Department of Environmental Management

Department of Environmental Management.

2100-0005

For the department of environmental management pursuant to the purposes of section 10A½ of chapter 91 of the General Laws

...............................................................$3,039,698

Harbors and Inland Waters Maintenance Fund........................................................... 100.0%

2100-1000

For the operation of the department of environmental management; provided, that funds shall be expended for the purposes of conducting a study of the assets owned by the department that shall determine the extent of deferred maintenance needs of said assets and that shall result in a management plan to address maintenance needs as delineated by said study

...............................................................$2,327,077

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

2100-2002

The department is hereby authorized to expend $200,000 from revenues received from interstate fire fighting services authorized under section 44 of chapter 138 of the acts of 1991; provided, that the department may expend from this item an amount equal to out of pocket expenses, so-called, and the costs of overtime and shift hours worked by employees of the department and the metropolitan district commission from reimbursements collected from the federal government for the costs of interstate fire fighting; provided further, that the department shall allocate such amounts to the metropolitan district commission for such purposes; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said department and 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

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

2100-2030

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $35,000 to $22,103,901

For the recreational and resource conservation operations of the department; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to operate all of the department's parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches, and pools, and for the oversight of rinks; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to protect and manage the department's lands and natural resources including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry developments; provided further, that funding shall be available for an internship program for students at the University of Massachusetts Stockbridge school of forestry or other academic institutions providing similar training and education programs in forestry, recreation, natural resources, watershed management, or fire science; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the promotion of tourism in the city of Fall River, including the Fall River heritage state park; provided further, that such funds shall be administered by the city of Fall River; provided further, that $35,000 shall be expended for a supervisor at Lake Whitehall in Hopkinton; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees, so-called; and provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be obligated for the Schooner Ernestina commission

...............................................................$22,138,901

2100-2040

For additional expenses, upkeep, and improvements to the department of environmental management's parks and recreation system; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of personnel, including seasonal employees; and provided further, that the department shall expend no less than $90,000 for maintenance and capital needs at Salisbury State Reservation

...............................................................$2,500,000

Second Century Fund........................................................... 100.0%

2100-2045

N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this item

For the completion of a one-time inventory of the department's state forest system

...............................................................$147,981

2100-2050

The department of environmental management is hereby authorized to expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $150,000 from campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program, so-called; provided, that said funds shall be expended for the operation of said program; 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

...............................................................$150,000

2100-3010

For the summer and fall seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that the same number of lifeguards shall be assigned to Salisbury beach in fiscal year 1999 as were assigned to said beach in fiscal year 1998; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; and provided further, that seasonal employees of the department who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1998 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 1999 during the period of their seasonal employment

...............................................................$3,994,701

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 90.0%

Highway Fund........................................................... 10.0%

2100-3011

For the winter and spring seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; and provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1998 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 1999 during the period of their seasonal employment

...............................................................$2,057,876

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 90.0%

Highway Fund........................................................... 10.0%