AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2011 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 2011 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 2011, 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, 2011. 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
Office of the secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-3234............................................................................................. $337
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Department of Early Education and Care
3000-4050............................................................................................. $10,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Sheriffs
8910-0619............................................................................................. $2,867,678
8910-8200............................................................................................... $1,819,857
8910-8300.................................... .......................................................... $1,316,539
8910-8400............................................................................................... $47,500
8910-8600............................................................................................... $1,027,000
8910-8700............................................................................................... $3,700,000
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 section, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
0521-0012 For reimbursements to municipalities for costs associated with the special primary and the special election to fill the house of representatives’ seat for the sixth Worcester district; provided, that the state secretary shall only reimburse the municipalities for costs that have previously been certified by the division of local mandates within the office of the state auditor; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall be made available in fiscal year 2012 ..........................................................$37,628
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-1705 For a reserve for costs incurred in response to the June 1, 2011 storms; provided, that the comptroller shall transfer funds made available in this item to other departments for this purpose upon the written request of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be offset by federal reimbursements to the extent available; and provided further, that funds made available in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012................................... $15,000,000
1599-4234 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Commonwealth and the Massachusetts Correction Officer Federated Union, Unit 4; provided, that funding in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012..................................................... $2,611,856
1599-4253 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and the New England Police Benevolent Association, Bargaining Unit 4A; provided, that funding in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012......................................................................... $272,025
1599-4342 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Essex county sheriff’s department and the Essex County Correctional Officers Association............................................ $21,578
1599-4370 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and Local S-28, International Association of Fire Fighters; provided, that any unexpended funds from this item shall not revert and shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012............................................................................ $436,000
1599-4426 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Massachusetts and the Amherst Council 93 Local 1776, AFL-CIO................................................................. $54,114
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
4000-0005 For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the programs shall be targeted at reducing youth violence among young persons at highest risk for being perpetrators or victims of gun violence; and provided further, that these funds shall be available to those municipalities with the highest number of youth homicides and serious assaults as determined by the executive office of health and human services...................................................... $10,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Department of Housing and Community Development
7004-0108 For initial and start-up expenses incident to the establishment of a program of short-term housing assistance; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, such purposes may include, but shall not be limited to, expenses necessary or useful in procuring housing units for such a program that will be available for the use of families determined to be eligible for such short-term housing assistance pursuant to such regulations as the department may adopt in accordance with laws relative to the operation of such a short-term housing assistance; provided further, that the housing units procured through this item shall not be entered into or used by such families before July 1, 2011; provided further, that any housing units procured through this item shall be rented pursuant to a lease term of at least 12 months, which lease shall include a provision authorizing the lease to be assigned to the head of household of a family determined to be eligible for such short-term housing assistance without further liability as a tenant on the part of the department or any agency funded by the department through this item; provided further, that the department shall distribute such funding for short-term housing assistance initial and start-up costs through the following agencies: Berkshire Housing Development Corporation, Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc., Community Teamwork, Inc., Housing Assistance Corporation, Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, HAP, INC., Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc., South Shore Housing Development Corporation and RCAP Solutions; provided further, that such sum shall include any administrative expenses necessary or useful for procuring and operating such housing units until they are ready for use by eligible families; and provided further, that funding in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012................................................................................ $1,200,000
SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2012 balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2011, 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 131 of the acts of 2010; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter 131, 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 131; provided, however, that for items that do not appear in said section 2 of said chapter 131, 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 in this section shall be in addition to any amounts previously made available for these purposes.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
4000-0005................................................................................... $10,000,000
SECTION 2C.II. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2012 balances of retained revenue and intragovernmental chargeback authorizations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2011, the unexpended balances of the authorizations listed below, not to exceed the amount specified below for each item, are hereby re-authorized for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item in section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in section 2 or 2B of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010, the amounts in this section are re-authorized for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item in section 2, 2A or 2B or in prior appropriation acts. Amounts in this section are re-authorized from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in section 2 or 2B of said chapter 131; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 or 2B of said chapter 131, the amounts in this section are re-authorized from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in section 2, 2A or 2B or in prior appropriation acts. The sums re-authorized in this section shall be in addition to any amounts previously made available for those purposes.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Human Resources Division
1750-0102.. .............................................................................. $127,000
SECTION 3. Section 8 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, is hereby further amended by striking out clause (9) as amended by section 33 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2010, and inserting in place thereof the following 2 clauses:-
(9) For emergency appropriations that are approved by the director, not more than 2 years as determined by the director; provided, however that for the purposes of this clause, “emergency” shall mean a sudden, unavoidable event or series of events which could not reasonably have been foreseen or anticipated at the time of submission of the annual budget for approval; provided further, that emergency shall not include the funding of collective bargaining agreements or items that were previously disapproved by the appropriating authority for the fiscal year in which the borrowing is sought; and provided further, that for the purposes of this clause, debt may be authorized by the treasurer of the city, town or district, with the approval of the chief executive officer in a city or town, or the prudential committee, if any, or by the commissioners in a district.
(9A) For emergency appropriations approved by a majority of the members of the municipal finance oversight board, up to the period fixed by law for such debt as determined by the board; provided, however, that this clause shall apply only to appropriations for capital purposes including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction or repair of any public building, work, improvement or asset and upon a demonstration by the city, town or district that the process for authorizing debt in the manner otherwise provided by law imposes an undue hardship in its ability to respond to the emergency; provided further, that for purposes of this clause, “emergency” shall mean a sudden, unavoidable event or series of events which could not reasonably have been foreseen or anticipated at the time of submission of the annual budget for approval; and provided further, that for the purposes of this clause, debt may be authorized by the treasurer of the city, town or district, with the approval of the chief executive officer in a city or town, or the prudential committee, if any, or by the commissioners in a district.
SECTION 4. The last paragraph of section 22 of chapter 61 of the acts of 2009 is hereby amended by striking out the words “June 30, 2011”, inserted by section 24 of chapter 409 of the acts of 2010, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- January 2, 2012.
SECTION 5. Item 8910-8310 of section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010 is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$8,000,000", inserted by section 25 of said chapter 409, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $9,495,000.
SECTION 6. Item 8910-8810 of said section 2 of said chapter 131 is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$8,000,000" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $10,000,000.
SECTION 7. Item 1750-0102 of section 3A of chapter 359 of the acts of 2010 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$2,031,977” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $2,159,000.
SECTION 7A. Item 0521-0004 of section 2A of chapter 9 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$51,183” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $25,000.
SECTION 8. Item 1599-2004 of section 2A of chapter 9 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2012.
SECTION 9. Said section 2A of said chapter 9 is hereby further amended by striking out item 1599-4326 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-
1599-4326 For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2011 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Norfolk county sheriff’s department and CCOA Local 295......................................... $37,158.
SECTION 10. Section 2 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by striking out the item number “1599-5973” and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 1599-1973.
SECTION 11. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, any unexpended balances, not exceeding a total of $15,000,000, in items 4000-0600 and 4000-0700 of section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010, shall not revert to the General Fund until September 1, 2011, and may be expended by the executive office of health and human services to pay for services provided during fiscal year 2011.
SECTION 12. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services, with the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, may authorize transfers of surplus among items 4000-0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0640, 4000-0700, 4000-0870, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0890, 4000-0895, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400, 4000-1405 and 4000-1420 of section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010 for the purpose of reducing any deficiency in these items, but any such transfer shall be made not later than June 30, 2011.
SECTION 13. Notwithstanding sections 2A and 38 of chapter 59 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of assessors of a city or town in which real property was damaged or destroyed by tornado activity on June 1, 2011 and notwithstanding that the city or town has not accepted the third sentence of subsection (a) of said section 2A of said chapter 59, shall determine the condition of that property as of June 30, 2011 and shall use that condition to determine the assessed valuation of the property for purposes of assessing taxes as of January 1, 2011, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2011. This section shall take effect in a city or town upon its acceptance by the local appropriating authority as defined in section 21C of said chapter 59.
SECTION 14. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the unexpended balances of all capital accounts which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2011, but which are necessary to fund obligations during fiscal year 2012, are hereby re-authorized; but this re-authorization shall terminate upon enactment of a capital account extension law.
Approved, June 21, 2011.