used to pay the interest due on notes of the commonwealth issued pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 11 and secured by the Federal Highway Gra nt Anticipation Note Trust Fund               $36,694,000

 

Highway Fund               100.0 %

 

STATE AUDITOR.

 

Office of the State Auditor.

 

0710-0000               For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws and shared oversight of the central artery/third harbor tunnel project               $ 15,137,016

 

0710-0100               For the operation of the division of local mandates               $ 391,384

 

0710-0200               For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the office shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau of special investigations of the office of the state auditor, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections, and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections               $1,647,654

 

0710-0225               For the operation of the Medicaid a udit u nit within the d ivision of a udit o perations in an effort to prevent and to identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 50 per cent; and provided further, that the division shall submit a report no later than December 1, 2009 to the house and senate committee on ways and means detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system               $ 7 90,702

 

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

 

Office of the Attorney General.

 

0810-0000               For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary for administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; and provided further that funds may be expended to continue youth violence prevention initiatives…..               $23,452,981

 

0810-0004               For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws               $ 2,188,340

 

0810-0007               For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from item 8100-0007; and provided further, that expenditures shall not be made on or after the effective date of this act which would cause the commonwealth’s obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item               $463,869

 

General Fund               70.00%

Highway Fund               30.00%

 

0810-0013               For t he office of the attorney general which may expend for a false claims program an amount not to exceed $ 6 5 0 ,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims law ; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system               $ 650,000

 

0810-0014               For the operation of the department of public utilities proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under said section 11E of said chapter 12 of the General Laws, shall equal the amount expended from this item; and provided further , that funds shall be expended for the expenses of legal and technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on behalf of Massachusetts ratepayers               $ 2,355,145

 

0810-0021               For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent of the expenditure; provided further, that funds shall continue to be used specifically for the investigation and prosecution of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation based on referrals from the department of public health pursuant to section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that the unit shall provide training for all investigators of the department’s division of health care quality responsible for the investigations on a periodic basis pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; and provided further, that training shall include instruction on techniques for improving the efficiency and quality of investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation pursuant to said section 72H of said chapter 111               $3,467,021

 

0810-0045               For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 A of chapter 23 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a non-management position funded by this item shall be considered a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to c hapter 150E of the General Laws               $ 3,497,227

 

0810-0201               For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance as authorized by section 11F of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that funds made available in this item may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers’ compensation fraud unit of the office of the attorney general; provided further, that funds shall be expended for costs associated with health insurance rate hearings; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for th es e costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item               $1,539,942

 

0810-0338               For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the a mount appropriated by this item               $4 3 8,506

 

0810-0399               For the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated by this item; provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, when appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws               $284,456

 

Victim and Witness Assistance Board.

 

0840-0100               For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that the board shall submit a comprehensive report compiled from the information required of and submitted to the office by the trial court, the registry of motor vehicles and the state treasurer relative to the collection of assessments for the previous calendar year under section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 15, 2010               $549,090

 

0840-0101               For the salaries and administration of the SAFEPLAN advocacy program, to be administered by the Massachusetts office of victim assistance; provided, that the office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than February 1, 2010, a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for the program including, but not limited to, the number and type of incidents to which the advocates responded, the type of services and service referrals provided by the domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies               $ 772,500

 

STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

 

0900-0100               For the operation of the state ethics commission               $ 1,731,123

 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

 

0910-0200               For the operation of the office of the inspector general               $ 2,330,836

 

0910-0210               For t he office of the inspector general which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $404,250 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of such programs; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipts of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office of the inspector general may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system               $404,250

 

OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.

 

0920-0300               For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance               $ 1,221,696

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

 

0940-0100               For the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed on or before July 1, 2005; provided, that on or before November 2, 2009, the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the total number of all currently pending cases and the total number of the cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and pre-public hearing and post-hearing stages; provided further, that the commission shall file an update of the report with the committees on or before March 1, 2010; provided further, that the commission shall identify in the reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, on or before November 2, 2009, the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, specifying those cases in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent, and the number of cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the commission shall include in the report the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2009 and the total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2009; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 0940-0101; provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement               $ 2,293,587

 

0940-0101               For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination which may expend not more than $1,930,054 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2010 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior years; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so authorized; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system               $1,930,054

 

0940-0102               For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination which may expend not more than $70,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program               $70,000

 

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.

 

0950-0000               For the commission on the status of women               $ 70 ,000

 

OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

 

1000-0001               For the office of the state comptroller; provided, that the amount of any federal funds and grant receipts credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and non-tax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary for administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services and the full-year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall deduct $1,000 from any item of appropriation in section 2 in which a reporting requirement is stipulated within such item and which report is not filed within 10 days of the stated due date; provided further, that all amounts deducted shall be deposited into the General Fund and the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all amounts so deducted; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may enter into contracts with private vendors to identify and pursue cost avoidance opportunities for programs of the commonwealth and to enter into interdepartmental service agreements with state agencies, as applicable, for such purpose; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreement the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the notification shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the project, the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement, a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year, a copy of the contract with the private vendor including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information ; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects; provided further, that the comptroller may establish such procedures, in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments , as he deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purpose of this item; and provided further, that the comptroller shall submit a report on such projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws               $ 8,056,789

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

 

Office of the Secretary.

 

1100-1100               For the office of the secretary and the administration of the fiscal affairs division; provided, that the secretary shall conduct an ongoing review of affirmative action steps taken by the various agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions to determine whether such agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions are complying with the commonwealth’s policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever noncompliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report his resulting recommendations to the head of the relevant agency, board, department, commission or division, to the governor and to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination; provided further, that the secretary shall report on the status of each agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this item, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, as to compliance or noncompliance with affirmative action policies to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public service and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on or before December 1, 2009; and provided further, that agencies within the executive office may, with the prior approval of the secretary, streamline and improve administrative operations pursuant to interdepartmental service agreements               $ 3,153,173

 

1100-1700               For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance               $ 31,058,555

 

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

 

1102-3205               For t he division of capital asset management and maintenance which may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center, the state transportation building and the Springfield state office building an amount not to exceed $16,250,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any other sources pertaining to the operations of said facilities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system               $16,250,000

 

1102-3232               For the division of capital asset management and maintenance; provided, that the division may expend not more than $300,000 received from application fees charged in conjunction with the certification of contractors and subcontractors pursuant to section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws; provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system               $300,000

 

Bureau of State Office Buildings.

 

1102-3301               For the operation of the bureau and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of state office buildings; provided, that the bureau shall retain jurisdiction over all contracts, purchases and payments for materials and services required in the operation of the bureau               $ 5,716,546

 

1102-3302               For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the b ureau of state office buildings               $6,428,590

 

1102-3307               For state house accessibility coordination, including communications access to public hea rings and meetings               $ 196,166

 

Office on Disability.

 

1107-24 00               For the Massachusetts office on disability               $ 547,637

 

Disabled Persons Protection Commission.

 

1107-2501               For the disabled persons protection commission; provided, that the commission shall facilitate compliance by the department of mental health and the department of developmental services with uniform investigative standards; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than the last day of each quarter on the number of claims of abuse by caretakers made by employees or contracted service employees of the departments of developmental services and mental health, and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided further, that the report shall include: (a) the number of claims found to be substantiated; (b) the number of claims found to be unsubstantiated; and (c) the number of claims found to be falsely reported as a result of intentional and malicious action; and provided further, that the commission shall ensure that all calls received by the commission’s 24-hour hotline are capable of being recorded, that all persons who call the hotline are immediately informed that all calls are routinely recorded and that each such person is provided with the opportunity to elec t that the call not be recorded               $2,222,665

 

Civil Service Commission.

 

1108-1011               For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation herein through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that said commission shall develop and implement regulations to implement said reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, that the civil service commission may assess a fee upon the appointing authority when in appropriate action has occurred               $ 426,014

 

Group Insurance Commission.

 

1108-5100               For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that the commission shall generate the maximum amounts allowable under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended, and from reimbursements allowed by sections 8, 10B, 10C and 12 of chapter 32A of the General Laws               $ 2,704,328

 

1108-5200               For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2010; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds in this item shall not be available during the accounts payable period of fiscal year 2010, and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2010; provided further , that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and the amounts received in payment of all such charges or transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for the commonwealth’s share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided to employees and retirees in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts expended from this item for prior year costs; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth’s share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of said chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of said chapter 32A, the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who retired before July 1, 1994, shall be 90 per cent , and the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who retired on or after July 1, 1994, shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for active employees upon retirement shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees and their dependants shall be 75 per cent; provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by March 15 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year; and provided further, that the group insurance commission may pay premium and plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the group insurance commission’s health   plans pursuant   to the commission’s regulations               $893,000,000 ”;

 

 

1108-5201               For the costs incurred by the group insurance commission associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage pursuant to section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws; provided, that the commission may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $850,000 from the revenue received from administrative fees associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage pursuant to said section 19 of said chapter 32B; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system               $850,000

 

1108-5350               For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments               $526,789

 

1108-5400               For the costs of the retired municipal teachers’ premiums and the audit of such premiums               $77,844,056

 

1108-55 00               For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws to the contrary, of dental and vision benefits for those active employees of the commonwealth, not including employees of authorities and any other political subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits pursuant to a separate appropriation or the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that the employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established by the commission for the benefits               $ 7,972,656

 

Division of Administrative Law Appeals.

 

1110-1000               For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals, established in section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided, that the division shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or program whose decisions, determinations or actions may be appealed to it; provided further, that every decision issued by a commissioner or other head of an agency, or his designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge of the division shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the processing and adjudication of all pending and newly-filed department of environmental protection appeals               $ 1,102,462

 

George Fingold Library.

 

1120-4005               For the administration of the library.               $ 866,742

 

1120-4006               For t he George Fingold Library which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $5,000 from the fees charged for copying services; provided, that the l ibrary shall submit a report that details revenue collected and expenditures made to the house and senate committees on ways and mea ns on or before January 1, 2010               $5,000

 

Department of Revenue.

 

1201-0100               For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration and audits of certain foreign corporations; provided, that the department may allocate funds to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to said unit; provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account shall be positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis , beginning no earlier than December 1 and ending no later than November 30; and provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this account shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12 - month period               $ 88,539,813

 

1201-0118               For the operation of the division of local services               $ 5,484,518

 

1201-0130               For t he department of revenue which may expend for the operation of the department not more than $17,280,000 from revenues collected by the additional auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that the auditors shall: (1) discover and identify persons who are delinquent either in the filing of a tax return or the payment of a tax due and payable to the commonwealth; (2) obtain such delinquent returns; and (3) collect such delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of revenue produced from these additional auditors; and (2) the amount of revenue produced by this item in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009               $17,280,000

 

1201-0160               For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities, and those agencies may expend the funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of the funds; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system for federal incentives and said network in account s 1201-0161, 1201-0410, and 1201-0412               $ 40,530,864

 

1201-0164               For the child support enforcement division; provided, that the division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $6,547,280 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower subsidiary related expenditures; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system               $6,547,280

 

1232-0100               For the administration of the underground storage tank program and the U nderground S torage T ank P etroleum C leanup F und A dministrative R eview B oard under chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided that funds appropriated in this item may be used for underground storage tank remediation reimbursements under said chapter 21J; provided further, that funds may be used for grants to municipalities for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks, under section 4 of said chapter 21J and section 37A of chapter 148 of the G eneral L aws; provided further, that in the prioritization of claims, consideration shall be given to claimants who own not more than 2 dispensing facilities; and provided further, that the board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the status of the underground storage program, including, but not limited to, the number of municipal grants made for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks and the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; provided further, that the report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with said chapter 21J; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than February 15, 2010               $ 17,729,011

 

1233-2000               For the tax abatement program for certain veterans, widows, blind persons and the elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for the abatements granted pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second D, Twenty-second E, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-seventh A, Forty-first, Forty-first B, Forty-first C, Forty-first C 1/2 and Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided further , that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or said clause Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under those clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted; and provided further, that for reimbursements to cities and towns for additional exemptions from the motor vehicle excise granted pursuant to the seventh paragraph of section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws               $25,301,475

 

1233-2350               For the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, and additional aid to municipalities, as provided for in section 3;               $ 864,882,390

 

1233-2 4 00               For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws               $ 27,270,000

 

Appellate Tax Board.

 

1310-1000               For the operation of the appellate tax board               $ 1,809,270

 

1310-1001               For t he appellate tax board which may expend revenues up to a maximum of $300,000 from fees collected; provided, that in order to accommodate discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system               $300,000

 

Reserves.

 

1599-0025               For the secretary of administration and finance to provide the commonwealth’s customers with the convenience of expanded access to internet payment options and to improve revenue collections and cash flow; provided, that the secretary may expend an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 collected from payments made electronically to subsidize the costs associated with processing those payments; and provided further, that the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, may enter into agreements with state agencies to provide for an electronic transaction fee subsidy, which shall be structured to expire after 3 years               $1,000,000

 

1599-0050               For Route 3 North contract assistance payments               $9,625,000

 

Highway Fund               100.0%

 

1599-0093               For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service obligations of the trust, pursuant to sections 6, 6A and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws               $67,900,000

 

1599-1970               For a reserve for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority for costs incurred in fiscal year 2007 for the operation and maintenance of the C entral A rtery Ted Williams T unnel P roject pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998               $25,000,000

 

Highway Fund               100.0%

 

1599-3234               For the commonwealth’s South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment               $ 89,763

 

1599-3384               For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgments, settlements and legal fees in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller which were ordered to be paid in the current fiscal year or a prior fiscal year; provided, that the comptroller shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amounts expended from this item               $ 7,500 ,000

 

1599-3856               For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in Chelsea               $600,000

 

1599-6425               For a reserve to support municipal regionalization; provided, that the funds in this item shall be used to provide grants and technical assistance to districts and municipalities, including councils on government, counties and regional planning authorities that are applying on behalf of 2 or more municipal entities, in the areas of planning, feasibility, transitional costs and related subject areas to promote cost effective and efficient delivery of local services by regionalization of services including, but not limited to, equipment, hardware, facilities, staff and operations;  provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall promulgate regulations to implement this item not later than September 1, 2009; and provided further, that grants and technical assistance shall only be provided to support regionalization of services that results in cost savings.................................................. $2,000,000

 

1599-7286               For a reserve to provide grants to municipalities with limited capacity to benefit from section 2A of chapter 64L of the General Laws; provided, that only cities and towns that have fewer than 3 restaurants shall be eligible for grants from this item; provided further, that grants to cities and towns under this item shall be distributed under a formula to be promulgated by regulation by the division of local services in the department of revenue , which shall promulgate regulations not later than September 1, 2009; provided further, that the formula shall limit the size of grants to be distributed to cities or towns with not more than 2 restaurants to the amount that city or town could generate if it accepted said section 2A of said chapter 64L; provided further, that the formula shall ensure that grant amounts shall not exceed the revenue derived by a similarly situated city or town that takes a vote under said section 2A of said chapter 64L; and provided further, that such regulations shall include a determination as to whether all communities with populations over 5,000 will be eligible to participate in this p rogram............................$500,000

 

Division of Human Resources.

 

1750-0100               For the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration, training, and customer support related to the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation management system; provided, that the information technology division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services , including the operation of the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided further, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal appointing authorities, technical assistance in selection and appointment to state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination; provided further, that the division shall administer a program of state employee unemployment management, including, but not limited to, agency training and assistance; provided further, that the division shall administer the statewide classification system, including, but not limited to, maintaining a classification pay plan for civil service titles within the commonwealth in accordance with generally accepted compensation standards and reviewing appeals for reclassification; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of any economic benefits necessary to fund any incremental cost items contained in any collective bargaining agreements with the various classified public employees’ unions; provided further, that the nature and scope of economic proposals contained in those agreements shall include all fixed percentage or dollar - based salary adjustments, non-base payments or other forms of compensation and all supplemental fringe benefits resulting in any incremental costs; and provided further, that any employee of the commonwealth who chooses to participate in a bone marrow donor program shall be granted a leave of absence with pay to undergo the medical procedure and for associated physical recovery time, but this leave shall not exceed 5 days               $ 3,146,717

 

1750-0102               The human resources division may expend not more than $3,501,760 from revenues collected from fees charged to applicants for civil service and non-civil service examinations, fees charged for the implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 of the General Laws and chapter 32 of the General Laws, and fees charged for the costs of goods and services rendered in administering training programs; provided, that the division shall collect from participating non-state agencies, political subdivisions, and the general public fees sufficient to cover all costs of the programs, including, but not limited to, a fee to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination or non-civil examination, notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; provided, that the personnel administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant who participates in the physical ability test; provided further, that the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on the program including, but not limited to, the costs of personnel, consultant