AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.
Whereas , The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to make appropriations and transfers for fiscal year 1998 and to make certain changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate said appropriations or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
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 1998 and for certain other activities and projects in said fiscal year, the sums set forth in section 2A are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise herein or in said appropriation acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified herein or in said appropriation acts, and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. The sums appropriated herein shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of said items.
NO SECTION 2.
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 herein are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise herein, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified herein, and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. The sums appropriated herein shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of said items.
Executive Office for Administration and Finance.
Reserves.
- 1599-2125
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1997 and 1998 costs of salary and
benefit
adjustments and other economic benefits authorized for those employees of the
supreme judicial court, the
appeals court and the trial court who are covered by the collective bargaining
agreement between the trial
court of the commonwealth and the Office and Professional Employees
International Union, Local 6
(AFL-CIO) Professional Unit; provided, that the secretary of administration and
finance is hereby authorized to
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and
allocations
thereof for fiscal year 1999 such amounts as may be necessary to meet the costs
of said adjustments and
benefits where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with a
transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means
- ................................................................$215,490
- 1599-2126
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of salary and benefit adjustments and
other economic benefits authorized for those employees of the supreme judicial court, the appeals court
and the trial court who are covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the trial court of the
commonwealth and the Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 6 (AFL-CIO)
Professional Unit; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance
is hereby authorized to
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and
allocations thereof for fiscal
year 1999 such amounts as may be necessary to meet the costs of said
adjustments and benefits where the
amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance
with a transfer plan which
shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and
means; provided further, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary,
the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
charge to the Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund expenditures from the
accounts which receive transfers from this item in amounts equal to the amounts
of said transfers
- ................................................................$321,300
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund................................................................100.0%
- ................................................................$321,300
- 1599-3866
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1997 and 1998 costs of certain increased
compensation for officers in grade of lieutenant and grades superior thereto in
the department of state
police, including salary adjustments pursuant to the provisions of section 28A of chapter 22C of the
General Laws; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance
is hereby authorized to transfer
from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and
allocations thereof for fiscal year
1999 such amounts as are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts
otherwise available are
insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with transfer plans which shall be
filed in advance with the
house and senate committees on ways and means
- ................................................................$4,239,000
- Highway Fund................................................................88.2%
- Local Aid Fund................................................................9.5%
- General Fund................................................................2.3%
- ................................................................$4,239,000
- 1599-3867
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of certain increased
compensation for
officers in grade of lieutenant and grades superior thereto in the department
of state police, including
salary adjustments pursuant to the provisions of section 28A of chapter 22C
of
the General Laws;
provided, that the secretary of administration and finance
is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum
appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for
fiscal year 1999 such
amounts as are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the
purpose, in accordance with transfer plans which shall be filed in advance with
the house and senate
committees on ways and means; provided further, that notwithstanding the
provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed
to
charge to the Collective
Bargaining Reserve Fund expenditures from the accounts which receive transfers
from this item in
amounts equal to the amounts of said transfers
- ................................................................$3,445,000
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund................................................................100.0%
- ................................................................$3,445,000
- 1599-3868
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1998 costs of salary adjustments
authorized by the
collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the
Service Employees'
International Union, Local 254, AFL-CIO, CLC Clerical-Technical Unit; provided,
that the secretary of
administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum
appropriated herein to other
items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 1999 such
amounts as are necessary to meet
the costs of said adjustments where the amounts otherwise available are
insufficient for the purpose, in
accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on
ways and means
- ................................................................$119,000
- 1599-3870
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 cost of compliance with the
memorandum of
understanding between the commonwealth and the Alliance, AFSCME-SEIU, regarding
additional case
manager positions at the department of mental health and additional service
coordinator positions at the
department of mental retardation; provided, that the secretary of
administration and finance is hereby authorized to
transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and
allocations
thereof for fiscal year 1999 such amounts as are necessary to meet said cost,
in accordance with a transfer
plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on
ways and means
- ................................................................$1,565,844
- 1599-3871
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of certain economic benefits
authorized
by the collective bargaining agreements between the commonwealth and the
National Association of
Government Employees (Units 1, 3 and 6)
- ................................................................$445,000
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund................................................................100.0%
- ................................................................$445,000
- 1599-3876
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1998 costs of salary adjustments and
other economic
benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the
commonwealth and the
Massachusetts Nurses Association (Unit 7) and to meet the fiscal year 1998
costs of salary adjustments
and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal salary adjustments and
benefits to employees
employed in "confidential" positions which otherwise would be covered by said
agreement; provided, that
the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of
administration and finance, shall
determine such salary adjustments and benefits for such "confidential"
employees in accordance with the
provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which
otherwise would cover said
positions; provided further, that said secretary is hereby authorized to
transfer from the sum
appropriated
herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year
1999 such amounts as are
necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise available are
insufficient for the purpose, in
accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on
ways and means; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of
any general or special law
to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to charge to
the Collective Bargaining
Reserve Fund expenditures from the accounts which receive transfers from this
item in amounts equal to
the amounts of said transfers
- ................................................................$6,870,000
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund..............................................100.0%
- ................................................................$6,870,000
- 1599-3877
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of salary adjustments and
other economic
benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the
commonwealth and the
Massachusetts Nurses Association (Unit 7) and to meet the fiscal year 1999
costs of salary adjustments
and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal salary adjustments and
benefits to employees
employed in "confidential" positions which otherwise would be covered
by said agreement; provided, that
the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of
administration and finance, shall
determine such salary adjustments and benefits for such
"confidential" employees in accordance with the
provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which
otherwise would cover said
positions; provided further, that said secretary is hereby authorized to
transfer from the sum
appropriated
herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year
1999 such amounts as are
necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise available are
insufficient for the purpose, in
accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house
and senate committees on
ways and means; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any
general or special law to the
contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to charge to the
Collective Bargaining Reserve
Fund expenditures from the accounts which receive transfers from this item in
amounts equal to the
amounts of said transfers; and provided further, that a total of $115,000 of
the sum appropriated herein
shall be made available to meet the commonwealth's obligations pursuant to
the provisions of section 11
of article 25, and subsection A of section 3 of article 30 of said agreement
and shall not expire until June
30, 2000
- ................................................................$9,920,000
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund..............................................100.0%
- ................................................................$9,920,000
- 1599-7008
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal years 1997 and 1998 costs of salary
adjustments and
other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement
between the commonwealth
and the State Police Association of Massachusetts and to meet the fiscal years
1997 and 1998 costs of
salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal
salary adjustments and benefits
to employees employed in "confidential" positions which otherwise would be
covered by said agreement;
provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary
of administration and
finance, shall determine such salary adjustments and benefits for such
"confidential" employees in
accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in
effect which otherwise
would cover said positions; provided further, that said secretary is hereby
authorized to
transfer from the
sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof
for fiscal year 1999 such
amounts as are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise
available are insufficient for the
purpose, in accordance with transfer plans which shall be filed in advance with
the house and senate
committees on ways and means
- ................................................................$24,777,000
- Highway Fund..............................................88.2% Local Aid Fund..............................................9.5% General Fund..............................................2.3%
- ................................................................$24,777,000
- 1599-7009
-
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of salary adjustments and
other economic
benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the
commonwealth and the State
Police Association of Massachusetts and to meet the fiscal year 1999 costs of
salary adjustments and other
economic benefits necessary to provide equal salary adjustments and benefits to
employees employed in
"confidential" positions which otherwise would be covered by said agreement;
provided, that the personnel
administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and
finance, shall determine such
salary adjustments and benefits for such "confidential" employees in accordance
with the provisions of the
collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover said
positions; provided
further, that said secretary is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum
appropriated herein to
other
items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 1999 such
amounts as are necessary to meet
said costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the
purpose, in accordance with
transfer plans which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate
committees on ways and means;
and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or
special law to the contrary, the
comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to charge to the Collective
Bargaining Reserve Fund
expenditures from the accounts which receive transfers from this item in
amounts equal to the amounts of
said transfers
- ................................................................$19,030,000
- Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund..............................................100.0%
- ................................................................$19,030,000
NO SECTION 2B.
SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 1999 balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 1998, 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 chapter 194 of the acts of 1998; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter 194, 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 said section 2 of said chapter 194; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter 194, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in said section 2 or 2A of this act or in prior appropriation acts. The sums re-appropriated herein shall be in addition to any amounts available for said purposes.
Executive Office for Administration and Finance.
Reserves.
- 1599-2125
- ................................................................$215,490
- 1599-2126
- ................................................................$321,300
- 1599-3866
- ................................................................$4,239,000
- 1599-3867
- ................................................................$3,445,000
- 1599-3868
- ................................................................$119,000
- 1599-3870
- ................................................................$1,565,844
- 1599-3871
- ................................................................$445,000
- 1599-3876
- ................................................................$6,870,000
- 1599-3877
- ................................................................$9,920,000
- 1599-7008
- ................................................................$24,777,000
- 1599-7009
- ................................................................$19,030,000
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect as of June 30, 1998.