HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94114        FILED ON: 7/27/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4114

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2009 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects..

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 other appropriation acts for fiscal year 2009, the sums set forth in section 2 are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this act or in those appropriation acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act or in those appropriation acts, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.  These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items. 

SECTION 2.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Group Insurance Commission

1108-5200$30,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Security

8910-0000$32,000,000

SECTION 3. Chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out section 84 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 84.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall, no later than June 30, 2009, transfer the interest earned from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during fiscal year 2009 to the General Fund.  If the interest earned by the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during fiscal year 2009 is less than $91,000,000 then the amount transferred shall be $91,000,000. The comptroller shall take the overall cash flow needs of the commonwealth into consideration in determining the timing of any transfer of funds required by this section.

SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may, on or before June 30, 2009, transfer not more than $461,000,000 to the General Fund from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund.  The comptroller, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance, may take the overall cash flow needs of the commonwealth into consideration in determining the timing of this transfer of funds. The comptroller shall provide a schedule of transfers to the secretary of administration and finance and to the house and senate committees on ways and means.