Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-150

GOV 150

MCAD Federal Reimbursement Retained Revenue

Messrs. deMacedo, Hedlund, McGee, Brownsberger, Lesser and Welch, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Tarr, Ross, Fattman, Moore and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by striking out item 0940-0101, and inserting in place thereof the following item:- "0940-0101 The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $2,468,911 from federal reimbursements received in fiscal year 2016 and prior fiscal years for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing programs and the equal opportunity resolution contract program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes 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.......$2,468,911.”.