AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 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 2012 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 2012, 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, 2012. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.
SECTION 2.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Worcester District Attorney
Governor reduced the following item (for message see H.4385)
0340-0400............................................................ $319,972 $200,00
Berkshire District Attorney
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
0340-1100............................................................. $96,895
TRANSPORTATION
Department of Transportation
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
1595-6368.. ......................................................... $100,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-0026.. .......................................................... $50,000
1599-2013.. ....................................................... $1,100,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Department of Conservation and Recreation
2800-0700.......................................................... $1,100,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
4000-0700.. ...................................................... $11,042,350
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
4110-3010.. ......................................................... $300,000
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
Department of Public Health
4590-0250.. ......................................................... $200,000
Department of Children and Families
4800-0041.. ....................................................... $1,400,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Department of Housing and Community Development
7004-0099............................................................. $20,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Military Division
8700-0001.. ......................................................... $300,000
Essex Sheriff’s Office
8910-0619.. ......................................................... $375,000
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, 2012. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1599-4420.. For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2012 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Higher Education and the Massachusetts Teachers Association/National Education Association Associated Professional Administrators (Unit APA)................... $451,853
1599-6263.. For a reserve for the purposes of eradication and control of mosquitoes to prevent the spread of eastern equine encephalitis; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall report on the expenditures from this account including, but not limited to, the amount spent from this account during the fiscal year, the communities where spraying occurred and the amount spent per community............ $2,000,000
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
1599-1366.. For services and costs associated with the repairs of Mill Pond Dam in Rockport associated with damage sustained through federally declared storm 1642............................................... $350,000
1599-1710.. For a reserve for the state share of costs to certain municipalities relating to the October 2011 snowstorm; provided, that the comptroller shall transfer funds made available in this item to municipalities for this purpose upon the written request of the secretary of administration and finance............................................ $8,422,689
1599-1711.. For a reserve for the state share of costs to certain municipalities relating to Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011; provided, that the comptroller shall transfer funds made available in this item to municipalities for this purpose upon the written request of the secretary of administration and finance................ $7,088,256
1599-4380.. For a reserve to support information technology requirements and improve information technology infrastructure at state agencies and departments; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the chief information officer of the commonwealth, may transfer amounts from this account to items 1100-1700, 2000-1700, 4000-1700, and 8000-1700................................... $10,000,000
7002-0035.. For a reserve to support the commonwealth's defense sector initiatives......................................................... $350,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Department of Public Safety
8315-1023.. The department of public safety may expend an amount not to exceed $250,000 for the purposes of addressing compliance with sections 53 and 84 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, especially compliance with hoisting, pipefitting, refrigeration, and sprinkler fitter laws; provided, that funds shall be expended solely for hiring additional engineering inspector or engineers pursuant to this item; and provided further, the department of public safety shall grant or deny permit applications and authorize related inspections related to permit requests to perform pipefitting in buildings owned, used, or leased by the commonwealth pursuant to section 21 of chapter 142 of the General Laws..................................................... $250,000
SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2013 balances of appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2012, 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 2012. However, for items which do not appear in 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 section 2 of the general appropriation act; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in 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 in this section shall be in addition to any amounts available for said purposes.
JUDICIARY
Committee for Public Counsel Services
0321-1500.......................................................... $5,000,000
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Worcester District Attorney
Governor reduced the following item (for message see H.4385)
0340-0400............................................................ $319,972 $200,00
Berkshire District Attorney
0340-1100............................................................. $96,895
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General
0612-0105............................................................ $200,000
STATE AUDITOR
Office of the State Auditor
0710-0000............................................................ $568,639
INSPECTOR GENERAL
Office of the Inspector General
0910-0200.. ......................................................... $625,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
1100-1560............................................................ $440,692
1106-0064............................................................ $100,000
1599-0024............................................................ $110,000
1599-0026............................................................. $50,000
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
1599-1366.. ......................................................... $350,000
1599-1710.. ....................................................... $8,422,689
1599-1711.. ....................................................... $7,088,256
1599-2004.. ....................................................... $1,654,509
1599-4380......................................................... $10,000,000
1599-4420............................................................ $451,853
1599-6263.......................................................... $2,000,000
TRANSPORTATION
Department of Transportation
1595-6368............................................................ $100,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
2800-0700.......................................................... $1,100,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
4000-0114.......................................................... $1,000,000
4000-0300............................................................ $920,000
4000-0700......................................................... $11,042,350
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
4110-3010............................................................ $300,000
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
Department of Public Health
4590-0250............................................................ $200,000
Department of Children and Families
4800-0041.......................................................... $1,400,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Department of Housing and Community Development
7002-0035............................................................ $350,000
7004-0099............................................................. $20,000
Division of Professional Licensure
7006-0151............................................................ $376,604
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Department of Public Safety
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
8315-1023............................................................ $250,000
Military Division
8700-0001............................................................ $400,000
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office
Governor dissapproved of the following item (for message see H.4385)
8910-0107.......................................................... $1,500,000
Essex Sheriff’s Office
8910-0619............................................................ $375,000
Parole Board
8950-0001............................................................ $150,000
SECTION 3. Clause (1) of subsection (c) of section 98 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 17 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2012, is hereby amended by adding the following words:- , but any such regulations or guidelines shall not apply to the commonwealth.
SECTION 4. Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 16G the following section:-
Section 16H. (a) There shall be a Housing and Economic Development Trust to be administered by the secretary of housing and economic development. Monies in the trust shall be deposited with the state treasurer in a manner that will secure the highest interest rate available consistent with the safety of the trust and with the requirement that all amounts on deposit be available for immediate use.
(b) The secretary shall appoint the fund’s trustee, who shall serve until a successor is appointed.
(c) There shall be credited to the trust:
(1) grants, bequests, gifts or contributions of cash or securities, or contributions of services or property in kind from any persons or other governmental, nongovernmental, quasi-governmental or local governmental entities made for the purpose of supporting the executive office of housing and economic development as set forth in subsection (d); and
(2) all interest earned on monies in the trust.
(d) Expenditures from the trust shall not be subject to appropriation and balances remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. Expenditures from the trust shall be made only for the following purposes:
(1) operating costs of the executive office of housing and community development, including the divisions and programs within the executive office;
(2) operating costs of the Massachusetts marketing partnership and the offices within the partnership, including the Massachusetts international trade office, the commonwealth marketing office, the office of travel and tourism, the Massachusetts film office and the Massachusetts sports partnership; and the Massachusetts office of business development, including the divisions and programs within that office; and
(3) costs associated with housing and economic development programs, grants and initiatives of the secretary.
(e) Funds deposited and expended from the trust shall not be assessed any indirect costs.
(f) For the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the trust's receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the trust may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify payments from the trust in anticipation of trust receipts based on estimated receipts as certified by the trustee. The trustee shall insure that no expenditures from the trust shall cause the trust to be in deficiency at the close of a fiscal year.
SECTION 4A. Section 16H of chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Section 5I of chapter 18 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 161 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
(d) the department shall submit semi-annual reports detailing enforcement and violations of the section. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the number of alleged violations reported, the number of alleged violations investigated, the number of violations found, the amount received for reimbursements for purchases made in violation of this section, the number of 2 month disqualifications, the number of permanent disqualification notices, hearings, and permanent disqualifications, and further specify actions taken to improve the implementation of this section and limit the number of eligible recipients who knowingly make a prohibited purchase in violation of this section. The reports shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, with the first report to be filed not later than March 15, 2013.
SECTION 6. Chapter 20 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 32. There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth an Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund, consisting of: (i) fee revenues from apiary inspections under sections 32 and 35 of chapter 128, poultry inspections under section 124 of chapter 94, registration of animal rescue and shelter operations under section 39A of chapter 129 and registration of pesticide companies; (ii) interest or investment earnings on such monies; and (iii) all other monies credited or transferred to the fund by law.
The commissioner shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend monies in the fund without further appropriation for programs and costs related to the following: (1) sections 32 to 38, inclusive, and sections 64 and 65 inclusive of chapter 128; (2) the integrated pest management program established in chapter 132B and in chapter 85 of the acts of 2000; (3) spay and neuter programs and animal rescue and shelter programs established under section 139A of chapter 140; (4) poultry testing programs established in 330 CMR 5.00 seq; and (5) the Agricultural Innovation Center.
Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, not to exceed $200,000, shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.
SECTION 7. Section 2O of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 112 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2012, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The provisions of this section relating to bonds shall also be applicable to the issuance of notes insofar as such provisions may be appropriate for such notes.
SECTION 8. The first paragraph of section 5G of said chapter 29, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- If the department of revenue certifies that the amount of tax revenues estimated to have been collected from capital gains income exceeds $1,000,000,000 in a fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer quarterly any such amount that exceeds $1,000,000,000 collected during that fiscal year to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund established in section 2H. The $1,000,000,000 threshold established in the preceding sentence shall be adjusted annually to reflect the average annual rate of growth in United States gross domestic product over the preceding 5 years based on the most recently available data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.
SECTION 9. Said section 12A of said chapter 29, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
In order to make timely state supplementary payments, the comptroller may present in the comptroller’s certificate to the governor’s council, and the state treasurer, with the consent of the council, may transfer to the United States Treasury or the entity administering the program of state supplementary payments, before July 1, funds necessary to make July payments to commonwealth benefit recipients.
SECTION 10. The second paragraph of section 60A of said chapter 29, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- For each subsequent fiscal year, the limit shall be the product of the limit established for the previous fiscal year and 1.05.
SECTION 11. The third paragraph of section 36 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as amended by section 67 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011, is hereby further amended by inserting after the fifth sentence the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and any contrary provision of section 27, where the commissioner and the taxpayer have agreed to extend the period for assessment of a tax pursuant to section 27, the amount of any refund or credit, whether determined by the commissioner to be an overpayment pursuant to section 27 or claimed by the taxpayer pursuant to a timely filed application for abatement, shall not exceed the amount of the tax paid after the execution of the agreement and before the expiration of the agreed extension period or periods plus the amount of the tax paid which would otherwise be eligible for refund under this section if an application for abatement had been filed on the date the agreement was first executed.
SECTION 12. The third paragraph of section 2 of chapter 111N of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause (5), as amended by section 111 of said chapter 139 of the acts of 2012, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(5) payment for reasonable expenses necessary for technical training on the use of a medical device.
SECTION 13. Section 81 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Pipefitting” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
“Pipefitting”, the installation, repair, replacement, maintenance or alteration of any apparatus for piping appliances, devices or accessories for heating systems having a rating greater than 700,000 British Thermal Units, including apparatus and piping for the general use of conveyance of steam and associated pumping equipment, vacuum and pneumatic systems, oil and petroleum products, ice making machinery, air conditioning equipment, piping systems used for the conveyance and storage of Category M liquids, as defined in ASME B31.3 Process Piping manual and high pressure systems over 150 pound-force per square inch gauge or hazardous industrial type gases used in processes, biopharma or semi-conductor manufacturing, but excluding sheet metal work, refrigeration systems, boilers and plumbing as defined under the rules and regulations of the board of state examiners of plumbers promulgated under sections 4 and 13 of chapter 142.
SECTION 14. Section 89 of said chapter 146, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 paragraphs:-
Whoever prevents, or attempts to prevent, an inspector from entering any premises in the discharge of the inspector’s duty shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $3,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Any person who permits an unlicensed person to engage in pipefitting, as defined in section 81, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $3,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 15. The last paragraph of section 22 of chapter 61 of the acts of 2009 is hereby amended by striking out the words “April 30, 2012”, inserted by section 22 of chapter 36 of the acts of 2012, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- October 31, 2012.
SECTION 16. Item 1599-1705 of section 2A of chapter 52 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words:- ; and provided further, that funds made available in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2013.
SECTION 17. Item 0699-0015 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by striking out the words “from this item to items 0699-9100, 0699-2004, and 0699-0016” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- from this item to items 0699-9100, 0699-2004, 0699-0016 and 0699-9101.
SECTION 18. Said section 2 of said chapter 68 is hereby further amended by striking out item number “7003-0702” and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 7003-1206.
SECTION 19. Item 1750-0601 of section 2B of said chapter 68 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert and shall be made available for expenditure until June 30, 2013.
SECTION 20. Item 1790-0200 of said section 2B of said chapter 68 is hereby amended by striking out the words “in an amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the amount authorized”.
SECTION 21. Subsection (a) of chapter 87 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The department of public health, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services, shall adopt regulations for the statewide licensure of adult day health programs.
SECTION 22. Section 87 of chapter 142 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- Funds made available for this fund shall be used only for offsetting the incremental General Fund costs from the increased amount of the state low income housing tax credit under sections 11, 12, 15 and 16 of this act. By June 30 of each fiscal year during which this fund is effective, the commissioner shall determine these projected incremental costs within the fiscal year and request that the comptroller transfer funding from the fund to the General Fund in an amount not to exceed the projected costs, but no such transfer shall be made without the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance.
SECTION 23. Said chapter 142 is hereby further amended by striking out section 94 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 94. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Substance Abuse Services Fund. The commissioner of public health shall serve as the fund’s trustee. Funds in the fund shall be used to expand inpatient treatment facilities and ongoing case management for individuals civilly committed under section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws. Prior the end of fiscal year 2012, the comptroller shall transfer $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Substance Abuse Services Fund. Upon the submission of a spending plan for this fund to the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house and senate, the commissioner may make expenditures from the fund for the purpose of expanding inpatient treatment facilities and ongoing case management. In developing the spending plan, the commissioner shall hold at least 1 public hearing and shall consult with the commissioner of mental health, the court administrator of the trial court, a representative of the Massachusetts Medical Society, a representative of the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery and a representative of the Association for Behavioral Healthcare. The commissioner shall submit a draft spending plan to the house and senate committee on ways and means 45 days prior to the submission of the final plan. This fund shall be in effect until June 30, 2013.
SECTION 24. Section 58 of chapter 176 of the acts of 2011, as amended by section 44 of chapter 36 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The commission shall consist of 13 members: 1 of whom shall be the secretary of administration and finance, or the secretary’s designee; 1 of whom shall be the treasurer, or the treasurer’s designee; 1 of whom shall be the executive director of the group insurance commission, or the director’s designee; 3 of whom shall be private citizens, appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall serve as co-chairs of the commission, provided that 1 shall not be a member of any of the 105 contributory retirement systems; 2 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; 2 of whom shall be members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; 1 of whom shall be selected by the governor from a list of 3 candidates submitted by the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Municipal Association; and 1 of whom shall be a member of the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts.
SECTION 25. Section 2A of chapter 36 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by striking out item number “4100-0062” and inserting in place thereof the following item number:- 4100-0082.
SECTION 26. Section 8 of chapter 106 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Revenues retained in this section shall be available for expenditure until June 30, 2013.
SECTION 27. Said chapter 106 is hereby further amended by striking out section 10 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 10. Section 8 shall take effect as of July 1, 2011, and shall expire on August 1, 2012.
SECTION 28. Item 1599-2013 in section 2C.I of chapter 118 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “617,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $1,747,000.
SECTION 29. Item 1595-1067 of section 2E of said chapter 118 is hereby amended by striking out the words “and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $44,853,333 from the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Fund to the Cambridge Public Health Commission for fiscal year 2012 only after the Cambridge Public Health Commission transfers up to $22,426,667 of its funds to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the nonfederal share of such payment” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $44,853,333 from the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Fund to the Cambridge Public Health Commission for fiscal year 2012 only after the Cambridge Public Health Commission transfers up to $22,426,667 of its funds to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the nonfederal share of such payment; and provided further, that upon certification from the secretary of administration and finance the comptroller shall credit up to $11,213,334 in transfers made by the Cambridge Public Health Commission received after June 30, 2012, toward fiscal year 2012 revenue receipts.
SECTION 30. Item 0321-1510 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for services rendered in fiscal year 2012 until all funds are depleted from items 0321-1500 and 0321-1510 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011.
SECTION 31. Item 1599-0026 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended to reimburse municipalities for tuition and transportation costs under section 7C of chapter 74 of the General Laws; and provided further, that any reimbursements for tuition under the preceding proviso shall be in addition to allowable federal grants used to cover reimbursement costs and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education for expenditure in fiscal year 2013.
Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment (for message see H.4386)
SECTION 32. Item 2200-0100 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided further, no later than September 1, 2012 the department shall file a report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate relative to water quality at all beaches under the care and control of the department of conservation and recreation; and provided further, said report shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of water quality at all department of conservation and recreation beaches, actions to be taken by the department to improve water quality levels and recommendations for actions to be undertaken by federal, state, local authorities as may be required to improve water quality at said beaches.
Governor dissapproved of the following section (for message see H.4385)
SECTION 33. Item 2800-0700 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for repairs to the Upper Bondsville Dam in the town of Belchertown; and provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for repairs to the Town Brook Dam in the town of Plymouth.
SECTION 34. Item 4000-0300 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient services at pediatric specialty units as defined in section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment, if necessary, sufficient to assure that inpatient SPAD and outlier payments for discharges with a case mix acuity equal to or greater than 5 shall be at least equal to 85 per cent of the expenses incurred in providing services to those children.
SECTION 35. Item 4100-0082 of section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out, in both instances, the figure “$2,000,000” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $6,000,000.
Governor dissapproved of the following section (for message see H.4385)
SECTION 36. Item 4110-3010 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “45,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 345,000.
SECTION 37. Item 4590-1507 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “and provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $800,000 each to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs and the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, which shall be distributed equally between the respective recipients’ member organizations” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $800,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs and $725,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, which shall be distributed equally between the respective recipients’ member organizations; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be awarded to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs for the alliance to support the expansion of existing YMCAs to communities not currently served by a YMCA.
SECTION 38. Item 7066-0111 of said section 2 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “to be selected by the special commission on higher education financing”.
SECTION 39. Item 1595-1068 of section 2E of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$394,025,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $566,306,556.
Governor dissapproved of the following section (for message see H.4385)
SECTION 40. Item 1595-6368 of section 2E of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “amount transferred in fiscal year 2012;” the following words:- provided further, that $100,000 be expended for the purpose of providing administrative assistance to the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee;.
SECTION 41. Said chapter 139 is hereby further amended by striking out section 154 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 154. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall dispose of the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds for fiscal year 2012 in the following order of precedence: (i) make available to be used as revenue for fiscal year 2013 an amount equal to .5 per cent of the total revenue from taxes in fiscal year 2012; (ii) transfer $15,000,000 to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund established by section 6 of chapter 23I of the General Laws; (iii) transfer $20,000,000 to the Health Care Workforce Transformation Trust Fund established in section 2FFFF of chapter 29 of the General Laws; (iv) distribute not more than $2,703,119 to the New Bedford public school district to account for the district’s actual low-income enrollment, as defined by section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws, which amount shall be included in the district’s fiscal year 2013 chapter 70 aid and shall be considered base aid for the purpose of calculating fiscal year 2014 chapter 70 aid; provided, that said amount shall be certified by the department of elementary and secondary education prior to final transfer; (v) make available $40,000,000 to be used as revenue in fiscal year 2013; and (vi) transfer any remaining amount of the consolidated net surplus to the Stabilization Fund; provided, however, that all funds transferred under clauses (i) to (v), inclusive shall be made available in the General Fund in fiscal year 2013.
(b) To the extent that balances in the General Fund are insufficient to carry out the transfers under subsection (a), the transfers shall be made from the other budgetary funds proportionally from those undesignated fund balances, but no such transfer shall cause a deficit in any of those funds; provided, however, that prior to certifying the consolidated net surplus, the comptroller shall, to the extent possible, eliminate deficits in any fund contributing to the surplus by transferring positive fund balances from any other fund contributing to the surplus.
SECTION 42. Section 156 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “with a net value over $1,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- that would otherwise be deposited in the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund under the last paragraph of section 2H of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 43. Section 161 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 44. Section 188 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “2011 amendments” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 2011 and 2012 amendments.
SECTION 45. Section 189 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “2011 amendments” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 2011 and 2012 amendments.
SECTION 46. Said section 189 of said chapter 139 is hereby further amended by striking out clause (gg) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(gg) between the commonwealth and AFSCME Local 653, for the Essex North/South registry of deeds;.
SECTION 47. Said section 189 of said chapter 139 is hereby further amended by adding the following 3 clauses:-
(kk) between the commonwealth and AFSCME Local 414, for the Middlesex South registry of deeds;
(ll) between the commonwealth and SEIU Local 888, for the Suffolk registry of deeds; and
(mm) between the commonwealth and SEIU Local 888, for the Worcester North registry of deeds.
SECTION 48. Section 218 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “57 to 71” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 69 to 83.
SECTION 49. Section 224 of said chapter 139 is hereby amended by striking out the words “Section 96” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Sections 96 and 97.
SECTION 50. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, at the request of the committee for public counsel services and with the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, the comptroller shall allow the transfer of funds from item 0321-1500 to item 0321-1510 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011 for the purpose of reducing any deficiency in said item 0321-1510. All such transfers, in aggregate, shall not exceed $5,000,000 and shall be effective for fiscal year 2012. All funds from both of these items shall be depleted before any funds are expended from items 0321-1500 and 0321-1510 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 for services rendered in fiscal year 2012.
SECTION 51. (a) Notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 53 of the General Laws or any other special or general law to the contrary, a person whose name is not printed on the September 6, 2012, state primary ballot as a candidate for an office, but who receives sufficient votes to nominate him therefore, shall file in the office of the state secretary a written acceptance of said nomination and a receipt from the state ethics commission verifying the fact that a statement of financial interest has been filed under chapter 268B of the General Laws no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 10, 2012.
(b) Notwithstanding section 11, 13 and 53A of chapter 53 and section 5 of chapter 55B of the General Laws or any other special or general law to the contrary, objections to and withdrawals from nominations made at the September 6, 2012, state primary shall be filed with the state secretary no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 10, 2012.
(c) Notwithstanding section 14 of chapter 53 of the General Laws or any other special or general law to the contrary, any vacancies from the September 6, 2012, state primary caused by death, withdrawal or ineligibility in accordance with this section, shall be filed by an executive committee, determined by the state party committee, of the same political party who made the original nomination.
(d) Notwithstanding section 15 of chapter 53 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, when a nomination is made to fill a vacancy caused by the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate from the September 6, 2012, state primary, the certificate of nomination shall be on a form prescribed by the state secretary, shall be signed by the executive committee appointed by the state committee of the same political party as provided for in this section, and shall be filed with the state secretary no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 12, 2012.
(e) Notwithstanding section 135 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, a petition for a recount of the September 6, 2012, state primary shall be filed with the appropriate local election official no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 10, 2012, and all recounts must be completed and notice of the results sent to the state secretary no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 13, 2012. Petitions for district wide and statewide recounts of the September 6, 2012, state primary shall be submitted to the appropriate local election officials for certification no later than 12:00 P.M. on September 10, 2012, and local election officials must complete certification no later than 5:00 pm on September 11, 2012. If the state secretary determines that the contest is eligible for a statewide or district wide recount, he shall notify the local election officials who must complete such recounts and notify the state secretary of the results of the recount no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 14, 2012.
(f) Notwithstanding sections 8, 9 and 10, inclusive, of chapter 55B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state ballot law commission shall notify candidates of any objections filed to nominations at the September 6, 2012, state primary no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 11, 2012, and a hearing on objections shall be held on September 13, 2012, and decisions rendered no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 14, 2012.
(g) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state secretary shall have the authority to add or change any dates relating to the nominations made at the September 6, 2012, state primary he deems necessary for the orderly administration of the November 6, 2012, election by providing notice of such change to the state parties and any affected person, by filing notice with the rule and regulations division, by posting on his website and by whatever other means he deems appropriate.
SECTION 52. A person who was not required to be licensed pursuant to section 84 of chapter 146 of the General Laws and who shall submit satisfactory proof to the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters that such person has been actively engaged in the pipefitting industry for a period of 4 years prior to the effective date of this act and who has applied for a license within 1 year after the effective date of this act, shall not be required to pass a written, oral or practical examination and shall be issued a master pipefitter's license upon payment of the applicable fee.
A person who was not required to be licensed pursuant to said section 84 of said chapter 146 and who shall submit satisfactory proof to the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters that such person has been actively engaged in the pipefitting industry for a period of 3 years prior to the effective date of this act, shall not be required to pass a written, oral or practical examination and shall be issued a journeyman's pipefitter’s license upon payment of the applicable fee; provided, however, that for the purposes of this section, completion of an apprentice training program by any such persons shall not be required.
Any proof required to be submitted under this section shall be accompanied by a statement that such information has been submitted under the pains and penalties of perjury.
SECTION 53. The department of public safety shall file a report with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means containing funding recommendations necessary to enforce pipefitting licensing and inspection of work undertaken by licensed pipefitters under sections 81 to 89, inclusive, of chapter 146 of the General Laws. The department shall file the report not later than February 1, 2013.
SECTION 54. The salary adjustments and other cost items authorized by the 2011 and 2012 amendments to the following collective bargaining agreements, for the period from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, inclusive, shall be effective for the purposes of section 7 of chapter 150E of the General Laws; provided, however, that the costs associated with these agreements may be funded from item 1599-4444 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012:
(a) between the Middlesex sheriff and the Superior Officers Association (Unit SM4);
(b) between the Norfolk sheriff and the National Association of Government Employees, Local 296 (SN3);
(c) between the Norfolk Sheriff and the Norfolk Superior Officers, Local 295 (Unit SN2);
(d) between the University of Massachusetts and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 432 (A&B Units) for the Amherst campus; and
(e) between the University of Massachusetts and the International Association of University Police Officers (Unit L94), for the Lowell campus.
SECTION 55. The salary adjustments and other cost items authorized by the 2011 and 2012 amendments to the following collective bargaining agreements, for the period from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, inclusive, shall be effective for the purposes of section 7 of chapter 150E of the General Laws:
(a) between the trial court and the National Association of Government Employees/Service employees International Union Local 5000 (Units J2C and J2P); and
(b) between the trial court and the OPEIU Local 6 (Units J6C and J6P).
SECTION 56. Section 11 shall apply to requests for refund or applications for abatement filed with the commissioner of revenue on or after July 1, 2011; but it shall not apply with respect to tax periods where the statute of limitations for refund or abatement, as applicable, had expired before July 1, 2011.
SECTION 57. Chapter 199 of the acts of 2010 is hereby amended by striking, in section 3, the following sentence: “Within 2 years of the effective date of this act, the department shall file a report of its activities and the developed recommendations with the governor and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and other committees as appropriate.”, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
“The department shall file a final report not later than July 31, 2014 of its activities and the developed recommendations with the governor and the clerks of the house and senate who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and other committees as appropriate, provided, however, that the department shall file in the same manner an interim report not later than July 31, 2013 indicating the progress made toward completing the final report, the adequacy of data and information collected at that point and whether or not additional data must be collected to complete the report, particularly with regard to weather conditions and other factors, the time necessary to complete the final report, and any other factors which may negatively impact the completion of the final report in a timely and effective manner.”
SECTION 58. Item 2840-7014 of section 2A of chapter 312 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out the words “provided further, that not less than $5,659,000 shall be expended for construction of a permanent ice skating rink in Jamaica Plain;” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, that not less than $5,659,000 shall be expended for construction of a permanent ice skating rink and recreation center in the Jackson Square section of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain in the city of Boston; provided further that these funds shall be provided to the developer designated by the city of Boston through the selection process initiated in July 2004 and following approval of the project through the city of Boston’s Article 80 process, which approval was granted on June 16, 2011 and documented in the approved memorandum to the Boston Redevelopment Authority of the same date, and the same amount shall be expended for the same purpose in the Town of Norwood;
SECTION 59. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, or the availability of federal financial participation for the expenditure, the executive office of health and human services shall not deem ineligible any hospital licensed health center for consideration for any funds or grants to serve MassHealth recipients as long as the hospital licensed health center is otherwise qualified, if the hospital is not eligible to receive such funds or grants; provided however, that the executive office shall not award any funds or grants to any hospital licensed health center if such award would result in the loss of federal financial participation for any other MassHealth initiative.
SECTION 60. Sections 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 shall take effect on January 1, 2013.
SECTION 61. Section 4A shall take effect June 30, 2013.
Approved (in part), August 7, 2012.