AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the information technology and security needs of the commonwealth and deploy broadband access to the citizens of the commonwealth, 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 a program of capital investments for information technology and data and cybersecurity improvements to various state programs, services, agencies, institutions and properties and to fund technology infrastructure, the sums set forth in sections 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act, are hereby made available through December 31, 2030, subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds, which sums shall be in addition to any other amounts previously appropriated for these purposes; provided, that the amounts specified for a particular project may be adjusted in order to facilitate projects authorized in this act.
SECTION 2A.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
1790-3014 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for the benefit of the public and the interactions between residents and state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this item .............................................. $750,000,000
1790-3015 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program to support, improve, extend, secure or maintain technology or telecommunications infrastructure, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this item ........................................... $200,000,000
1790-3016 For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies and public instrumentalities of the commonwealth to mitigate, avoid or respond to risks to the security of the commonwealth’s technology and telecommunications infrastructure or operations; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency or public instrumentality in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or public instrumentality or the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this item .............................................. $200,000,000
1790-3017 For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, executing strategic initiatives, improving business intelligence and modernizing governmental functions; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this item .................. $250,000,000
SECTION 2B.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary
1100-2519 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to the quality, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for the benefit of the public and the interactions between residents and state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems for the various state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth; provided, that such initiatives, projects and expenditures shall be in accordance with enterprise security policies and other applicable administrative directives issued under section 3 of chapter 7D of the General Laws and approved by the executive office of technology services and security; provided further, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of this project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2024 and annually thereafter until November 1, 2030, the secretary of administration and finance shall submit to the office of the state auditor, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets a complete accounting of all initiatives, projects and expenditures over the previous 12-month period .............................................. $25,000,000
1599-1953 For a competitive, matching grant program to be administered by the executive office for administration and finance, in consultation with the secretary of technology services and security, to assist municipalities and tribal governments with the construction of fiber broadband infrastructure and related projects and expenditures; provided, that priority for grants shall be given to completely unserved premises .......................... $30,000,000
SECTION 2C.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary
1100-2518 For capital funding for eligible cities, towns, regional organizations, including regional school districts and regional vocational technical high schools, whose membership is exclusively composed of municipal governments, tribes, local governmental agencies, authorities or subdivisions, quasi-state agencies, public authorities and institutions and similar governmental agencies for purposes, including, but not limited to, addressing threats to information systems, managing and reducing systemic risk, improving security of critical technology infrastructure and improving resilience; provided, that investments may include, but shall not be limited to, planning and studies, improvements to government efficiency and effectiveness, preparation of plans and specifications, asset modernization, information technology equipment and technical assistance .............................................. $150,000,000
Department of Revenue
1201-0003 For the division of local services within the department of revenue, for grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program established in conjunction with executive order 554 .............................................. $25,000,000
SECTION 2D.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Office of the Secretary
1599-1954 For local information technology projects; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for Gloucester city hall in the city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s department of inspectional services to administer the online fire safety, health code and rental registry programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to study and implement software improvements to operate the electrical distribution gear at the municipal water treatment facility; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to procure technology and electronic security improvement upgrades at the Park avenue and Webster square fire stations; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools to study and implement electronic security improvement upgrades at schools that service students in the Main South neighborhood; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to modernize traffic signal systems to improve the flow of traffic and increase safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended to and disbursed equally among the town of Canton, the town of Stoughton and the town of Avon for information technology upgrades; provided further, that not less than $43,000 shall be expended to the Medford fire department for the purchase of headset communication devices; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the city of Medford for the payment portal to increase accessibility to city services; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Leicester to procure and install workstations and data servers for use by municipal and public safety departments that are compliant with updated data security standards; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the city of Medford for improvement and renovation of the network infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Leicester for a more user-friendly customer service portal to facilitate compliance with business, planning and zoning ordinances; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for data center modernization upgrades in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center to run fiber optic cable for emergency dispatch communications and to replace aging dispatch work stations; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the incorporation of artificial intelligence into business processes in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $17,000 shall be expended for improvements to the Frances Perkins library in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for municipal fiber and communications improvements to municipal buildings in the town of West Boylston; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the city known as the town of Braintree; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the town of Holbrook; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s Regional Emergency Communications Center to install audio-visual gate and access controls to improve security by offering visual confirmation of access requests to both the building and site, as well as automated entry on the site; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s Meade street office building to acquire door access controls and cameras; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester information technology department to develop a data lake and data warehouse model to improve local operations and efficacy; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools for the purchase of software for the tracking of facilities master plans and deferred maintenance projects to allow for the development of 5-year capital plans, maintenance spending and major renovation or replacement projects; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools to upgrade their database servers to the latest version to better deliver services and maintain security protocols; provided further, that not less than $6,000 shall be expended for purchase of a new server in the town of Plympton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hull to upgrade the communications and technology infrastructure to outfit its new location; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended for website upgrades and to allow for acceptance of online payments in the town of Kingston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for website upgrades and digitization of records for public viewing in the town of Halifax; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to the town of Wayland to improve its cybersecurity and resiliency posture through improvements in their endpoint security systems, development of both a comprehensive incident response plan and disaster recovery plan and implementation of off-site disaster recovery infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to the town of Lincoln to reconfigure and separate the Lincoln public safety department’s information technology network so that it meets the department of criminal justice information services’ security requirements; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended to the town of Sudbury for information technology improvements for the Sudbury public schools; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. Resource Center, Inc. in the city of Springfield for technology resources that provide support services to families who have been impacted by gun violence; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to New North Citizens Council, Inc. in the city of Springfield for information technology infrastructure in the Barbara Rivera Community Center to enable its delivery of community support services; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Springfield Commonwealth Academy in the city of Springfield for resources that provide technology and financial education to inner-city residents; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades and digitization of records for the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for internet upgrades including wi-fi for the New Bedford free public library; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades at Fitchburg city hall in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Lunenburg for cybersecurity improvements for the Lunenburg public schools; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for municipal technology upgrades to accommodate remote work in the town of Blackstone; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for increasing security and detection measures to prevent identity-driven breaches in the town of Arlington; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for network upgrades to increase access and connectivity for public meetings and events in the town of Arlington; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for information technology improvements in the city of West Springfield; provided further, that not less than $43,000 shall be expended for electronic voting technology upgrades in the town of Sharon; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Worcester public schools for the replacement of the voice over internet protocol phone system; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the city of Worcester for information technology improvements at the Worcester public library; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Boxford for upgrades to its information technology infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the town of North Reading for upgrades to its information technology infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the city of Newburyport for upgrades to its information technology infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for water treatment plant security enhancements in the city of Peabody; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Worcester police department to purchase equipment to access the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Auburn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Millbury; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Grafton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Westborough; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Shrewsbury; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the Southwick-Tolland-Granville regional school district in the town of Southwick; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the North Adams school district in the city of North Adams; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended to the city of Somerville for the acquisition and implementation of a mobile device management tool to manage and secure all city mobile devices; provided further, that not less than $240,000 shall be expended to the health and human services department of the city of Somerville for the acquisition and implementation of new data management software to streamline and manage care and address health equity in data collection and analysis processes; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the city of Salem for the replacement of portable public safety radios; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Cape Cod commission for feasibility assessments for regional and municipal broadband programs; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for network availability and network security in the town of Westford; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the town of Danvers for security cameras and integrated fob door security in school and town buildings; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the city of Beverly to improve connectivity, network speed and data security and to connect additional locations and security cameras throughout the city; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Tantasqua regional school district for information technology improvements and communication and data security upgrades; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Dudley-Charlton regional school district for information technology improvements and communication and data security upgrades; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of North Attleborough for election support equipment including, but not limited to, poll pads and associated equipment, custom-built electrical cordage and trip-resistant floor mats; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to the Urban College of Boston: a Two-Year College, Inc. for upgrades to improve student technological access; and provided further, that not less than $375,000 shall be made available to Bridgewater state university’s security operations center ................... $11,989,000
LEGISLATURE
House of Representatives
9600-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the house of representatives .............................................. $5,000,000
Senate
9700-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the senate ................................................................ $5,000,000
Joint Legislative Expenses
9800-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the joint operations of the legislature .............................................. $5,000,000
SECTION 3. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2DDDDDD the following section:-
Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of technology services and security. The secretary shall expend money in the fund for information technology projects related to the commonwealth’s health and human services. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) amounts equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from this fund or from eligible expenditures made in direct connection with eligible expenditures made from this fund; and (ii) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended without further appropriation. Annually, not later than November 1, the secretary shall file a report on the fund’s activities with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on advanced information technology, the internet and cybersecurity.
(b) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
SECTION 4. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out sections 2A and 2B, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, $1,055,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later than June 30, 2039.
SECTION 5. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2C, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, $175,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not exceeding 30 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later than June 30, 2059.
SECTION 6. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2D, the state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, $26,989,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later than June 30, 2039.
Approved, July 29, 2024.