Division of Administrative Law Appeals

Division of Administrative Law Appeals.

1110-1000

For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals established by section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws

......................................................$565,501

George Fingold Library

1120-4005

For the administration of the library; provided, that said library shall maintain regular hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and provided further, that said library shall continue the implementation program necessary in order to secure access to the wide area network

......................................................$1,205,154

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

State Appropriations

1150-5100

For the office of the commission; provided, that all positions except clerical, shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that said commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement

......................................................$1,120,261

1150-5104

The Massachusetts commission against discrimination is hereby authorized to expend revenues collected through federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 1998 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior years; provided, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $1,533,344 shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, funds may be expended from this item for the purposes of case investigations, conciliation and resolution efforts of local agencies as provided by contract through the commission; provided further, that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following cities and towns: Worcester, New Bedford, Somerville, Chelsea, Cambridge and Barnstable; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the commission shall deposit into the General Fund any federal reimbursements received for these purposes in fiscal year 1998; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than the last day of each quarter federal reimbursements received in each such quarter, anticipated reimbursements to be received in the remaining quarters of the fiscal year and reimbursements projected to be collected in the subsequent fiscal year for such purposes; provided further, that such report shall detail actual and anticipated reimbursements by date of receipt, case type, reimbursement per case and cases resolved; and provided further, that the costs of personnel may be charged to this item

......................................................$1,533,344

1150-5114

The Massachusetts commission against discrimination is hereby authorized to expend $100,000 for the sole purpose of supporting the civil rights enforcement efforts of cities and towns through their local human rights commissions; provided, that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following cities and towns: Amherst, Barnstable, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Lawrence, Malden, Melrose, New Bedford, Northampton, Pittsfield, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester; and provided further, that funds made available herein shall be in addition to funds available in item 1150-5104

......................................................$100,000

1150-5115

For the prompt processing and resolution of all cases pending before the commission which were filed on or before July 1, 1993 and of all cases pending before the commission in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided, that on or before October 1, 1997, the commission shall submit to the senate and house committees on ways and means a report of the total number of such cases currently pending and the total number of such cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and prepublic hearing, and post-hearing stages; provided further, that the commission shall file an update of such report with said committees on or before March 1, 1998; provided further, that the commission shall identify in such reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of the provisions of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before September 1, 1997 the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent and the number of such cases in which the commission has found probable cause to believe that a violation of the provisions of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the costs of personnel shall not be charged to this item; and provided further that an amount not to exceed $15,000 may be expended to fund Edward Brooke scholarships to the extent that the recipients of said scholarships shall assist the commission in resolving the cases pending before the commission which were filed on or before July 1, 1993

......................................................$115,000

Federal Appropriations

1150-5109

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Fair Housing Initiative Program-Type V

......................................................$17,425