HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94157 FILED ON: 7/24/2009
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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 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Division of Medical Assistance
4000-0700 $60,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Military Division
8700-0001 $100,000
SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section, 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.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-9003 For a reserve for the implementation of transportation reform $3,039,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Department of State Police
8100-0006 For private police details; provided, that the department may expend up to $19,900,000 in revenues collected from fees charged for private police details and for the costs of administering such details; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may incur, and the comptroller may certify for payment, expenses and liabilities during fiscal year 2009 to be charged to this item in an amount not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system for the purposes stated in this item to accommodate the delayed receipt of revenues authorized to be retained in this item during fiscal year 2009 $900,000
SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2010 balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2009, the unexpended balances of the maintenance appropriations listed below, not to exceed the amount specified below for each item, are hereby re-appropriated for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item in section 2 of the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2009. However, for items which do not appear in section 2 of the general appropriation act, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item in section 2 or 2A of this act or in prior appropriation acts. Amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in section 2 of the general appropriation act; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in section 2 of the general appropriation act, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in section 2 or 2A of this act or in prior appropriation acts. The sums re-appropriated in this section shall be in addition to any amounts available for said purposes.
SHERIFFS
Hampshire Sheriff's Department
8910-0110 $55,000
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General
0699-9100 $500,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1100-1560 $695,887
1599-1031 $2,845,216
1599-2005 $457,732
1599-2008 $450,000
1599-2112 $6,300,000
1599-9003 $3,039,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Division of Banks
7006-0011 $100,000
Department of Telecommunications and Cable
7006-0071 $49,846
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Department of Workforce Development
7003-0701 $17,938,904
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Security
8000-0036 $3,653,055
Department of State Police
8100-0006 $900,000
Department of Public Safety
8315-1020 $185,000
Military Division
8700-0001 $100,000
CCTF Transfer
SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of section 88 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, as amended by section 27 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2009, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Not less than $987,959,145 shall be transferred from the General Fund to the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund and not less than $47,996,382 shall be transferred from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.
Transfer from Stabilization Fund
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance may direct the comptroller to transfer funds from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund to the General Fund in an amount sufficient to ensure that the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds, as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2009 is not less than $10,000,000 in addition to the amount to be disposed under clause (a) of section 5C of chapter 29 of the General Laws. Before making any such transfer, the comptroller shall on or before October 15 notify the secretary in writing of the amount of the consolidated net surplus without making such a transfer.
Amending Effective Date for the RMV deposit into the Head Injured Trust Fund
SECTION 5. Chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by inserting after section 120 the following section:-
Section 120A. Section 44 shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
Secretary of State Transfer to Trust Account
SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in order to meet federal matching fund requirements, the comptroller shall transfer $251,735 from item 0521-0000 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 to trust account 0521-0700.
Transfer to the CA/T Fund
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance, shall not make the transfer established under section 63 of chapter 10 of the General Laws to the General Fund for fiscal year 2009.
Allow MassHealth to Spend into the Accounts Payable Period for the DDS ISA
SECTION 8. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, any unexpended balances, not to exceed a total of $15,000,000, in items 4000-0600 and 4000-0700 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008, shall not revert to the General Fund until September 1, 2009, and may be used by the executive office of health and human services to pay for services provided during fiscal year 2009.
Amortization of F2009 Snow and Ice Deficit
SECTION 9. Notwithstanding section 23 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, section 31D of chapter 44 of the General Laws, or any other special or general law, any city or town may amortize over the 3 fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012, in equal installments or more rapidly, an amount of its fiscal year 2009 snow and ice deficit. The local appropriating authority as defined in section 21C of chapter 59 of the General Laws shall adopt a deficit amortization schedule before the setting of the FY2010 municipal tax rate, consistent with the first sentence of this section. The commissioner of revenue may issue guidelines or instructions for reporting the amortization of deficits authorized by this section.