Amendment #310 to H4100

Retained Revenue

Representatives Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, Fox of Boston, Kocot of Northampton and Swan of Springfield move to amend the bill in section 2, by inserting after item 7003-0900, the following item:

“7003-0901For the department of labor relations which may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $100,000 from fees collected under section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws or section 6 of chapter 150 of the General Laws; provided, that the first $100,000 of such fees collected by the department shall be deposited into the General Fund and any fees collected in excess of $200,000 shall be deposited into the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system…….$100,000