Executive Office of Public Safety

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Office of the Secretary.

8000-0000

For the office of the secretary

......................................................$559,138

Highway Fund .................. 85.0%

General Fund .................. 15.0%

8000-0010

For community policing grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety to be awarded to those cities which have experienced extraordinary health and safety problems as a result of having increased gang activity and street violence; provided, that no funds shall be awarded to the department of state police; provided further, that not more than $75,000 shall be provided for the safe city program, so-called, in the city of Lynn; provided further, that an amount not less than $75,000 shall be provided for community policing in the city of Quincy; provided further, that grants shall be awarded by the executive office of public safety to the municipalities of Abington, Agawam, Athol, Attleborough, Avon, Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Burlington, Cambridge, Chelsea, Chicopee, Dedham, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Haverhill, Holbrook, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Methuen, Milton, Montague, Needham, New Bedford, Newton, North Andover, North Attleborough, Northfield, Orange, Pittsfield, Plainville, Quincy, Randolph, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Somerville, Springfield, Stoneham, Turners Falls, Waltham, Weymouth, Winchester and Worcester in an amount not less than the amount of the grant or grants received in fiscal year 1997, but in no circumstance should any listed communities receive less than $40,000; provided further, that any community listed herein which received a grant of not more than $40,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall be eligible to compete for additional community policing grant awards through the competitive application process administered by the executive office of public safety; provided further, that all grants are made pursuant to the review and approval of grant proposals submitted by said municipalities to the executive office of public safety; provided further, that monies awarded by said executive office of public safety may include grants made for community policing in state-aided public housing developments; provided further, that $40,000 shall be provided for the community safety activities of the North Cambridge Crime Task Force; provided further, that an amount of not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to the city of Boston to be in addition to the grant amount in fiscal year 1997; provided further, that $250,000 of said $1,000,000 shall be made available for community policing in the Bowdoin Street-Geneva Avenue and Uphams Corner sections, so-called, of Dorchester in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for an internship program for the purpose of staffing Lowell police department substations; and provided further, that not less than $5,000 be expended for equipment for the Lowell police Pawtucketville substation; and provided further, that not later than September 15, 1997, the executive office of public safety shall submit a report detailing the amount of grants awarded to said grant recipients and descriptions of said grants to the house and senate committees on ways and means

......................................................$17,660,000

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%

8000-0020

For the statewide emergency telecommunications board; provided, that the board shall collect an amount equivalent to the direct and indirect costs related to the board pursuant to section 18F of chapter 6A of the General Laws

......................................................$300,000

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%

8000-0040

For police career incentives to reimburse certain cities and towns for career incentive salary increases for police officers

......................................................$16,603,726

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%

8000-0101

The office of the secretary is hereby authorized to expend up to a maximum of $30,000 in revenues collected from fees for services performed through the auto etching program

......................................................$30,000

Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

8000-0105

For the chief medical examiner pursuant to chapter 38

......................................................$3,290,764

Local Aid Fund .................. 50.0%

General Fund .................. 50.0%

Criminal History Systems Board.

State Appropriation

8000-0110

For the criminal history systems board; provided, that said board is hereby directed to collect $500,000 in revenue from record check fees for the purpose of implementing the provisions of chapter 319 of the acts of 1990; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the purpose of enabling local housing authorities access to criminal offense information when qualifying applicants for state-assisted housing

......................................................$5,033,046

Highway Fund .................. 50.0%

Local Aid Fund .................. 50.0%

8000-0125

For the purpose of implementing a sex offender registry program, including, but not limited to, the costs of establishing a computerized registry system and the classification of persons subject to said registry; provided, that said board shall complete the classification of persons not later than June 30, 1998 pursuant to chapter 239 of the acts of 1996

......................................................$554,621

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%

8000-0126

The criminal history systems board is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $300,000 for the administration of criminal record information checks, from fees collected for providing said checks; provided, that no costs in the AA subsidiary, so-called, shall be charged to this item; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item until the secretary of administration and finance shall certify in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the revenues generated from said fees in fiscal year 1998 exceed the total revenues generated from said fees in fiscal year 1997; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system

......................................................$300,000

Board of Building Regulations and Standards.

8000-0160

For the operation of the state board of building regulations and standards for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of sections 93 to 100, inclusive, of chapter 143 of the General Laws

......................................................$364,998

8000-0161

For the registration and licensing of home improvement contractors pursuant to chapter 142A of the General Laws

......................................................$106,643

8000-0167

The board of building regulations and standards is hereby authorized to collect and expend an amount not to exceed $40,000 for the purposes of providing state building code training and courses for instruction; provided, that said board may charge fees for the classes and education materials associated with administering training; provided further, that no costs in the AA subsidiary, so-called, shall be charged to this item; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system

......................................................$40,000

Architectural Access Board.

8000-0500

For the architectural access board

......................................................$207,319