Department of Revenue

Department of Revenue.

1201-0100

For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration, audit of certain foreign corporations, and the division of local services, provided, that the department may allocate an amount not to exceed $250,000 to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to said unit; provided further, that the department shall maintain regional offices in the cities of Springfield, Pittsfield, and Worcester; provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank; and provided further, that the department shall submit a report, no later than November 30, 1998, to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the types, uses and costs of technology acquisitions leased or purchased during the previous fiscal year and those planned during the current fiscal year, the capabilities, expected useful life and estimated annual maintenance costs of said acquisitions, a detailed description of how said acquisitions increase efficiency and reduce costs, and a cost-benefit analysis, of the costs and savings associated with the implementation of said acquisitions

...............................................................$120,019,078

General Fund............................................................. 60.0%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 35.0%

Highway Fund............................................................. 5.0%

1201-0160

For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities and that such agencies are hereby authorized to expend said funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of said funds; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that the department shall file a performance report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 15, 1998, detailing current staffing levels by function and performance indicators, including, but not limited to, TAFDC and non-TAFDC caseloads, collection levels, court cases, paternities established, court orders established, average employee workload, federal reimbursements, projections of said indicators for the remainder of the fiscal year and any deviations of current performance from previous projections

...............................................................$44,127,335

1231-1000

For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established by section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws

...............................................................$53,914,000

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 93.34%

Commonwealth Cost Relief Fund........................................................... 6.66%

1231-1020

For a program of loans, loan purchases, or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V, so called; provided, that said program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage said program; provided further, that the department and said third parties shall take all steps necessary to minimize said program's administrative costs; provided further, that said loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees shall be available on the basis of a sliding scale that relates a homeowner's income and assets to the cost of Title V compliance; provided further, that interest subsidies shall be means-tested and may be for zero-interest loans pursuant to income standards developed by the department; and provided further, that the department of revenue shall consult with the department of environmental protection in developing rules, regulations and guidelines for said programs, prior appropriation continued.

1232-0000

For the underground storage tank program and the administrative expenses associated with the implementation of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of said chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary, appropriations made herein shall be sufficient to cover said administrative expenses of the underground storage tank program

...............................................................$395,625

Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund........................................................... 100.0%

1232-0100

For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have cleaned up spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws

...............................................................$19,200,000

Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund........................................................... 100.0%

1232-0200

For the underground storage tank administrative review board pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws

...............................................................$1,496,399

Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund........................................................... 100.0%

1232-0300

For underground storage tank municipal grants to remove and replace said tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws

...............................................................$2,000,000

Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund........................................................... 100.0%

1233-2000

For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E and Thirty-seventh clauses of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws

...............................................................$8,250,000

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

1233-2010

For reimbursing cities and towns for tax abatements granted to certain home owners over the age of 65 pursuant to clause fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that an amount shall be expended from this item for a low income sewer and water assistance program pursuant to the provisions of section 24B of chapter 23B of the General Laws, prior appropriation continued.

1233-2310

For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the Forty-first, Forty-first B and Forty-first C clauses of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts the provisions of said clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under said clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted

...............................................................$13,000,000

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

Appellate Tax Board.

1310-1000

For the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall schedule hearings in Barnstable, Gardner, Lawrence, Milford, Northampton, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Worcester

...............................................................$1,454,279