SECRETARY OF STATE

0511-0000

For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that $125,000 shall be expended for the costs of complying with the provisions of chapter 281 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that not less than $16,640 shall be expended for increased staffing of the state house tours desk; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for the corporation dissolution project, so-called; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the one stop shopping program, so-called; provided further, that $27,000 shall be expended for the limited liability partnership/corporation program, so- called; provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by said office; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; and provided further, that said office shall submit said report not later than March 1, 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means

...............................................................$6,915,151

0511-0001

The state secretary is hereby authorized to expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of merchandise at the Massachusetts state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory

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

0511-0200

For the operation of the state archives division

...............................................................$555,783

0511-0220

For the costs associated with the archiving of artifacts recovered during the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project, so-called

...............................................................$136,200

0511-0230

For the operation of the records center

...............................................................$178,560

0511-0250

For the operation of the archives facility

...............................................................$600,862

0511-0260

For the operation of the commonwealth museum

...............................................................$239,329

0517-0000

For the printing of public documents; provided, that $70,000 shall be expended for the renovation and expansion of the State House Book Store, so-called

...............................................................$1,206,045

0521-0000

For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of state is hereby authorized to award grants for voter registration and education in the cities of Boston, Springfield, and Worcester; provided further, that such activity may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations; and provided further, that the secretary of state shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than March 1, 1999 detailing the amount appropriated for the purposes of providing reimbursements for the costs of extended polling hours from this item to each city or town

...............................................................$3,278,882

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

0521-0001

N.B. - The Acting Governor has reduced the appropriation for this item by $500,000 and $3,458,538

For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways on or before March 1, 1999; and provided further, that a report detailing the status, remaining costs and implementation of the central voter registration system shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 1999

...............................................................$3,958,538

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

0521-0005

The secretary of the commonwealth is hereby authorized to collect and expend an amount not to exceed $30,000 from the fees collected from the sale of a book on the history of the state house; provided, 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 an amount not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system

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

0524-0000

For providing information to voters

...............................................................$1,740,713

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

0526-0100

N.B. - The Acting Governor had struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $640,900 to $1,325,000 — and the General Court subsequently overrode the Acting Governor's actions.

For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for historic preservation grants; provided further, that not less than $155,000 shall be expended to enhance the historic significance and grounds of Longfellow Park in Cambridge; provided further, that the expenditure of said funds shall be overseen by the Cambridge Historical Commission, in concert with the city of Cambridge, the Federal site administrators of the Longfellow House and the non-profit association Friends of Longfellow House; provided further, that the expenditures support capital improvements to the said park including, but not limited to, landscaping, monument restoration and improved interpretation of the site; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for historic lighthouses; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be made available for a matching grant for repairs to the exhibit hall for the Cape Museum of Fine Arts; provided further that $150,000 be provided for the restoration and preservation of St. Alphonsus Theater in Boston in accordance with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, as set forth in 36 C.F.R Part 68; provided further, that $100,000 shall be provided for the restoration and preservation, including exterior stabilization, of the Brooks Estate in Medford; provided further, that a grant to the town of Framingham for the restoration of the Hollis street fire station, as appropriated in sections 2A and 2C I of chapter 88 of the acts of 1997, shall be continued in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that $25,000 shall be provided for the Worcester woman's history project to preserve and exhibit historic artifacts; and provided further, that not less than $15,900 shall be expended for the renovation for the Adah Hall House in the town of Pembroke, prior appropriation continued

...............................................................$1,965,900

0527-0100

For the operation of the ballot law commission

...............................................................$17,500

0528-0100

For the operation of the records conservation board

...............................................................$35,110

0540-0000

For the purchase and installation of computer hardware and software technology for the registries of deeds; provided, that the state secretary is hereby directed to submit a spending plan on or before January 1, 1999 detailing all planned expenditures to be made from this item to the secretary of administration and finance and the senate and house committees on ways and means; provided further, that said plan shall be developed in collaboration with the registry of deeds whose operations have been transferred to the jurisdiction of said secretary; provided further, that said plan should detail the type and quantity of technology purchased and should include but not be limited to a plan to insure state wide compatibility with all other registries and users of said registries; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended or transferred from this item until said spending plan is submitted

...............................................................$1,260,000

0540-1100

For the Franklin county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant to the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$447,393

0540-1200

For the Hampden county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$2,127,286

0540-1300

For the Hampshire county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$423,766

0540-1400

For the Northern Middlesex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$1,368,799

0540-1500

For the Southern Middlesex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$3,662,429

0540-2000

For the Worcester North registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$544,380

0540-2100

For the Worcester registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 1999, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 1999 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 1999 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2000

...............................................................$2,447,974