The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth

                                                                                                                        Senate, May, 2003

The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was committed the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year two thousand four for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 4001), reports recommending that the same ought to pass, with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2004. 

                                                                                                                                                                       

Direct Appropriation:$21,624,085,628
Retained Revenue Authorization:      $936,874,264      
Total:                                             $22,560,959,892

For the Committee,

Therese Murray, Chairwoman

Steven C. Panagiotakos, Vice-Chairman

Steven A. Tolman, Assistant Vice-Chairman