AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are forthwith to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2010 and to make certain changes in law, 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 2010, 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, 2010. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.
SECTION 2.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Department of Housing and Community Development
7004-0101.. .............................................................................................................. $41,862,177
SECTION 2A.
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General
0612-0105.. For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit authorized by section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the state treasurer office shall provide immediate written notification to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the expenditure of the funds appropriated herein......................... $100,000
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the water pollution abatement trust established in section 2 of chapter 29C of the General Laws may establish such terms and conditions for any loan or other form of financial assistance made under said chapter 29C as the board of trustees of the trust shall determine to be in the best interests of the commonwealth and as required to comply with federal law including, without limitation, the interest rate, repayment period, number of payments to be made and amount of principal to be repaid on such loan or other form of financial assistance. The trustees shall exercise the authority conferred by this section only to the extent necessary to comply with federal law.Approved December 18 , 2009.