Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-673

EPS 673

Western Mass Public Safety

Mr. Downing moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8910-0110, by striking out the figure “$13,323,440” and inserting in place thereof the figure “14,332,768”, and further, in line 8910-1112 by striking out the figure “$167,352” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$200,000”; and further, in line 8910-0145, by striking out the figure “$17,306,274” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$18,713,393”, and further, in item 8910-0445 by striking out the figure “$300,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$400,000”, and further by inserting after line 8910-0445 the following new item:-

“8910-XXXX: For costs related to department of correction inmates with less than 2 years of their sentence remaining who have been transferred to the Berkshire sheriff’s office; provided, that prior to making any expenditures from this item, the Berkshire sheriff’s office and the department of correction shall enter into an interagency service agreement regarding services for department of correction inmates provided through this item…..$440,254”; and further, in line 8910-0108 by inserting at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Franklin County Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force”, and further in said item by striking out the figure “$14,297,242” and inserting in place thereof the figure “12,745,738”, and further, by inserting after said item the following new item:-

“8910-0188: For the Franklin sheriff's office, which may expend for the operation of the office an amount not to exceed $2,950,000 from revenues received from any state or federal inmate reimbursements; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office 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………………………$2,950,000”