Budgetary Direct Appropriations

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OPERATIONS
1000-0001	For the office of the state comptroller for the purpose and cost of compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984, Public Law 89-502, and for the federally required comprehensive, statewide single audit of state operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of said audit from allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts; provided further, that the office of the comptroller shall charge not more than a total of $725,000 to other items of appropriation for the cost of said audit; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts shall be credited to and expended from this item without further appropriation, in addition to state funds appropriated to this item, for the cost of compliance with the mandate of the federal law and the office of management and budget regulations; provided further, that the amount of any such federal funds and grant receipts so credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services, the full year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may enter into contracts with private vendors to identify and pursue cost avoidance opportunities for programs of the commonwealth and to enter into interdepartmental service agreements with state agencies, as applicable, for said purpose; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects; provided further, that the comptroller may establish such procedures, in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments, as he deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish said purpose; provided further, that the budget director shall report on a quarterly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means the status of all cost avoidance projects which are undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this section; and provided further, that the comptroller shall report on said projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws	8,349,777
	General Fund 93.81% Maximization Fund 6.19%

COURT JUDGMENTS, SETTLEMENTS, AND LEGAL FEES
1599-3384	For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgments, settlements and legal fees, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller, which were ordered to be paid in fiscal year 2003 or a prior fiscal year; provided, that the comptroller shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amounts expended from this item; and provided further, that the comptroller may transfer funds from this item to the liability management and reduction fund pursuant to section 2TT of chapter 29 of the General Laws	5,000,000

Budgetary Retained Revenues

VENDOR TRAINING RETAINED REVENUE
1000-0004	The office of the comptroller is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $25,000 from fees collected from vendors who participate in training on statewide financial systems including, but not limited to, the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system and departments for an annual chief financial officers conference; provided, that said office is hereby further authorized and directed to provide such training, to offer sessions to vendors who do business with the commonwealth and to establish and charge a reasonable fee for such training and conferences	25,000

Intragovernmental Service Spending

PRIOR-YEAR DEFICIENCIES INTRAGOVERNMENTAL CHARGEBACK
1599-2040	For the payment of prior-year deficiencies, so called, based upon schedules provided to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized to certify payments on behalf of departments for certain contracted goods or services rendered in prior fiscal years for which certain statutes, regulations or procedures were not properly followed; provided, however, that the department which was a party to such a transaction shall certify in writing that such services were performed or goods delivered and shall provide such additional information as the comptroller may require; provided further, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge departments` current fiscal year appropriations and transfer to this item amounts equivalent to the amounts of any such prior-year deficiency, subject to the conditions stated herein; provided further, that the comptroller shall assess each such chargeback only to that current fiscal year appropriation which is for the same purpose as that to which the prior-year deficiency pertains, or if there is no such appropriation, to that current fiscal year appropriation which is most similar in purpose to the appropriation to which the prior-year deficiency pertains or is for the general administration of the department that administered the appropriation to which the prior-year deficiency pertains; provided further, that no chargeback shall be made which would cause a deficiency in any current fiscal year appropriation; and provided further, that the comptroller shall include in said schedules the amount of each prior-year deficiency paid, the fiscal year and appropriation to which it pertained, the current fiscal year appropriation and subsidiary to which it was charged, and the department`s explanation for the failure to make payment in a timely manner	7,000,000
	Intragovernmental Service Fund 100%

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION INTRAGOVERNMENTAL CHARGEBACK
1599-3100	For the cost of the commonwealth`s employer contributions to the Unemployment Compensation Fund and the Medical Security Trust Fund; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall authorize the collection, accounting, and payment of such contributions; and provided further, that in executing these responsibilities the comptroller is authorized to charge, in addition to individual appropriation accounts, certain non-appropriated funds in amounts that are computed on the same basis as the commonwealth`s contributions are determined, including expenses, interest expense, and related charges	13,000,000
	Intragovernmental Service Fund 100%

Trust and Other Spending

1000-3382

LIABILITY MANAGEMENT REDUCTION FUND

3,758,800