Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-1013

TRP 1013

MassDOT Salaries for Certain Positions

Messrs. Rush, Eldridge, Cyr, Moore and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

"SECTION __. Section 15 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "expenditures", in line 12, the following words:-

, unless used as the state match to federal funding for transportation projects; provided, however, that the department shall report annually, on or before February 1, to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on transportation, on the following: (i) the amount of capital expenditures used as the state match to federally-eligible capital projects; (ii) the total number of department employee salaries included in capital expenditures, including a breakdown by division of the position titles and accompanying salaries; (iii) the total number of employees of the division of highways assigned to capital projects; (iv) a schedule of transportation capital projects where employee salaries are included in capital expenditures; (v) the status of said projects; (vi) any projected cost savings; and (vii) the impact of including department employee salaries in capital expenditures on the ability of the division of highways to plan, design, construct and complete transportation capital projects.”