Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. To provide for supplementing certain items in the general appropriation act and for certain new activities and projects, the sums set forth in section two for the several purposes and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the conditions pertaining to appropriations in chapter two hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five or for such period as may be specified, the sums so appropriated to be in addition to any amounts available for the purpose.

SECTION 2.

`tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=11,53,tfh1;c5=15,49,tu;c6=65,14,tur `tch `tc1 `ts Item `t+1 `tch;end `tc3 legislature. `tc2 House of Representatives. `tc1 0124-0000 `tc4 For the office of the house counsel, including not more than eight permanent positions `tc6 $92,500 `tc1 0125-0000 `tc4 For the office of the house committee on rules, including not more than fourteen permanent positions `tc6 $86,563 `tc1 0127-0000 `tc4 For clerical and other expenses of the members of the house of representatives, including not more than one permanent position `tc6 $225,202 `tc1 0127-0020 `tc4 For administrative and legislative aides to the members of the house of representatives, provided, further, that this appropriation shall expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $52,000 `tc1 0127-0021 `tc4 For the two administrative assistants to work within the county in which they reside under the direction of the elected representative from the Cape and Islands District; provided, that such assistants shall be residents of the district; and provided, further, that each reside in separate counties and neither shall reside in the county in which the elected representative resides `tc6 $1,497 `tc1 0127-0030 `tc4 For a legislative intern program providing one intern for each legislator; provided, however, that each member of the house of representatives shall have the opportunity to select one intern to work in his office `tc6 $48,000 `tc1 0127-0040 `tc4 For office supplies and other expenses of the house of representatives `tc6 $74,443 `tc2 Other Expenses. `tc1 0143-0001 `tc4 For the administration of legislative data processing, prior appropriation continued `tc6 $75,000 `tc3 JUDICIARY. `tc2 Supreme Judicial Court. `tc1 0321-1500 `tc4 For the committee for public counsel services as authorized by chapter two hundred and eleven D of the General Laws; provided, that four hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars shall be expended from this item for the purposes of the Roxbury defenders committee; provided further, that salaries paid to attorneys employed by the Roxbury defenders committee and salaries paid to attorneys employed by the committee for public counsel services shall be comparable to those paid to attorneys employed by the several district attorney offices and provided further that, except as provided herein no increase in the rate of compensation for counsel to indigents shall be authorized until funds for such increase are appropriated by the general court, including not more than fifty-three permanent positions and one hundred and sixteen temporary positions and provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $1,200,000 `tc2 Trial Court. `tc1 0330-1000 `tc4 For payments of expenses of juries `tc6 $500,000 `tc1 0330-2101 `tc4 For counsel to juvenile indigents `tc6 $577,974 `tc2 Superior Court. `tc1 0331-0300 `tc4 For payments to be made by the chief justice of the superior court to medical malpractice tribunals established in accordance with the provisions of section sixty B of chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, including payments of the prior year `tc6 $10,000 `tc2 Administration of District Courts. `tc2 For Salaries and Expenses. `tc1 0332-1600 `tc4 First district court of Bristol (Taunton), including not more than thirty-one permanent positions and one temporary position `tc6 $5,635 `tc1 0332-2400 `tc4 Central district court of northern Essex (Haverhill), including not more than thirty-one permanent positions and one temporary position `tc6 $16,246 `tc1 0332-2700 `tc4 District court of southern Essex (Lynn), including not more than forty-five permanent positions and five temporary positions `tc6 $20,400 `tc1 0332-3200 `tc4 District court of Chicopee, including not more than twenty permanent positions `tc6 $11,503 `tc1 0332-5300 `tc4 District court of east Norfolk (Quincy), including not more than ninety-five permanent positions and twenty-three temporary positions, and provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $69,120 `tc1 0332-7700 `tc4 Second district court of southern Worcester (Uxbridge), including not more than thirteen permanent positions and one temporary position `tc6 $11,952 `tc3 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. `tc2 For the salaries of district attorneys and assistants for the eleven districts: `tc1 0340-0400 `tc4 Middle, including not more than fifty-four permanent positions and thirty-eight temporary positions and provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $25,000 `tc1 0340-0600 `tc4 Northwestern, including not more than thirteen permanent positions and twenty-five temporary positions, and provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $100,000 `tc3 Executive. `tc3 Military Division. `tc2 Adjutant General. `tc1 0431-0200 `tc4 For compensation for special and miscellaneous duty, for transportation of officers to and from military meetings and drills, for expenses of camps of instruction, for compensation for accidents and injuries sustained in the performance of military duty, for small claims for damages to private property and for allowances to companies and other administrative units to be expended under the direction of the adjutant general, provided that prior year expenses in the amount of eighty-four thousand and seven dollars may be paid from this item, including not more than four permanent positions `tc6 $180,672 `tc2 State Quartermaster. `tc1 0431-1110 `tc4 For the operation of armories of the first class, provided that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all revenue in an amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars, received from fees paid for the non-military rental or use of said armories may be expended without further appropriation, subject to the approval of the state quartermaster and the state comptroller, for the cost of energy audits for said armories, for the cost of a study for improvements in the fee rental structure used at said armories, for the cost of utilities and maintenance and for the implementation of energy conservation measures with regard to said armories; provided further, the state quartermaster shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the income derived from such rentals and funds expended for the cost of utilities and maintenance and for the implementation of energy conservation measures, provided that prior year expenses in the amount of two hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars may be paid from this item, provided, further, that not less than thirty-four thousand dollars, to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six, be expended for emergency lighting at the Milford armory, including not more than seventy-one permanent positions and four temporary positions `tc6 $424,790 `tc3 TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL. `tc1 0611-5800 `tc4 For distribution to cities and towns, pursuant to section eighteen D of chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws, as amended, the sum of one-quarter of one per cent of the total pari-mutuel wager for calendar year nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided, that from the amount appropriated herein the city of Boston shall receive five hundred and six thousand two hundred dollars and thirty-one cents, the city of Revere shall receive three hundred and fifty-five thousand four hundred and five dollars and sixty-three cents, the town of Raynham shall receive three hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty-two cents, the town of Foxborough shall receive one hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-nine cents, the town of Marshfield shall receive seven thousand nine hundred and eight dollars and forty-eight cents, and the city of Northampton shall receive thirteen thousand one hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-five cents `tc6 $1,351,715 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc2 State Board of Retirement. `tc1 0612-1100 `tc4 For cost of living increases to former teachers, municipal, county and district employees whose retirement expenses are assessed upon cities and towns, and state employees; provided that such increases to the above-mentioned groups shall not exceed four per cent; and for the costs of increased survivor benefits authorized by chapter three hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four; and provided further, that subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the treasurer, the state board of retirement and each city, town, county or district shall verify the cost thereof and the treasurer shall be authorized to make such payments; appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $5,130,000 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 80.0% General Fund 15.0% Highway Fund 5.0% `tc2 Debt Service. `tc1 0699-1800 `tc4 For the payment of interest on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the State Recreation Areas Fund `tc6 $254,164 `tc5 State Recreation Areas Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-1900 `tc4 For certain serial bonds maturing; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the State Recreation Areas Fund `tc6 $155,315 `tc5 State Recreation Areas Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-3800 `tc4 For the payment of interest on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the Metropolitan Water District Fund `tc6 $103,709 `tc5 MDC Water District Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-4800 `tc4 For the payment of interest on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the Metropolitan Sewerage District Fund `tc6 $409,157 `tc5 MDC Sewerage District Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-7900 `tc4 For certain serial bonds maturing; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the General Fund debt service reserve `tc6 $2,879,025 `tc1 0699-8100 `tc4 For the payment of interest on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the Government Land Bank debt service reserve `tc6 $534,527 `tc5 Government Land Bank Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-8200 `tc4 For certain serial bonds maturing; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of this fiscal year shall be charged to the Government Land Bank debt service reserve `tc6 $116,704 `tc5 Government Land Bank Fund 100.0% `tc1 0699-9100 `tc4 For the payment of interest of issuance costs of notes issued pursuant to section forty-nine B of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws; provided, that any deficit existing in this item at the close of the fiscal year shall be charged to the General Fund `tc6 $2,300,000 `tc3 Executive Office For Administration and Finance. `tc2 Central Services Division. `tc1 1102-3210 `tc4 For the administration of the division of capital planning and operations; provided, that notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable space in the McCormack State Office Building to be utilized as a day care center for the children of state employees provided that the operator of such day care center shall pay rent to the commonwealth for said space and shall reimburse the commonwealth for any state tax revenue expended for the purpose of making improvements to the space; provided, and that said space requirements and any incidental expenses attendant thereto shall be at no cost to the commonwealth; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or of any other special or general law to the contrary, an amount not to exceed thirty thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars shall be allowed and paid from this item for certain contracted services rendered in fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-three and nineteen hundred and eighty-four for which certain regulations and procedures adopted under the authority of said section twenty-nine A or any other special or general law were not properly followed, including not more than one hundred and fifty-nine permanent positions and twenty-two temporary positions `tc6 $30,891 `tc2 Bureau of State Buildings. `tc1 1102-3301 `tc4 For the administration of the bureau of state buildings and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings, including not more than one hundred and seventy-five permanent positions and twelve temporary positions `tc6 $1,901,000 `tc1 1102-3425 `tc4 For the operation and administration of the capitol police force including a law enforcement co-op program under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided that, notwithstanding any provision of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, members of the capitol police force may be temporarily allocated to special secondary ratings in accordance with the schedule approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means, a copy of which is on file with the personnel administrator, including not more than eighty-three permanent positions `tc6 $40,000 `tc2 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. `tc1 1201-0100 `tc4 For the administration of the departments, including audits, of certain foreign corporations, and for the rental, maintenance and operation of offices to assist in the administration of the department; for the expenses of administering section forty-five A of chapter sixty-two C of the General Laws, for salaries and expenses of the wage reporting system; provided that not less than one million three hundred thousand dollars be spent for the expenses of the wage reporting system; provided, that said department shall establish and maintain an office in the town of Greenfield, to be open not less than three days per week; provided, that the comptroller shall transfer to the General Fund the sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars from the receipts of the cigarette tax in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of section fourteen of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five; and provided further, that prior years expenses in an amount not to exceed thirty-four thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars shall be allowed and paid pursuant to a certain arbitration award, including not more than two thousand one hundred and eleven permanent positions and two temporary positions. `tc1 1233-1000 `tc4 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for state institutions and certain other state activities; provided, that no city or town shall receive less from this item in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six than it received from this item in the prior fiscal year; and provided, further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $3,210,224 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc2 Bureau of Local Taxation. `tc1 1233-3200 `tc4 For reimbursing the city of Boston for loss of taxes on land in the Park Square area `tc6 $410,000 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc2 Miscellaneous. `tc1 1599-0008 `tc4 For a reserve for tort claims `tc6 $50,016 `tc1 1599-2038 `tc4 For the payment of deficiencies in certain appropriations for previous years based upon schedules approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to allocate the amounts of such payments to the several state or other funds to which said payments would have been chargeable if appropriations had been available thereof; and, provided further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $500,000 `tc1 1599-3100 `tc4 For the payment of contributions to the unemployment compensation fund to support the cost of certain employment security benefits; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, as of January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to charge against individual appropriation accounts an amount for deposit into this item of appropriation which may be expended by the commissioner of administration without further appropriation for the purposes of this item, and the amount which is so charged, in the aggregate shall equal the contributions required by the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-one A of the General Laws, during the period beginning January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five. Said amount which is so charged shall be based upon the actual unemployment benefits which were paid to former employees funded through said appropriation accounts during the eighteenth month period prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five. Upon notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the commissioner may, in his discretion and due to insufficiency of the reserve funds appropriated herein, implement the provisions of this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, provided, that the amount so charged, pursuant to this provision, shall in the aggregate be equal to said required contributions during the period beginning on the date of implementation of this discretionary provision and ending on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five; and provided, further, that the amount so charged against individual appropriation accounts shall be based upon the actual unemployment insurance benefits which were paid to former employees funded through said individual appropriation accounts from July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-three to the date of said discretionary implementation, provided that the commissioner is authorized to transfer from the amount appropriated herein to other items of appropriation which are so charged, such amounts as may be necessary to eliminate any deficit in said accounts only for the purposes of "year end" closeouts; and provided further, that any such transfer to another item of appropriation does not exceed any deficit in that item directly caused by charges made for the purposes of the unemployment fund as described above `tc6 $530,195 `tc1 1599-3267 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and the State Police Association (Unit 5A); provided, however that the commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated to other items of appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five, such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-four, nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that the commissioner of administration is further authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided further, that a copy of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided further, that the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers made from this item and of any charges made directly against this item `tc6 $66,359 `tc1 1599-3315 `tc4 For the transportation of prisoners to and from the several departments of the trial court by the sheriffs of the various counties, including the cost of personal services and the purchase of vehicles and other equipment for said purposes; provided that, the commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to advance to the county treasurer of each county the sums set forth below for each respective county: Barnstable, one hundred eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and two dollars; Berkshire, one hundred thirty thousand and eighty-six dollars; Bristol, two hundred thirty-five thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars; Dukes, forty-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars; Essex, two hundred seventy-six thousand six hundred and seventy-eight dollars; Franklin, one hundred twenty-three thousand and ninety-nine dollars; Hampden, two hundred eighty-three thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars; Hampshire, one hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars; Middlesex, five hundred thirty-two thousand six hundred and fifty-four dollars; Norfolk, two hundred ninety-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars; Plymouth, two hundred sixty-eight thousand and seventy-nine dollars; Suffolk, two hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars; Worcester, two hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars; provided further, that each such treasurer shall deposit said amounts into a fund to be expended solely for the purpose of this item and that any unexpended balance of such fund as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, shall be returned to the commonwealth `tc6 $11,430 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc1 1599-3318 `tc4 For equalizing distributions to cities and towns which are not a part of both the metropolitan parks district and the metropolitan sewerage district; provided, that the amount herein appropriated shall be distributed to eligible cities and towns as herein defined. "Eligible cities and towns" are defined as those cities and towns which are not a part of both the metropolitan parks district and metropolitan sewerage district. The amount to be distributed hereunder to each eligible city and town shall be the amount of the equalizing municipal grant, as calculated pursuant to section eighteen C of chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws, multiplied by the adjusted population factor for each city and town as calculated hereunder. For cities and towns which are neither members of the metropolitan parks district nor of the metropolitan sewerage district, the adjusted population factor shall be the "persons who reside in such city or town", as defined in said section eighteen C. For cities and towns which are members of either the metropolitan parks district or the metropolitan sewerage district, but are not members of both districts, the adjusted population factor shall be the "persons who reside in such city or town", as defined in said section eighteen C, divided by two `tc6 $5,996,404 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc1 1599-3384 `tc4 For a reserve to pay certain court judgments and settlements, filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means, which judgments and settlements were entered during fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years; provided, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to make payments for such judgments and settlements; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary payments for such judgments and settlements may, at the discretion of the commissioner of administration, be charged to items of appropriation in section two of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four and to items of appropriation in section two of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided further that no expenditures shall be made from this reserve without the prior approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $4,073,498 `tc1 1599-3386 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of certain personnel classification appeals, approved and granted by the personnel administrator in accordance with the provisions of section forty-nine of chapter thirty of the General Laws as amended, and the cost of certain classification requests recommended by the personnel administrator in accordance with the provisions of section forty-five of chapter thirty of the General Laws, as amended; provided, that the governor, upon recommendation of the commissioner of administration, is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated to other items of appropriations and allocations thereof such amounts as are necessary to meet the costs of such appeal decisions and classification requests for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six and prior fiscal years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, to be in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for such purposes for said fiscal years; and, provided further, that the governor, upon recommendation of the commissioner of administration, is further authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged, prior appropriation continued. `tc1 1599-3411 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years' costs of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by chapter four hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four, including increases caused by amendments to the general or management salary schedules provided for by chapter thirty of the General Laws, and by chapter two hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four, including salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits for employees of the county cooperative extension services, that have been transferred to the employ of the commonwealth, and for employees of the regents computer network; provided however, that the commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided further, that the commissioner of administration is further authorized to allocate the cost of such adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided further, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge this item for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-four and other prior years' costs of said adjustments and benefits; and provided further, that an analysis of all cost items and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by chapter two hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet with the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided further, that the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers made from this item and of any charges made directly against this item `tc6 $39,937 `tc1 1599-3414 `tc4 For the reimbursement to the city of Northampton of the cost of collecting, cataloging and maintaining the post-presidential correspondence of President Calvin Coolidge, in accordance with the provisions of chapter four hundred eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-two `tc6 $15,000 `tc1 1599-3421 `tc4 For the reimbursement by the state treasurer to certain insurers, as filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means, pursuant to the provisions of section seven of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws as amended `tc6 $163,163 `tc1 1599-3422 `tc4 For payment, notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or of any other special or general law to the contrary, for certain contracted services rendered in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years in connection with bonded projects administered by the division of capital planning and operations for which certain regulations and procedures adopted under the authority of said section twenty-nine A or any other special or general law were not properly followed `tc6 $109,445 `tc1 1599-3435 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the division of employee relations, on behalf of the commonwealth, and the Alliance, AFSCME/SEIU, AFL-CIO, Local 509, covering certain employees in bargaining units 8 and 10 in the department of education; provided, however, that the commissioner of administration is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated to other items of appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-four and nineteen hundred and eighty-five such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that the commissioner of administration is further authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state and other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided further, that a copy of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided further, that the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers made from this item and of any charges made directly against this item `tc6 $48,372 `tc1 1599-3465 `tc4 For the payment of a certain court judgment entered in Suffolk superior court civil action number 12545 `tc6 $390,000 `tc2 Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. `tc2 Department of Environmental Management. `tc1 2120-0510 `tc4 For a study, and the preparation of plans for the restoration of the Mattapoisett dam, provided that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $50,000 `tc1 2150-0507 `tc4 For a continuous program of cleaning and dredging of harbors and inland waters as authorized by chapter eight hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy, provided that this appropriation be used for the rehabilitation and dredging of McKinstry Pond in Oxford, including related environmental reports of engineering studies that the division deems necessary prior to the actual commencement of dredging activities; provided, that the funds appropriated herein may be expended without further appropriation subject to schedules approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means, prior appropriation continued, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $225,000 `tc1 2150-0510 `tc4 For the transport and disposal of dredge material and for subsurface cover material, for the Pickman Park in the city of Salem, provided, further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $55,000 `tc1 2150-0523 `tc4 For the repairs and replacement of certain parts of the control house at Irish Dam controlling the water level of Flint Pond and Lake Quinsigamond in the town of Grafton `tc6 $70,000 `tc1 2150-0531 `tc4 For the study, design and preparation of plans, if necessary, and the dredging and cleaning of and the construction of flood control improvements to Lee's Pond in the city of Attleboro, prior appropriation continued `tc6 $60,000 `tc1 2150-0535 `tc4 For a dredging project at Massachusetts Maritime Academy to accommodate a new training ship `tc6 $100,000 `tc1 2150-0570 `tc4 For repairs to pipe conduits at the Snipatuit Road and the sluiceway and fish ladder at Snipatuit Pond in Rochester `tc6 $70,000 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENGINEERING. `tc1 2240-0500 `tc4 For reimbursements to cities, towns and districts for certain chemical costs in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-seven of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws; prior appropriation continued `tc6 $270,791 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc2 Metropolitan District Commission. `tc1 2440-9850 `tc4 For the Revere Beach Erosion Control Project; provided, that the state contribution for said project shall not exceed fifty per cent of total project costs; provided further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $4,000,000 `tc1 2444-9015 `tc4 For repairs to the Connery skating rink in the city of Lynn; provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $239,500 `tc1 2444-9016 `tc4 For repairs to the Emmons, Horrigan, and O'Neil rink in Charlestown `tc6 $550,000 `tc2 Construction Division. `tc1 2460-1000 `tc4 For the maintenance of the construction division, including the personal services and expenses relating to employees previously paid from metropolitan water district bond funds; provided, that, notwithstanding any provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all officers and positions shall be subject to classification under section forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty of the General Laws; and provided further, that prior years expenses in an amount not to exceed fifty-four thousand dollars shall be allowed and paid pursuant to a certain civil service commission decision, including not more than one hundred and ninety-two temporary positions `tc6 $54,000 `tc5 MDC Sewerage District Fund 50.0% MDC Water District Fund 50.0% `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. `tc1 2520-1200 `tc4 Norfolk county; provided, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $33,000 `tc1 2520-1400 `tc4 Plymouth county; provided, however, that seven thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars of such fund be expended in the town of Halifax; and, provided further, that such appropriation shall expire on September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five `tc6 $7,586 `tc5 Mosquito and Greenhead Fly Control Fund 100.0% `tc3 Executive Office of Communities and Development. `tc1 3000-0101 `tc4 For payments to cities and towns for a program to combat the outbreak and otherwise contain the disease known as hepatitis B in certain areas of the commonwealth; provided, however, that the commonwealth's participation in any such program in any city or town shall not exceed seventy per cent of the total amount granted to any such city or town `tc6 $300,000 `tc2 Division of Community Services. `tc1 3747-0010 `tc4 For the purpose of a contract between the executive office of communities and development and an association providing services to Hispanic residents of Worcester, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $51,125 `tc3 Executive Office of Human Services. `tc2 Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. `tc1 4110-1020 `tc4 For support of a medical assistance program for the blind, including such expenses incurred in previous fiscal years; provided that the commissioner for the blind shall reimburse the department of public welfare for any medical assistance claims paid by said department on the commission's behalf and administrative expenses incurred in order to process such claims as may be determined to be appropriate under an interagency agreement between said commission and the department of public welfare subject to the approval of the secretary of the executive office of human services; and provided, further, that said commission may continue previously existing arrangements for the payment of such claims until such interagency agreement has become fully operative and including not more than three permanent positions and one temporary position `tc6 $1,100,000 `tc2 Office for Children. `tc1 4130-0010 `tc4 For a program of licensing, in accordance with the provisions of section four of chapter twenty-eight A of the General Laws, including not more than sixteen permanent positions and sixty-nine temporary positions `tc6 $69,994 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES. `tc1 4202-0021 `tc4 For the purchase of service for certain residential care programs, including certain secure programs, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-eight A of the General Laws, and for certain non-residential care programs from a list of vendors approved by and on file with the central office of the department; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-three of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, no monies shall be advanced to the department from this account without prior approval of the comptroller; and provided, further, that not less than three hundred and forty thousand dollars be spent in the southeast region for a program of testing, counseling and associated services `tc6 $512,000 `tc3 Department of Public Welfare. `tc1 4400-1016 `tc4 For the development of the Massachusetts Public Assistance Control System; provided, that any federal funds received for the purpose of this item shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided, further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $14,962,157 `tc1 4402-5000 `tc4 For a medical assistance program including a program of special education medical services provided to medicaid children; provided that, beginning January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the income eligibility standards for medical assistance for families of three or more shall be increased by ten per cent; provided further, that all federal funds received for the purpose of this item shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that no expenditure or commitment made pursuant to this item or to any agreements authorized by chapter eight hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, shall be incurred in excess of available funds which have been appropriated therefor; provided further, that all judgments, appeals and rate changes for services provided in a prior fiscal year but finally determined during the current fiscal year may be paid from this account, subject to the approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, however, that no payment be made for this item for adjustments to administratively necessary day rates resulting from the decision in New England Memorial Hospital v. Rate Setting Commission, 475 N.E.2d 740 (1985), or from any other decision based upon the rationale of the New England Memorial Hospital decision; provided further, that an amount not exceeding one hundred eighty million eighty-eight thousand dollars shall be expended from this item for expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year; and provided further, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $48,000,000 `tc1 4402-5009 `tc4 For the costs of adjustments to administratively necessary day rates for August thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eighty-one through September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-two and for costs associated with judgments or settlements related to these adjustments for the plaintiff hospitals in New England Memorial Hospital v. Rate Setting Commission, 475 N.E.2d 740 (1985), and any other hospital entitled to a similar adjustment based upon the rationale of the New England Memorial Hospital decision which has made a timely filing for said adjustments; provided, that any unexpended balance after payment of these costs may be spent in accordance with the provisions of line item 4402-5000, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $16,000,000 `tc1 4403-2000 `tc4 For a program of aid to families with dependent children; provided, that the standard of need shall be increased by five per cent as of January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five and rounded to the next whole dollar; provided further, that the payment standard shall be increased four per cent as of July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and rounded to the next whole dollar; provided further, that the amount of assistance shall be computed by subtracting the income of the family, after the application of any federally required exemptions and deductions, from the standard of need; provided further, that no family shall receive a monthly payment greater than said payment level; provided further, that a non-recurring clothing allowance in the amount of one hundred twenty-five dollars be provided to each child eligible under this program on September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided further, that such allowance is federally reimbursable; provided further, that such clothing allowance shall not be counted as income for determination of eligibility or amount of benefits under the food stamp program; provided further, that such clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September, nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of public welfare shall establish a program of assistance, including medical assistance in accordance with the standards established by chapters one hundred and eighteen and one hundred and eighteen E of the General Laws, to families otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home, so long as said child or children are in the care of the department of social services; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families where a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse; provided further, that the department of public welfare, in conjunction with the department of social services, shall promulgate regulations which shall include the specification of which families would receive this assistance, establish other reasonable criteria for eligibility, and set a reasonable limit on the number of months of assistance which will be provided under this program; and provided further, that said department of public welfare shall maximize its efforts to obtain available federal reimbursements for expenditures for this program; and provided, however, that said commissioner shall file on or before September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four a copy of the regulations, so established, and amendments thereto, with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that two million six hundred thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars of accrued Title IV-B funds shall be expended on child care services; provided further, that the department of public welfare shall offer a program of emergency assistance to general relief families in accordance with federal law; provided further, that child support payments collected pursuant to the Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, not to exceed an amount of sixty million dollars, shall be credited to this account and may be expended without further appropriation for the purposes of this program; provided further, that certain families which will suffer a reduction in benefits due to their loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for this loss; and provided further, that all federal funds received for the purpose of this item shall be credited to the General Fund `tc6 $38,821,000 `tc3 Department of Public Health. `tc1 4513-1002 `tc4 For the administration of the office of nutritional services to be in addition to funds received under the federal nutrition program for women, infants, and children provided that, not less than four hundred thousand dollars shall be expended for Failure-To-Thrive programs, including not more than three temporary positions `tc6 $1,000,000 `tc1 4531-0001 `tc4 Lakeville Hospital Rehabilitation center, including not more than two hundred and eighty-seven permanent positions and fifty temporary positions `tc6 $574,591 `tc1 4531-0002 `tc4 For the purchase of a pumper truck to be used under the custody, control and maintenance of the town of Lakeville for the protection of state property `tc6 $125,000 `tc1 4532-0001 `tc4 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; provided that the hospital shall submit a detailed monthly report of all expenditures incurred for its homeless shelter, including the purposes made therefor, to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than the fifteenth day of the following month; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or of any other special or general law to the contrary, an amount not to exceed four hundred and seventy-four thousand eight hundred and forty-eight dollars shall be allowed and paid from this item for certain contracted services rendered in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five for which certain regulations and procedures adopted under the authority of said section twenty-nine A or any other special or general law were not properly followed, including not more than six hundred and seventy-six permanent positions and fifty-three temporary positions `tc6 $1,770,703 `tc1 4533-0001 `tc4 Massachusetts hospital school, including not more than two hundred and seventy-two permanent positions and fifty-nine temporary positions `tc6 $189,997 `tc1 4539-0001 `tc4 For the administration of Cushing Hospital; provided, however, that not more than one hundred and thirty thousand dollars shall be expended for the purposes of the preparation of a determination of need application, including not more than five hundred and ninety-one permanent positions and forty temporary positions; and provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in the 03 subsidiary, so called, shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six. `tc3 Department of Mental Health. `tc2 Region One. `tc1 5183-0100 `tc4 For the maintenance of the Belchertown state school, including not more than seven hundred and twenty-seven permanent positions and not more than six hundred and sixty-one temporary positions `tc6 $233,901 `tc1 5195-0100 `tc4 For the maintenance of the Northampton state hospital; provided however, that no funds from this item may be expended for a contracted secure treatment facility; provided further, that no funds from this item may be expended for persons delivering services or performing administrative functions in community-based programs, including not more than five hundred and twenty-three permanent positions and not more than twenty-two temporary positions `tc6 $427,000 `tc2 Region Two. `tc1 5295-0100 `tc4 For the maintenance of the Worcester state hospital; provided, however, that no funds may be expended from this item for salaries for persons delivering services or performing administrative functions in community-based programs, including not more than seven hundred and ten permanent positions and not more than eight temporary positions `tc6 $35,000 `tc2 Region Four A. `tc1 5445-0000 `tc4 For the administration of region four A, including not more than one hundred and twenty-seven permanent positions and not more than fourteen temporary positions `tc6 $85,000 `tc2 Region Six. `tc1 5651-0100 `tc4 For maintenance of the Massachusetts mental health center; provided, that the amount shall fund three temporary positions at the Allston-Brighton community mental health center, including not more than three hundred and five permanent positions and not more than four temporary positions `tc6 $230,202 `tc2 Region Four B. `tc1 5883-0100 `tc4 For the maintenance of the Wrentham state school, including not more than six hundred and sixty-three permanent positions and one thousand five hundred and eighty-six temporary positions `tc6 $358,070 `tc3 Executive Office for Transportation and Construction. `tc2 Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission. `tc1 6006-1011 `tc4 For the expenses of the Massachusetts aeronautics commission necessary to meet the commonwealth's share of the federal Airport Improvement Program; provided, however, that no monies from this item shall be expended if capital monies for said program are appropriated prior to October one, nineteen hundred and eighty-five; appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $512,815 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. `tc2 Highway Activities. `tc2 Personal Services. `tc1 6010-0001 `tc4 For personal services of the department, provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section four of chapter sixteen of the General Laws, the commissioner may appoint six additional assistants who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and may also appoint a deputy chief counsel (counsel III) who shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws; provided further that the department shall reconstruct a portion of Route 109 from the Medway, Millis line to Route 115 in Millis, said reconstruction shall be completed by December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five; provided further that the reconstruction of highway Route 140 from the Sterling-West Boylston town line to the Sterling-Princeton town line as provided for in section six C of chapter eight hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five be completed by June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five; and provided further, that an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars shall be allowed and paid for certain salary adjustments incurred in prior fiscal years as granted by grievance decisions or agreements between the office of employee relations and the appropriate unions, including not more than two thousand eight hundred and sixty permanent positions and four hundred and eighty-three temporary positions. `tc6 `tc5 Highway Fund 100.0% `tc2 Administrative and Engineering Expenses. `tc1 6020-2502 `tc4 For expenses of a feasibility study and, if necessary, engineering and design plans to increase the capacity and safety of the Neponset Street corridor in the town of Norwood by the construction of a new connector roadway between interstate Route 95 and U.S. Route 1 or by other means of increasing safety and traffic capacity in said corridor provided that said study shall seek to reduce traffic congestion on Neponset Street in Norwood and provided further that the department is hereby authorized and directed to complete said study prior to September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six and provided further that said study shall be conducted in close cooperation with the Norwood town manager and board of selectmen and that at least one public hearing shall be held in said town in conjunction therewith, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $100,000 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. `tc2 Board of Education and Commissioner's Office. `tc1 7010-9732 `tc4 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, Chapter II - Administration; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or of any other special or general law to the contrary, an amount not to exceed four hundred and forty dollars shall be allowed and paid from this item for certain contracted services rendered in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five for which certain regulations and procedures adopted under the authority of said section twenty-nine A or any other special or general law were not properly followed. `tc6 `tc5 General Federal Grants Fund 100.0% `tc2 Division of Special Education. `tc1 7028-0001 `tc4 For the administration of the division of special education, to be in addition to any federal funds available for the purpose; provided that the comptroller is hereby authorized to write off certain amounts totalling forty-eight dollars and fifty cents deemed uncollectable by the attorney general, including not more than sixty-four permanent positions. `tc1 7028-0031 `tc4 For the expenses of school age children in institutional school departments as required under section twelve of chapter seventy-one B of the General Laws, provided that the department shall provide services to eligible inmates in county houses of correction in accordance with and during the preliminary injunction issued by the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts; provided further, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to write off certain amounts totalling one hundred ninety-four dollars and seventy-one cents deemed uncollectable by the attorney general, including not more than one hundred and ten permanent positions and forty-five temporary positions. `tc3 Division of Curriculum and Instruction. `tc1 7030-0100 `tc4 For the general administration of the division, including bilingual programs and for the expenses of an educational television program; provided, however, that not more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be expended for programming during the period of July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four and September twelfth, nineteen hundred and eighty-four; provided further, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to write off certain amounts totalling forty-three dollars and ninety-four cents deemed uncollectable by the attorney general, including not more than forty-nine permanent positions and two temporary positions. `tc1 7051-0015 `tc4 For the administration of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, in addition to any federal funds available for the purpose; provided that this appropriation shall expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $250,000 `tc1 7061-0015 `tc4 For the costs of transportation of certain mentally retarded residents to day programs, pursuant to sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight of chapter nineteen of the General Laws, including costs incurred during fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-four `tc6 $1,038,699 `tc1 7061-0054 `tc4 For the payment to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining agricultural schools, and independent vocational schools of net increases in the distribution of funds under section eighteen A of chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-three as certified by the commissioner of education; provided that pursuant to section three A of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four there shall be no net decrease or withholding of funds from any city, town, regional school district, county maintaining agricultural schools, or independent vocational school through local aid distribution for general or special education charges for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-three `tc6 $272,780 `tc3 BOARD OF REGENTS. `tc2 Compact for Education. `tc1 7070-0006 `tc4 For scholarship programs, as provided in section seven of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws, chapter seven hundred and twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six and section seven B of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws including expenses for the last two prior fiscal years, as well as for senatorial honor scholarships and a statewide program in consortium scholarships to provide an opportunity for pursuing programs in the private sector that are not presently available in the public sector; provided, that all applicants for such consortium scholarships must be approved by the board of regents and be subject to the rules and regulations with respect to eligibility as established by said board; and provided further that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $15,000,000 `tc1 7070-0060 `tc4 For the administration of a program of matching scholarship grants as provided in section seven of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws and for payments of such grants to participating Massachusetts independent regionally accredited colleges, universities, schools of nursing, with funds to be apportioned according to amounts appropriated for each fiscal year; provided, that the chancellor of the board of regents may establish policies and regulations relating to the program, including an audit procedure to insure that institutions are in compliance with such policies and regulations; provided further, that a participating institution shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to the institution's expenditure for scholarship aid to needy Massachusetts undergraduate students enrolled in said institution as full-time matriculating students in a course of study leading to an associate or bachelor's degree; provided further, that each participating institution shall agree to expend the grant awarded hereunder in direct financial assistance to needy Massachusetts students; and provided further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $4,000,000 `tc1 7070-0065 `tc4 For a reserve for the administration of scholarship programs; provided, that not less than twenty-eight million and seventy-five thousand dollars shall be expended for the state scholarship program as defined by section seven of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than three million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars shall be expended for the program of matching scholarship grants as defined by section seven of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws; provided, further, that not less than six million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate shall be expended for the purposes of the Massachusetts graduate scholarship grant program, the Massachusetts educational employment program, the Massachusetts adult learners program, the Massachusetts low interest student educational loan program, the commonwealth scholars program, and the Massachusetts teacher incentive program; provided further, that the limitations on the total amount of scholarships awarded to students of institutions of higher education supported by the commonwealth as set forth in section seven of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws shall not apply to scholarships awarded hereunder; and, provided further, that this appropriation shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $38,500,000 `tc1 7070-0070 `tc4 For the expenses of the administration of the scholarship programs `tc6 $275,000 `tc1 7411-1009 `tc4 For a reserve for renovation and equipment for a Drug Analysis Laboratory at University of Massachusetts Medical School; provided, that all expenditures from this reserve shall be based upon recommendations of the board of regents and that no expenditures shall be made without the prior approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further that this appropriation shall expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $319,799 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. `tc2 Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council. `tc1 8200-0350 `tc4 For the training in intervention, the detection and prevention of suicide. This training shall include: training in the nature and symptoms of suicide, training in communication with suicidal detainees, training in appropriate suicide prevention techniques and emergency procedures. This training shall be given to members of police departments, members of the police force of the metropolitan district commission and members of the uniformed branch of the state police. This training shall be approved and coordinated by the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council and shall be included in the curriculum of all police training schools and academies, including the State Police Academy, appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $67,000 `tc2 Division of State Police. `tc1 8312-0100 `tc4 For the administration of the division, provided, however, that not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars be expended on investigations concerning prescription drug abuse to be conducted by the Drug Investigation Unit, so-called; provided, further, that not less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars shall be used for mounted units which shall patrol Walden Pond, Salisbury Beach and other state facilities as appropriate provided, further, that not less than two hundred thousand dollars shall be expended on the operation of a Missing Persons Resources Unit with particular emphasis placed on investigations concerning the location of missing children, including not more than one thousand eighty-seven permanent positions and fifty-seven temporary positions `tc6 $619,219 `tc5 General Fund 15.0% Highway Fund 85.0% `tc1 8312-0200 `tc4 For the administration of the narcotics unit in the bureau of investigative services within the division of the state police; provided, that there shall be a minimum of one hundred state police officers assigned to full time duty with said unit and under the command of a commissioned officer of the state police; all such officers shall be exclusively assigned on a full time basis to undercover operations, smuggling operations, the investigation of the diversion of legally manufactured drugs, and the investigation of illegal distributions of controlled substances among minors; officers assigned to said unit shall not be discharged to details other than those described above unless they are replaced by another officer, including not more than one hundred temporary positions `tc6 $150,860 `tc5 General Fund 15.0% Highway Fund 85.0% `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS. `tc2 Department of Elder Affairs. `tc1 9110-1075 `tc4 For grants to Area Agencies on Aging in Suffolk County for social services to be in addition to funding received under Title III-B of the Older Americans Act; provided, that expenditures for the purposes of this item shall be only for eligible services as authorized under Title III-B of the Older Americans Act `tc6 $125,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. `tc2 State Racing Commission. `tc1 9210-0001 `tc4 For the administration of the commission, including not more than thirty-three permanent positions; provided that a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars shall be expended by the commission to contract with an accredited school of veterinary medicine in the commonwealth, to establish a drug testing and research program to insure the legitimacy and integrity of the racing industry `tc6 $55,000 `t( `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE. `tc2 Division of Insurance. `tc1 9222-0115 `tc4 For the purchase of special equipment necessary to automate certain functions of the Division, said appropriation to expire June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six `tc6 $200,000 `t) `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR. `tc2 Department of Labor and Industries. `tc2 For the personal services and expenses of the following agencies of the department: `tc1 9411-0100 `tc4 Division of industrial safety; provided that prior years expenses in an amount not to exceed twenty thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars shall be allowed and paid as granted by a certain agreement between the office of employee relations and the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists, including not more than sixty-two permanent positions and six temporary positions `tc6 $20,693 `tcol;end

SECTION 2A. For the purpose of making available for expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the unexpended balances of the items shown below are hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six. `tuc 0121-9000 0122-0000 0125-0030 0320-0003 0321-1500 0330-0300 0330-1000 0330-2101 0330-2300 0330-2400 0330-2800 0332-3600 0332-8811 0332-8812 0337-0100 0340-0100 0340-0600 0411-8000 0431-8811 0511-8811 0526-0200 0526-0900 1100-1560 1100-1561 1100-8751 1100-8757 1100-8758 1100-9510 1102-3210 1102-3425 1102-3901 1102-3915 1102-5221 1102-8773 1102-8785 1102-8791 1102-8792 1102-8793 1102-8796 1102-8801 1102-8804 1102-8812 1102-8813 1102-8814 1102-8815 1102-8816 1102-8817 1102-8818 1102-8819 1102-9792 1102-9801 1102-9802 1102-9805 1185-8813 1233-3400 1599-2025 1599-2038 1599-2056 1599-3351 1599-3386 1599-3406 1599-3417 2000-0300 2050-0200 2120-0302 2120-0904 2120-1507 2120-1700 2120-8802 2120-8803 2120-8805 2120-8807 2120-8812 2120-8813 2120-8814 2120-8815 2120-8816 2120-8817 2121-8842 2121-9731 2130-8772 2140-0150 2150-0500 2150-0502 2150-0503 2150-0505 2150-0508 2150-0520 2150-0523 2150-0527 2150-0530 2150-0531 2150-0532 2150-0534 2150-0535 2150-0536 2150-0537 2150-0538 2240-0500 2240-8801 2250-0905 2250-0910 2250-1001 2250-1010 2260-0300 2270-0500 2270-0506 2270-0522 2270-0523 2270-0524 2270-0526 2270-8771 2270-8772 2270-8773 2270-8774 2270-8775 2270-8791 2270-8804 2270-8806 2270-8807 2270-8811 2270-8812 2270-8813 2270-8814 2270-8815 2270-8816 2270-8817 2270-8818 2320-8791 2320-8813 2320-8815 2320-9811 2320-9812 2410-8801 2410-8802 2440-0029 2440-0030 2440-8773 2440-8776 2440-8782 2440-8787 2440-8796 2440-8797 2440-8798 2440-8802 2440-8803 2440-8804 2440-8806 2440-8812 2440-8813 2440-8815 2440-8816 2440-8817 2440-8819 2440-8838 2440-9812 2440-9813 2440-9814 2444-8812 2444-9014 2449-7260 2449-7350 2449-7395 2449-8754 2449-8755 2449-8791 2511-3000 2511-8812 2611-8751 2681-9029 2685-9011 2685-9050 3722-9015 3724-9001 3724-9002 4000-9002 4170-0012 4180-8801 4190-8811 4202-8811 4224-8791 4231-8801 4311-8811 4314-8721 4314-8812 4314-8813 4315-8801 4315-8811 4315-8812 4316-8801 4316-8811 4316-8812 4316-8813 4343-8811 4345-8811 4348-8801 4348-8811 4348-8812 4510-0750 4516-0100 4516-8801 4531-8801 4532-8811 4536-8811 4536-8812 5011-8752 5011-8771 5011-8772 5011-8781 5011-8791 5011-8801 5011-8802 5011-8811 5011-8812 5191-8801 5294-8772 5294-8781 5295-8801 5471-8801 5481-8801 5491-8721 5495-8811 5561-8721 5581-8801 5593-8781 5593-8801 5651-8811 5700-8802 5895-0100 5897-8811 6000-0161 6000-3500 6000-3510 6000-3520 6000-3530 6000-3540 6004-8753 6004-8756 6005-0027 6006-8735 6010-0010 6020-2914 6020-2501 6032-4030 6032-4037 6032-4038 6032-7000 6032-8611 6034-0001 6034-0008 6034-0010 6034-0011 6034-0015 6034-0016 7070-8811 7070-8812 7111-8801 7113-8712 7114-8693 7114-8721 7114-8801 7115-8801 7116-8801 7220-0007 7220-8791 7220-8801 7220-8802 7220-8803 7310-8785 7310-8801 7410-7812 7410-8772 7410-8774 7410-8781 7410-8783 7410-8791 7410-8801 7410-8812 7410-8846 7411-8811 7416-8801 7416-8811 7416-8812 7490-8657 7490-8692 7490-8712 7504-8801 7504-8811 7505-8802 7506-8771 7510-8791 7514-8811 8000-0150 8000-0165 8000-2170 8200-0200 8311-1500 8312-8791 8312-8801 8314-9705 8400-0100 8400-8811 9300-2801 9300-3901 9300-3902

SECTION 2B. For the purpose of making available for expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the unexpended balances of the items shown below are hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six, provided that the unexpended balances in any other items of appropriation included by reference in the accounts listed below are not reappropriated. `tuc 1102-8771 1102-8777 1102-8797 1102-8806 2030-8811 2120-8774 2120-8775 2120-8777 2120-8781 2120-8782 2120-8791 2120-8797 2130-8771 2440-8793 2440-8794 2681-8751 4110-3015 4315-8791 4315-8792 4316-8794 4532-8791 4532-8792 4533-8791 4535-8791 4537-8791 4537-8792 5163-8741 5164-8741 5181-8741 5181-8781 5191-8741 5293-8791 5361-8791 5391-8771 5766-8741 6059-0000 7108-8692 7109-8791 7110-8723 7114-8791 7114-8802 7116-8751 7410-8784 7416-8772 7490-8702 7490-8706 7490-8721 7490-8722 7490-8751 7490-8753 7503-8751 7503-8791 7507-8771 7507-8791 7509-8721 7512-8751 7514-8751

SECTION 2C. For the purpose of making available for expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the unexpended balances as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five of the items shown below are hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six; provided that the secretary of administration shall determine the portion of said unexpended balances necessary to fulfill fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years' costs of collective bargaining agreements ratified during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years; provided further, that only that portion of said balances necessary to meet said fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years' costs of said collective bargaining agreements ratified during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years shall be reappropriated; and provided further that said secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five the balances reappropriated and not reappropriated for each item: `tuc 1599-3219 1599-3223 1599-3227 1599-3228 1599-3234 1599-3267 1599-3276 1599-3322 1599-3346 1599-3401 1599-3409 1599-3410 1599-3411 1599-3435

SECTION 2D. For the purpose of making available for expenditure in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six certain balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, the unexpended allocated balances as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five of the items shown below are hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six; provided that the unexpended unallocated balances of said items as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five shall not be reappropriated; provided further, that the secretary of administration shall determine the portion of said unexpended allocated balances necessary to fulfill fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years' costs of collective bargaining agreements ratified during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years; provided further, that only that portion of said balances necessary to meet said fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years' costs of said collective bargaining agreements ratified during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and prior fiscal years shall be reappropriated; and provided further, that said secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five the balances reappropriated and not reappropriated for each item: `tuc 1599-3218 1599-3271 1599-3324 1599-3350 1599-3413 1599-3436

SECTION 3. Section 68 of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 347 of the acts of 1984, is hereby further amended by inserting after the first sentence of paragraph (e) in subsection C the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of law to the contrary, the medicaid payment ratio for each year subsequent to fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-two shall be calculated using an administratively necessary day rate of seventy dollars per administratively necessary day patient per day, unless such rate for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-two is adjusted based on a specific finding that in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-two an individual hospital met the criteria for an administrative adjustment set forth by regulations promulgated by the rate setting commission published on February twelve, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

SECTION 4. The fourth paragraph of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 26 and 27, the words "For the period beginning July first, nineteen hundred and eighty, and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five," and inserting in place thereof the following words:- For the period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six,.

SECTION 5. Sections fifty-seven, fifty-eight and fifty-nine of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. Section four, five and six of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

SECTION 7. Section 416 of chapter 572 of the acts of 1980 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 to 4, inclusive, the words "for the period beginning July first, nineteen hundred and eighty, and ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighty-two" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- for the period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

SECTION 8. Section four hundred and seventeen of said chapter five hundred and seventy-two is hereby repealed.

SECTION 9. Section four hundred and seventeen B of said chapter five hundred and seventy-two is hereby repealed.

SECTION 10. Section 1 of chapter 325 of the acts of 1984 is hereby amended by striking out in line 6 the words "eighty-five" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- eighty-six.

SECTION 11. Chapter 140 of the acts of 1985 is hereby amended, in section 2, by striking out, in item 2440-0010, the wording and inserting in place thereof the following wording:- `tcol=1;c1=11,53,tfh1 `tc1 For the administration of the metropolitan district commission parks and recreation division, including the Southwest Corridor Park System, division of central services and division of highways; for maintenance of parks, reservations and the Charles River Basin, for the maintenance of boulevards, parkways, locks, bridges and dams, for the maintenance of vehicles and metropolitan district commission parks' district garages and the purchase of supplies and equipment; and for a study for the general restoration, rehabilitation, flood control, water quality improvement and landscaping at Beaverbrook Reservation in the city of Waltham and the town of Belmont; and for a natural resources protection and management program at Breakheart Reservation; and for a reservations and interpretive services program at the Harbor Islands, Blue Hills, and Middlesex Fells reservations; including not more than five hundred and forty-five permanent positions and not more than sixteen temporary positions; provided, further, that the commission shall not permit access or curb cuts to Chestnut Hill reservoir driveway under its control to any proposed development which includes a structure of more than ten stories in height or two hundred feet in height until and unless an environmental impact study is filed with the commission and it is determined that such a structure does not adversely effect the use or enjoyment of such premises by the public; provided, further, that the division is hereby authorized to enter into contracts extending for a maximum term of five years with the option to renew for three subsequent five year terms, subject to appropriation, for the management and operation of the Franklin Park and Walter D. Stone Zoological Parks, provided, however, that a separate contract shall be entered into for each park only after the department has selected a contractor or contractors pursuant to a competitive procedure including issuance of a request for proposals and solicitation of responses thereto; provided, further, that such contract shall be reviewed at least once every six months by the division to determine compliance therewith, and in the event the division determines that significant portions of the contract are not being complied with and the welfare and well-being of the parks are endangered by said lack of compliance with the express terms of said contract, said division may cancel such contract at any time with no less than ninety days notice to said contractor; provided, however, that said contracts shall contain an article prohibiting discriminatory employment practices by said contractor because of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, military status, sex, age, or condition of handicap, and requiring said contractor to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to such factors, consistent with the mandates of Executive Order No. 227 (The Governor's Code of Fair Practices), Executive Order No. 237 (Minority Business Development), and any relevant laws or regulations providing for equal employment or affirmative action; provided, further, that the division may directly or through said contracts require the charging and collection of admission fares at said zoological parks; provided, however, that said zoos shall be open for a reasonable period of time each day without such admission charge; provided, however, that persons of sixty-five years of age and over and uniformed members of the armed forces of the United States shall pay half price for such admission charge at all times when said charge applies and that school children in groups from Metropolitan District Commission Parks District communities shall be admitted without such admission charge on a scheduled basis; provided, further, that prior to issuance of the request for proposals the department shall submit for review and comment said request to the Special Senate Committee on Zoos; provided, further, that any contractor shall regularly submit to the division, to the special senate committee on zoos, and to the house and senate committees on ways and means a management plan for the operation of said zoos accompanied by an operating budget, said plan shall encompass a five year period and shall be kept current each year, and copies of a current annual phase of said plan shall likewise be submitted to said committees as aforesaid; provided, further, that the department shall submit to said committee for review and comment all responses to said request for proposals received by the department; provided, further, that during the term of any management contract herein authorized, the contractor shall meet at least semi-annually with said committee for the purpose of reporting on the operation of said zoos; provided, further, that the department shall report annually on March thirty-first to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the amounts of revenue generated from the collection of admission fees as authorized herein, the expenditures of the same, and the details of operations and maintenance of the zoological parks pursuant to said management contract; provided, further, that revenues collected from admission fees charged at each zoological park may be retained separately for each park, without further appropriation, by said contractor; and provided further, that ten per cent of the revenues collected from such admission fees shall be transferred annually to a capital maintenance fund for each zoo. `tcol;end

SECTION 12. Section 25 of chapter 140 of the acts of 1985 is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following figure:- 9300-0003.

SECTION 13. Section 43 of chapter 140 of the acts of 1985 is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph or of any other special or general law to the contrary, in order to meet the estimated cost of heat, light, power and other services and the estimated costs of employee fringe benefits to be furnished by the commonwealth to projects of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority and the University of Lowell Building Authority, the board of trustees of state colleges shall transfer to the General Fund from the funds received from the operation of said projects of sum of nine hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars for the current fiscal year, and the board of trustees of the University of Lowell shall transfer to the General Fund from the funds received from the operation of said projects the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for the current fiscal year.

SECTION 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public welfare shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means within thirty days of the effective date of this act, a detailed report for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five and quarterly reports beginning in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six, which shall include, but not be limited to, total payments under the emergency assistance program, and total number of participants in the emergency assistance program, and the average expenditures per client in the following categories of assistance: rent, security deposits, emergency shelters, advance rent, mortgage arrearages, moving expenses, utility services, and fuel. Said report shall also include, but not be limited to, a numerical breakdown by service offices of utilization of the program by clients, and the total number of recipients who have received any category of assistance more than once within the same or previous calendar year. Said department shall undertake managerial and programmatic initiatives to insure the effective management and control of the said emergency assistance program and provide details of such initiatives in said report.

SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration shall not increase or reduce any existing fee or charge or establish any new fee or charge set pursuant to the provisions of section three B of chapter seven of the General Laws above or below the amount authorized for such fee or charge on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighty-three, unless notice of such increase or decrease is filed with the clerks of the house and senate while the general court is in session and the general court has failed to pass a resolve disapproving such proposed action within the next thirty days after such filing.

SECTION 16. The department of social services is hereby authorized to establish an expendable receipt account for the sole purpose of depositing additional federal fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five social services block grant allocations as federally specified for day care training; provided, that both the department of social services and the office for children shall be authorized to expend such additional allocations specified for day care training only in such amounts as the executive office of human services shall determine and allocate; provided further, that expenditures may not exceed six hundred and twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars.

SECTION 17. From the unexpended balance of item 7061-0003 of section two of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four, the sum of one hundred eighty-three thousand five hundred eighty-six dollars is hereby transferred to item 7035-0006 of said section.

SECTION 18. As of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five the comptroller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Highway Fund the amount of the Highway Fund deficit, if any, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

SECTION 19. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-nine A of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or of any other special or general law to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized to make payments for certain contracted services rendered in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five for which certain regulations and procedures adopted under the authority of said section twenty-nine A or any other such special or general law were not properly followed; provided, however, that the secretary of the executive office overseeing the agency which was a party to such a contract shall certify in writing that such services were actually performed; provided further, that such payments shall be based on schedules approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that sufficient funds for such payments existed within the appropriate line-item accounts as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five and that such amounts were encumbered for the purpose of making said payments by such agencies; provided further, that said comptroller is hereby authorized to make payments for certain contracted services rendered in prior fiscal years for which certain regulations and procedures adopted as aforesaid were not properly followed; provided further, that the secretary of the executive office overseeing the agency which was a party to such a contract shall certify in writing that such services were actually performed and that such payments shall be based on schedules approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means and charged to an account established for the purpose of paying prior year deficiencies and shall not be paid from any such current agency appropriation; and provided further, that this section shall not apply to payments authorized pursuant to section two for such purposes.

SECTION 20. As of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five the comptroller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Local Aid Fund the amount of the Local Aid Fund deficit, if any, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

SECTION 21. As of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five the comptroller shall transfer from the Local Aid Fund to the MDC Parks District Fund the amount of the MDC Parks District Fund deficit, if any, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

SECTION 22. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of community affairs may require the payment of reasonable fees by parties seeking to finance projects pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (m) of section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B of the General Laws. Such fees shall be assessed in an amount sufficient to cover the costs incurred by the department in the regulation of such projects, provided, however, that any such fee shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the value of the bonds issued to finance the project. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, revenues in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six accrued from the payment of such fees may be expended without further appropriation by the department, subject to the approval of secretary of the executive office of communities and development and the state comptroller, for the costs of regulation of projects financed pursuant to said paragraph (m) of section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B. Any revenues so collected by the department in excess of five hundred thousand dollars shall be credited to the General Fund. The department shall report the amount of revenue generated from the collection of such fees and shall provide a detailed summary of the expenditure of such revenues on a quarterly basis during fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six to the commissioner of administration and the house and senate committees on ways and means.

SECTION 23. Notwithstanding any provision of section twelve of chapter forty J of the General Laws to the contrary, the secretary of the executive office of energy resources shall have sole authority during fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six to administer the programs and activities of the photovoltaic center of excellence referred to in said section.

SECTION 24. This act shall take effect on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.