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SECTION 5. Section 31A of chapter 7 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 19, the words "subject to appropriation, expend sums" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- retain a portion of new revenues received or savings generated in other items of appropriation and may expend these retained amounts without further appropriation.
Date of ATB Decision for Purposes of Payment of Disputed Tax
SECTION 15. The first paragraph of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of section 32 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For purposes of this paragraph, the date of a decision by the appellate tax board shall be determined without reference to any later issuance of finding of facts and report by the board or to any request for a finding of facts and report.
Line Item Transferability
SECTION 38.
(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance may authorize the transfer of funds from any item of appropriation for any executive branch agency to any other item of appropriation for that agency or within its executive office. No transfer authorized by this section shall exceed 5 per cent of the amount appropriated for an item. The transfer may be made only with the written approval of the heads of the sending and receiving agencies and of the secretary of their executive office.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, with concurrence from the secretary of health and human services and the secretary of housing and economic development, may authorize the transfer of funds between item 7004-0100 and item 4000-0250 in section 2.
(c) Before making any transfer authorized by this section, the secretary of administration and finance shall submit a transfer schedule to the house and senate committees on ways and means. The schedule shall include the following: (1) the amount of money transferred from one item of appropriation to another; (2) the reason for the transfer; and (3) the date on which the transfer is to be completed.