AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2014 TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
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 2014, 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, 2014. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.
SECTION 2.
JUDICIARY
Committee for Public Counsel Services.
Trial Court.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Worcester District Attorney.
Hampden District Attorney.
Bristol District Attorney.
Berkshire District Attorney.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Group Insurance Commission.
Reserves.
Human Resources Division.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Department of Fish and Game.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary.
Department of Youth Services.
Department of Children and Families.
Department of Elder Affairs.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary.
Department of Housing and Community Development.
Massachusetts Marketing Partnership.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Department of Career Services.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Chief Medical Examiner.
SHERIFFS
Hampden Sheriff’s Office.
Worcester Sheriff’s Office.
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.
Franklin Sheriff’s Office.
Berkshire Sheriff’s Office.
Essex Sheriff’s Office.
Barnstable Sheriff’s Office.
Bristol Sheriff’s Office.
Dukes Sheriff’s Department.
Norfolk Sheriff’s Office.
Plymouth Sheriff’s Office.
Suffolk Sheriff’s Office.
Hampshire Sheriff’s Office.
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, 2014. 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.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Department of Public Health.
Department of Mental Health.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Office of Business Development.
SECTION 2E.
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CTF Transfer to the Mass Transportation Trust Fund.
SECTION 3. The first paragraph of section 3 of chapter 38 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out clauses (13) to (19), inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following 6 clauses:-
(13) death in any public or private conveyance;
(14) fetal death, as defined in section 202 of chapter 111, where the period of gestation has been 20 weeks or more or where fetal weight is 350 grams or more;
(15) death of children under the age of 18 years from any cause;
(16) any person found dead;
(17) death in an emergency treatment facility, medical walk-in center, child care center or under foster care; or
(18) deaths occurring under such other circumstances as the chief medical examiner shall prescribe in regulations promulgated pursuant to chapter 30A.
SECTION 4. Chapter 151F of the General Laws is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Section 23 of chapter 176O of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words “in real time” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- within 2 working days.
SECTION 6. Said section 23 of said chapter 176O, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “within 2 working days”, inserted by section 5, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- in real time.
SECTION 7. Section 3 of chapter 176Q of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-
(w) to administer payments for additional required benefits in accordance with 42 U.S.C. section 18031(d)(3)(B).
SECTION 8. Sections 9, 17 and 18 of said chapter 176Q are hereby repealed.
SECTION 9. Section 9 of chapter 211B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 133, the word “court,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- court; and
(xxiv) the authority to approve, upon the request of the court administrator, the court administrator’s application for and acceptance on behalf of the commonwealth of any funds, including grants, bequests, gifts or contributions, from any person which shall be deposited in a separate account and may be expended by the court administrator, without further appropriation, in accordance with chapter 29 and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 10. Section 9A of said chapter 211B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 171, the word “court,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- court; and
(xxiv) the authority, subject to the approval of the chief justice of the trial court, to apply for and accept on behalf of the commonwealth any funds, including grants, bequests, gifts or contributions, from any person which shall be deposited in a separate account and may be expended by the court administrator, without further appropriation, in accordance with chapter 29 and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 11. Section 11A of chapter 293 of the acts of 2006, as appearing in section 16 of chapter 129 of the acts of 2008, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 20, the figure “2” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 3.
SECTION 12. Item 1599-2013 of section 2A of chapter 142 of the acts of 2011 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “families”, inserted by section 28 of chapter 36 of the acts of 2013, the following words:- , and for costs of cases in which the department of developmental services is a defendant.
SECTION 13. The fourth sentence of section 73 of chapter 36 of the acts of 2013 is hereby amended by striking out the words “March 15, 2014” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- June 16, 2014.
SECTION 14. Item 0340-0400 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “paid from this item” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $46,722 shall be expended on upgrades to extend the life of the computer systems at the Worcester district attorney’s office.
SECTION 15. Item 0521-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided further, that $310,901 shall be expended for the costs of the following special elections: (i) fifth Middlesex senatorial district; (ii) fourth Hampden representative district; (iii) thirteenth Suffolk representative district; (iv) second Suffolk representative district; (v) sixteenth Suffolk representative district; (vi) fifth Suffolk representative district; and (vii) ninth Norfolk representative district; and provided further, that the funds shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for expenditure through June 30, 2015.
SECTION 16. Item 1410-0010 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the words “the Stand Up and Play Foundation, Boston chapter, for rehabilitative adaptive equipment for veterans” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Salute Military Golf Association Boston for veteran rehabilitative equipment.
SECTION 17. Item 1599-0026 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “accountability and transparency for local governments” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to fund a pilot program in Plymouth county, including projects of regionalized county government services.
SECTION 18. Said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby further amended by striking out item 1599-0081.
SECTION 19. Item 2300-0100 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the words “180 days after the effective date of this item” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- May 1, 2014.
SECTION 20. Item 2330-0100 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “hinder the existing functions of the plant” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the implementation of an interdepartmental service agreement with the department of public health to address new concerns associated with bacterial contamination of marine waters and shellfish.
SECTION 21. Item 2330-0120 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended to conduct a stock assessment of black sea bass in coastal waters in collaboration with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and employing the services of contracted fishing vessels.
SECTION 22. Item 3000-4065 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “168” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 166.
SECTION 23. Said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby further amended by inserting after item 4580-1000 the following item:-
SECTION 24. Item 4800-0038 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the words “March 1” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- November 30.
SECTION 25. Item 7004-0104 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- , prior appropriation continued.
SECTION 26. Item 7004-9316 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “90”, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 50.
SECTION 27. Item 7008-0900 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “Memorial Day to Columbus Day” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for any hosting fees associated with visiting historical artifacts touring the commonwealth in 2014; provided further, that not less than $89,000 shall be provided for the support of the Plymouth Amphitheater.
SECTION 28. Item 7066-0036 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the words “August 1, 2014” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- December 31, 2014; and provided further, that funds may be expended through December 31, 2014.
SECTION 29. Item 8000-0122 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$2,570,700”, the first time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $2,720,700.
SECTION 30. Item 8910-0108 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Franklin County Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force.
SECTION 31. Item 8910-0445 of said section 2 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “$250,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $300,000.
SECTION 32. Item 1595-1068 of section 2E of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$568,025,000”, inserted by section 40 of chapter 118 of the acts of 2013, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $620,025,000.
SECTION 33. Item 1595-6368 of said section 2E of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “ 2014”, in line 14, the following words:- ; provided further, that $115,915 shall be expended for the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority to support services in the town of Athol.
SECTION 34. The third sentence of the first paragraph of section 183 of said chapter 38 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “2014” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 2015.
SECTION 35. The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 56A of chapter 118 of the acts of 2013 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “program”, the third time it appears, the following words:- ; and provided further, that with the written approval of the executive office for administration and finance, funds may be expended regardless of federal reimbursement.
SECTION 36. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation may incur liabilities and make expenditures in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in excess of funds available to the department for snow and ice removal; provided, that the expenditures shall be approved by the secretary of transportation in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance. No expenditures shall be made in excess of funds available until $38,000,000 has been expended for snow and ice removal in each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015 and the negative balance of funds available for snow and ice removal shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time during each fiscal year. The state comptroller may certify for payment invoices in excess of funds available to the department.
(b) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall, on or before May 1 in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means the total amounts budgeted and expended for snow and ice removal. The department shall seek appropriations, as required, to cure deficiencies resulting from the removal of snow and ice for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
SECTION 37. The salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and the State Police Association of Massachusetts, Unit 5A, shall be effective for the purposes of section 7 of chapter 150E of the General Laws.
SECTION 38. The special commission established in section 164 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013 is hereby revived and continued. The commission shall file a report detailing its work and findings, including any legislative recommendations, with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate not later than December 31, 2014.
SECTION 39. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs shall convene an advisory committee on flood risks created by climate change. The advisory committee shall be chaired by the secretary, or the secretary’s designee, and shall be comprised of representatives with expertise in the following areas: coastal zone and river flooding, hydrological and hydraulic modeling, natural hazard preparedness and mitigation, sea level and storm surge projections, risk measurement and reduction, emergency management planning and scenario planning.
(b) The advisory committee shall complete a report, not later than July 1, 2015 which shall include: (i) a set of combined sea-level rise and storm-surge scenarios for the commonwealth;
(ii) estimates of risk levels of each scenario occurring by 2030, 2050 and 2100; (iii) estimates of flood water levels in coastal areas under each scenario, which shall reflect appropriate local information such as local uplift and subsidence and coastal erosion rates; (iv) estimates based on hydrological and hydraulic modeling of flood water levels in each scenario in historically coastal areas currently protected by dams, including the Charles River Basin and the Mystic River Basin; (v) maps of areas subject to inundation in each scenario; and (vi) recommendations for additional studies to assess the vulnerability of state agency and public utility assets based on the scenarios developed.
(c) The advisory committee shall conduct an initial public hearing before procuring any contract for consulting services and a second hearing before finalizing its report. The report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, who shall forward the report to the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture.
SECTION 40. Section 5 shall take effect as of October 1, 2013.
SECTION 41. Section 6 shall take effect on October 1, 2014.
Approved, March 17, 2014.