AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006 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 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and to make certain changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate these 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 2006, the sums set forth in section 2 are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this act or in those appropriation acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act or in those appropriation acts, and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of these items.
SECTION 2.
JUDICIARY
Supreme Judicial Court
0321-0001 .............................................................................................................................. $14,600
Trial Court
0330-0300 .............................................................................................................................. $5,934,801
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Worcester District Attorney
0340-0400 .............................................................................................................................. $200,000
Hampden District Attorney
0340-0500 .............................................................................................................................. $120,000
Hampshire/Franklin District Attorney
0340-0601 .............................................................................................................................. $42,908
Berkshire District Attorney
0340-1101 ............................................................ $60,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Bureau of State Office Buildings
1102-3302 .............................................................................................................................. $1,997,785
Department of Revenue
1232-0100 .............................................................................................................................. $12,000,000
Reserves
1599-1971 .............................................................................................................................. $11,605,137
1599-3384 .............................................................................................................................. $6,500,000
Human Resources Division
1750-0300 .............................................................................................................................. $500,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Department of Conservation and Recreation
2820-9005 .............................................................................................................................. $649,563
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Veterans' Services
1410-0300 .............................................................................................................................. $1,541,151
Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts
4180-0100 .............................................................................................................................. $183,000
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke
4190-0100 .............................................................................................................................. $103,000
Department of Transitional Assistance
4405-2000 .............................................................................................................................. $4,401,104
Department of Public Health
4516-1000 .............................................................................................................................. $281,962
4590-0915 .............................................................................................................................. $3,090,296
Department of Mental Health
5095-0015 .............................................................................................................................. $2,169,941
Department of Mental Retardation
5920-2010 .............................................................................................................................. $706,500
5930-1000 .............................................................................................................................. $3,036,101
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION
Highway Department
6010-0001 ......................................................... $2,423,382
6030-7201 ........................................................ $11,430,724
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Department of State Police
8100-0007 ......................................................... $2,000,000
Registry of Motor Vehicles
8400-0001 ......................................................... $2,224,862
Military Division
8700-0001 ......................................................... $1,779,284
Department of Corrections
8900-0001 ......................................................... $6,550,000
8900-0010 ......................................................... ..$439,430
County Corrections
8910-0000 ......................................................... $2,000,000
SHERIFFS
8910-0102 ......................................................... $1,500,000
8910-0107 ......................................................... $2,148,858
8910-0108 ........................................................... $984,967
8910-0145 ........................................................... $287,535
Department of Elder Affairs
9110-1455 ......................................................... $3,781,967
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 in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of these items.
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General
0611-1010 For the cost of life insurance premiums for National Guard members pursuant to section 6 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005..................................................... $1,170,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary for Administration and Finance
1599-4080 For a reserve to meet the costs in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 of salary increases, benefit adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized for employees of the supreme judicial court, the appeals court and the trial court that are covered by the collective bargaining agreements between the trial court of the commonwealth and the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), Local 5000 covering all probation officers, associate probation officers, court officers and associate court officers, including all court officers in the Middlesex superior and Suffolk superior court officers’ bargaining units; provided, that the secretary may make allocations from this item to meet the costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits to personnel of the trial court employed in confidential, so-called, positions who would otherwise be covered by collective-bargaining agreements in effect for fiscal year 2005; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 such 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........................................ $11,561,863
1599-4093 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Society of Professors/Faculty Staff Union/MTA/NEA at the Amherst and Boston campuses, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, 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 the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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............... $5,361,732
1599-4094 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888 at the Boston campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover said positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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................................. $514,035
1599-4095 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the University Staff Association/Massachusetts Teachers Association/NEA at the Amherst campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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.................. $798,859
1599-4096 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1895, Faculty Federation at the Dartmouth campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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................... $1,255,384
1599-4097 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Society of Professors/Lowell, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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....................................................................................... $1,509,817
1599-4098 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Graduate Employee Organization, Local 2322/UAW at the Amherst campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005 and 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 such amounts as are necessary to meet the 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.................................. $975,740
1599-4160 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Barnstable county sheriff and the National Association of Government Employees, Administrative Office Workers, Local 220, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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................................................................ $11,222
1599-4161 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Barnstable county sheriff and the National Association of Government Employees, Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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................................... $11,721
1599-4162 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Bristol County Sheriff's Office and the National Association of Government Employees, Local RI-163, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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.............................................................. $53,515
1599-4163 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Bristol county sheriff and the National Association of Government Employees, Local RI-147, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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........................................................................................ $30,980
1599-4164 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Bristol County Sheriff's Office and the International Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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........................................................................... $24,871
1599-4165 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Berkshire sheriff's department and the International Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, Local RI-297, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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 ...............................................................$416,571
1599-4166 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Hampden sheriff's department and the Non-Uniformed Correctional Association, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 amounts necessary to meet the 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 ....................................................................................$120,000
1599-4167 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Norfolk county sheriff and the National Association of Government Employees, Local RI-202, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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................................... $290,608
1599-4168 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Barnstable county sheriff and the International Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, Local 217, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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.................................................... $67,957
1599-4169 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Massachusetts state lottery commission and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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 .................................................$2,113,345
1599-4170 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005, 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888 at the Lowell campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005, 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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 .................................$143,051
1599-4171 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2005, 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888, National Association of Government Employees, at the Lowell campus, and to meet the fiscal year 2005, 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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 .........................................................................................................................................$339,034
1599-4172 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the January 2006 memorandum of agreement between the commonwealth and the Alliance, AFSCME-SEIU, AFL-CIO, Unit 2; provided, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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 ..............................................$4,150,000
1599-4173 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Plymouth county sheriff and the Association of County Employees, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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 .............................................................................$1,123,032
1599-4174 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Plymouth county sheriff and the Massachusetts Correctional Officers Federated Union, Emergency Communications Center Unit, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine such adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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. $33,193
1599-4175 .... For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Plymouth county sheriff and the Massachusetts Correctional Officers Federated Union, Bureau of Criminal Investigations Unit, and to meet the fiscal year 2006 and 2007 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal adjustments and benefits to employees employed in confidential positions, so called, which otherwise would be covered by the agreement; provided, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine the adjustments and benefits for the confidential employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which otherwise would cover the positions; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 amounts necessary to meet the 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.................................. $44,090
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Department of State Police
8100-0022 .... For overtime costs related to the state police presence in Springfield.......................................... $500,000
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
8800-0400 .... For a state match to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Disaster Declaration 1614 and Emergency Declaration 3264, related to the October 2005 flooding........................ $2,012,500
SECTION 2B. To provide for supplementing certain intragovernmental chargeback authorizations in the general appropriation act and other appropriation acts for fiscal year 2006, to provide for certain unanticipated intragovernmental chargeback authorizations, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current intragovernmental chargeback authorizations, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby authorized from the Intragovernmental Service Fund for the several purposes specified in this act or in those appropriation acts, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously authorized and made available for the purposes of these items.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION
Highway Department
6030-7501 ............................................................................................................................... $400,000
SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2007 balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2006, 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 the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2007; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 of the general appropriation act, 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 general appropriation act; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 of the general appropriation act, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in 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 those purposes.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-4052 ............................................................................................................................. $40,000
1599-4054 ............................................................................................................................. $20,000
1599-4059 ............................................................................................................................. $20,000
1599-4167 ............................................................................................................................. $290,608
1599-4168 ............................................................................................................................. $67,957
1599-4169 ............................................................................................................................. $2,113,345
1599-4170 ............................................................................................................................. $143,051
1599-4171 ............................................................................................................................. $339,034
1599-4172 ............................................................................................................................. $4,150,000
1599-4173 ............................................................................................................................. $1,123,032
1599-4174 ............................................................................................................................. $33,193
1599-4175 ............................................................................................................................. $44,090
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
7003-0701 ............................................................................................................................. $20,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Department of State Police
8100-0515 ............................................................................................................................. $1,800,000
SECTION 2D. The amounts set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Federal Grants Fund. Federal funds received in excess of the amount appropriated in this section shall be expended only in accordance with section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Sheriffs
8910-1118 .... For the purposes of a federally funded grant, entitled BJA Congressionally Mandated Award.............................................................. $98,664
SECTION 3. Clause (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of section 9 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, added by chapter 55 of the acts of 2006, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “section 22” the following words:-but, in a regional retirement system, the “chief executive officer and legislative body” shall mean the regional retirement board advisory council,.
SECTION 4. Section 6 of chapter 119A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 85, the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 10.
SECTION 5. Section 1A of chapter 188 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 28, the figure “$300,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $500,000.
SECTION 6. Section 3 of chapter 192 of the acts of 1994, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 3 of the acts of 2005, is hereby further amended by striking out the seventh and eighth sentences and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Each member of the general court shall be entitled to be paid for his compensation for each such session on a bi-weekly basis.
SECTION 7. Section 2 of chapter 45 of the acts of 2005 is hereby amended by striking out item 1102-3205 and inserting in place thereof the following item:—
1102-3205 .... The division may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center an amount not to exceed $6,520,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of the center; but, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division 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 therefore as reported in the state accounting system. .................................................................. .........$6,520,000
SECTION 8. Said section 2 of said chapter 45 is hereby further amended by striking out item 8100-0006 and inserting in place thereof the following:—
8100-0006 .... For private police details; provided, that the department may expend up to $17,500,000 in revenues collected from fees charged for private police details and for the costs of administering such details; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may incur, and the comptroller may certify for payment, expenses and liabilities during fiscal year 2006 to be charged to this item in an amount not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system for the purposes stated in this item to accommodate the delayed receipt of revenues authorized to be retained in this item during fiscal year 2006................................... $17,500,000
SECTION 9. The last sentence of section 12 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005 is hereby amended by striking out the words "April 1, 2006" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- May 15, 2006.
SECTION 10. The first sentence of the third paragraph of chapter 1 of the resolves of 2006 is hereby amended by striking out the words “June 30, 2006” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- October 30, 2006.
SECTION 11. Section 119 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The transfers shall not begin before July 1, 2006, and shall be completed on or before June 30, 2007.
SECTION 12. Section 120 of said chapter 58 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-The transfers shall not begin before October 1, 2006, and shall be completed on or before June 30, 2007.
SECTION 13. Notwithstanding subsection (nn) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the per pupil capital needs component of the commonwealth charter school tuition rate for fiscal year 2006 shall be $776.
SECTION 14. Section 4 shall take effect as of December 8, 2005.
SECTION 15. Section 5 shall take effect as of October 26, 2004.
SECTION 16. Section 6 shall take effect as of January 4, 2006.
Approved April 14, 2006.