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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 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 purposes, which are forthwith to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 and to make certain changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary to carry out those appropriations or to accomplish 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 2009, 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 laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.

SECTION 2.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Group Insurance Commission

1108-5200.. ..................................................................................................................................................... $30,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Security

8910-0000.. ...................................................................................................................................................... $32,000,000

SECTION 3. Chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out section 84 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 84. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall, not later than June 30, 2009, transfer the interest earned from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during fiscal year 2009 to the General Fund. If the interest earned by the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during fiscal year 2009 is less than $91,000,000, then the amount transferred shall be $91,000,000. The comptroller shall take the overall cash flow needs of the commonwealth into consideration in determining the timing of any transfer of funds required by this section.

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may, not later than June 30, 2009, transfer not more than $461,000,000 to the General Fund from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund. The comptroller, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance, shall take the overall cash flow needs of the commonwealth into consideration in determining the timing of any transfer of funds required by this section. The comptroller shall provide a schedule of transfers to the secretary of administration and finance and to the house and senate committees on ways and means..

Approved May 15, 2009