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Executive Office of Public Safety
Office of the Secretary of Public Safety

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
8000-0000   For the operation of the office of the secretary of public safety 1,523,454
     
   
Highway Fund 85.00%
General Fund 15.00%
 

COMMUNITY POLICING GRANTS
8000-0010   For community policing grants 20,802,650
     
   
Local Aid Fund 50.00%
State Lottery Fund 50.00%
 

STATEWIDE EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD
8000-0020   For the operation of the statewide emergency telecommunications board 288,070
     
   
Local Aid Fund 100%
 

HATE CRIMES AWARENESS PROGRAM
8000-0030   For the operation of the hate crimes awareness program 142,386

POLICE CAREER INCENTIVE REIMBURSEMENTS
8000-0040   For a reserve to reimburse certain cities and towns for career incentive salary increases for police officers 41,500,000
     
   
Local Aid Fund 91.15%
State Lottery Fund 8.85%
 

RACIAL PROFILING LAW IMPLEMENTATION
8000-0060   For the costs associated with implementation of the provisions of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000; provided, that the secretary of public safety may allocate funds appropriated herein to agencies within the executive office of public safety 524,325

FIREARMS RECORD KEEPING ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
8000-1121   For a one-time firearms record keeping enhancement grant program for cities and towns to be administered by the executive office of public safety pursuant to section 2SS of chapter 29 of the General Laws 1,900,000
     
   
Firearms Record Keeping Fund 100%
 

COUNTY CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS
8910-0000   For the operation of county correctional programs; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be distributed among the counties by the county government finance review board; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended for operating and debt service costs associated with the Plymouth county facility, pursuant to the provisions of clauses 3 and 4 of the memorandum of agreement signed May 14, 1992, between the commonwealth and Plymouth county, as amended on February 16, 1999; provided further, that the sheriff of Plymouth county shall submit a report on the status of the repair and replacement fund for the correctional facility to said board by September 1, 2002, which shall include the fund balances at the end of fiscal year 2002, a description of any deposits to the fund, the amount of interest earned by the fund, and any expenditures planned for fiscal year 2003; provided further, that the funds distributed from this item shall be paid to the treasurer of each county who shall place such funds in a separate account within the treasury of each such county; provided further, that said treasurers shall authorize temporary transfers into said accounts for operation and maintenance of jails and houses of correction in advance of receipt of the amount distributed by the commonwealth from this item; provided further, that upon receipt of the commonwealth distribution, said treasurers may transfer out of such accounts an amount equal to the funds so advanced; provided further, that all funds deposited in such accounts and any interest accruing thereto shall be used solely for the functions of the sheriffs` departments of the various counties including, but not limited to, maintenance and operation of jails and houses of correction, without further appropriation; provided further, that the sheriff`s department of each county receiving funds from this item shall reimburse the treasurer of each such county for personnel-related expenses, with the exception of salaries, attributable to the operations of the sheriff`s department of each county heretofore paid by the county including, but not limited to, the cost of employee benefits; provided further, that on or before August 15, 2002, each county sheriff receiving funds from this item shall submit a spending plan for fiscal year 2003 to said board, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of each county correctional facility and any expenditures which must be reduced to remain within the amount distributed from the sum appropriated herein; provided further, that said spending plans shall be developed by said board, in consultation with the Massachusetts sheriffs` association; provided further, that all said spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with the expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by each county correctional facility including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, collective bargaining unit, salary, and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that failure by a county sheriff to comply with any provision of this item shall result in a reduction of subsequent quarterly payments to amounts consistent with a rate of expenditure of 95 per cent of the rate of expenditure for fiscal year 2002, as determined by said board; provided further, that on or before October 31, 2002, said board shall have approved final fiscal year 2003 county correction budgets; provided further, that services shall be provided to the extent determined to be possible within the amount appropriated herein, and each sheriff shall make all necessary adjustments to ensure that expenditures do not exceed said appropriation; provided further, that no sheriff receiving funds from this item shall purchase any new vehicles or major equipment in fiscal year 2003 unless such purchase is made pursuant to a multi-county or regionalized collaborative procurement arrangement, or is directly related to significant population increase or is otherwise necessary to address an immediate and unanticipated public safety emergency, and is approved by said board and the executive office of public safety; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions contained herein, sheriffs receiving funds from this item may purchase marked prisoner transportation vans, so called, upon notification to said board; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no county treasurer shall retain revenues derived by the sheriffs from commissions on telephone service provided to inmates or detainees; provided further, that said revenues shall be retained by the sheriffs, not subject to further appropriation, for use in a canteen fund, so called; provided further, that each county shall expend during fiscal year 2003, for the operation of county jails and houses of correction and other statutorily authorized facilities and functions of the office of the sheriff, in addition to the amount distributed from this item, not less than 102.5 per cent of the amount expended in fiscal year 2002 for such purposes from own-source revenues; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of this item, the maintenance of effort obligations for Suffolk county shall be 5 per cent of the total fiscal year 2003 Suffolk county correction operating budget as approved by the county government finance review board 173,637,850
     
   
Local Aid Fund 100%
 

LEMUEL SHATTUCK HOSPITAL COUNTY EXPENSES
8910-0010   For services provided to inmates of county correctional facilities by the department of public health`s Lemuel Shattuck hospital; provided, that said department shall notify the county government finance review board and the state comptroller of the costs of all such services provided by said hospital; provided further, that not more than 30 days after receiving such notification, said board shall certify to the comptroller the amount of such costs to be charged to this item; provided further, that upon receiving such certification, the comptroller shall effect the transfer of such amount from this item to item 4590-0915; and provided further, that actual and projected payments for all such services provided by said hospital shall be considered expenditures within each county spending plan and shall be reflected as such in proposed spending plans required by item 8910-0000 1,300,000
     
   
Local Aid Fund 100%
 


Budgetary Retained Revenues

AUTO ETCHING FEES RETAINED REVENUE
8000-0101   The secretary of public safety is hereby authorized to expend for the auto etching program an amount not to exceed $17,980 from fees generated through said program 17,980


Trust and Other Spending

8000-0109  

STATEWIDE EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD ENHANCED 911 SERVICE

93,829



 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Fiscal Affairs Division
State House, Room 272
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081


Last updated on January 19, 2002

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