EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Office of the Secretary.

8000-0000

For the office of the secretary

...............................................................$516,528

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

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

8000-0010

For community policing grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided, that no such grants 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 not less than $75,000 dollars shall be provided for community policing in the city of Quincy; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be provided for community policing in the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not more than $75,000 shall be provided for the North Adams community policing program; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be provided for the funding of the community school service anti-violence officer position in the city of Malden in addition to the grant award to such city in fiscal year 1998; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided for community policing in the city of Lawrence in addition to the grant award to such city in fiscal year 1998; provided further, that grants shall be awarded by said executive office to the municipalities of Abington, Agawam, Amesbury, Andover, Athol, Attleborough, Avon, Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Chicopee, Dalton, Dedham, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Gill, Georgetown, Haverhill, Holbrook, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Methuen, Milton, Montague, Needham, New Bedford, Newton, North Adams, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Pittsfield, Plainville, Quincy, Randolph, Reading, Revere, Rockland, Saugus, Shelburne, Somerville, Springfield, Stoneham, Turners Falls, Waltham, Weymouth, Winchester and Worcester in an amount not less than the amount of the grants each such municipality received in fiscal year 1998 but in no event shall a listed community receive an amount of less than $40,000; provided further, that any such community which received $42,000 or less in fiscal year 1998 shall be eligible to compete for additional community policing grant awards through the competitive application process administered by said executive office; provided further, that all grant applications shall be subject to said process and the criteria established for grant awards; provided further, that monies awarded by said executive office 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 not less than $1,200,000 shall be made available to the city of Boston in addition to the grant amount in fiscal year 1997; provided further, that $350,000 of said $1,200,000 shall be made available for community policing in the Bowdoin Street-Geneva Avenue and Uphams Corner sections, so-called, in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston; provided further, that $100,000 of said $1,200,000 shall be provided for community policing in the B-2 sector, so-called, of Mission Hill in the city of Boston for additional enforcement in conjunction with the neighborhood policing program; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for an internship program for the purpose of staffing Lowell police department substations; provided further, that not less than $5,000 be expended for equipment for the Lowell police department Pawtucketville substation; and provided further, that not later than September 15, 1998, said executive office shall submit a report detailing the amount of grants awarded to such grant recipients and descriptions of such grants to the house and senate committees on ways and means

...............................................................$20,160,000

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%

8000-0030

For the operation of a hate crimes awareness program to be administered by the executive office of public safety

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

8000-0040

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

...............................................................$20,460,923

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

8000-0101

The secretary of public safety may expend up to a maximum of $17,980 in revenues collected from fees for services performed through the auto etching program

...............................................................$17,980

Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

8000-0105

For the chief medical examiner pursuant to chapter 38 of the General Laws

...............................................................$3,356,181

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

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

Criminal History Systems Board.

8000-0110

For the operation of the criminal history systems board; provided, that the board shall hire one administrative assistant who shall be employed in the victim services unit of the board for the continued and enhanced operation of the post-conviction victim and witness certification program operated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 258B and section 172C of chapter 6 of the General Laws; provided further, that such victim services position shall be in addition to any such positions approved as of February 1, 1998; and 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

...............................................................$3,192,765

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

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

8000-0125

For the operation of the sex offender registry program, including, but not limited to, the costs of maintaining a computerized registry system and the classification of persons subject to said registry

...............................................................$575,982

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

8000-1122

For the telecommunications and information technology costs of the criminal history systems board; provided, that no funds provided herein shall be expended in the KK subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that not more than $1,943,670 shall be expended on contracts for the lease, lease-purchase and maintenance of information technology hardware and software; and provided further, that not more than $1,163,880 shall be expended for telecommunications charges associated with data lines, voice telephony, mobile communications and national law enforcement telecommunications service

...............................................................$3,107,550

Board of Building Regulations and Standards.

8000-0160

N.B. - The Acting Governor has reduced the appropriation for this item by $275,589 to $386,409

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; provided, that not more than $100,000 shall be expended for repairs at the Paul A. Dever school in the city of Taunton for classroom space for trainings provided by said board

...............................................................$664,998

8000-0161

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

...............................................................$143,635

8000-0167

The state board of building regulations and standards may 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

...............................................................$215,959