State Police

State Police.

8100-0000

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language in this item

For the administration and operation of the department of state police; provided, that the department shall maintain the division of field services which shall include, but not be limited to, the bureau of metropolitan district operations; provided further, that not less than 40 officers shall be provided to the metropolitan district commission division of watershed management for the purpose of patrolling the watershed property of the commission; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for the administration and operation of the crime laboratory; provided further, that the colonel of state police shall maintain the satellite western Massachusetts crime laboratory located at the Massachusetts criminal justice training council; provided further, that said colonel shall provide one additional chemist who shall be situated at said crime laboratory located in the town of Agawam; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be made available for said western Massachusetts crime laboratory; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for the administration and operation of an automated fingerprint identification system and the motor carrier safety assistance program; provided further, that not less than five officers shall be provided to the disabled persons protection commission for the purpose of investigating cases of criminal abuse; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the metropolitan district commission to provide police coverage on commission properties and parkways; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be encumbered to reimburse the city of Springfield arson and bomb squad for services performed at the request of the department of state police; provided further, that the department shall train as many uniformed members of the state police as necessary to attain and maintain a complement of not less than six explosives technicians; provided further that, no management level employee compensated from this item shall receive any increase in compensation until said department complies fully with the provisions of item 8100-0301; and provided further, that the creation of a new or the expansion of the existing statewide communications network shall include the division of law enforcement within the department of fisheries, wildlife, and environmental law enforcement at no cost to, or compensation from, said division

...............................................................$130,899,300

Highway Fund............................................................. 88.2%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 9.5%

General Fund............................................................. 2.3%

8100-0001

For the purchase of state police cruisers; provided, that not more than $100,000 shall be expended for the purchase of vehicles for the parole board

...............................................................$5,000,000

Highway Fund............................................................. 100.0%

8100-0006

For private police details; provided, that the department may expend up to $12,150,000 in revenues collected from fees charged for private police details and the costs of administering such details; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of state police may incur, and the comptroller may certify for payment, expenses and liabilities during fiscal year 1999 to be charged to this item in an amount not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system for the purposes stated herein to accommodate the delayed receipt of revenues authorized to be retained in this item during fiscal year 1999

...............................................................$12,150,000

8100-0007

For overtime of state police officers, including the operation of the drug enforcement task force; provided, that not more than $290,533 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Suffolk district; provided further, that not more than $407,123 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Middlesex district; provided further, that not more than $387,660 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Essex district; provided further, that not more than $312,454 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Worcester district; provided further, that not more than $244,115 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Hampden district; provided further, that not more than $142,171 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Franklin/Hampshire district; provided further, that not more than $354,080 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Norfolk district; provided further, that not more than $269,240 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Plymouth district; provided further, that not more than $174,998 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Bristol district; provided further, that not more than $208,611 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Cape and Islands district; provided further, that not more than $78,448 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Berkshire district; provided further, that not more than $493,294 shall be expended at the direction of the office of the attorney general; provided further, that the department shall fund amounts in excess of the earmarks established herein for any district attorney who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the secretary of public safety a compelling need for additional overtime funds to meet extraordinary costs for the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases; provided further, that overtime dollars expended in joint operations with any federal agency which directly or indirectly reimburses the commonwealth or the department for overtime dollars expended in such operations shall not be included in the calculation of total overtime usage of district attorneys and shall not reduce the amounts allotted herein; provided further, that the balance of this appropriation may be expended for the overtime costs incurred by the department of state police; and provided further, that said department shall provide monthly reports to each district attorney's office and the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating the amount of overtime hours used, the cost of such overtime, the amount of overtime dollars spent to date and the amount of available overtime dollars for such district attorney's office

...............................................................$13,045,618

Highway Fund............................................................. 88.2%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 9.5%

General Fund............................................................. 2.3%

8100-0011

The department of state police is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $1,150,000 for certain police activities provided pursuant to agreements authorized in this item; provided, that for fiscal year 1999, the colonel of state police is hereby authorized to enter into service agreements with the commanding officer or other person in charge of a military reservation of the United States located in the commonwealth or the government land bank, established in chapter 212 of the acts of 1975; provided further, that such agreements shall establish the responsibilities pertaining to the operation and maintenance of such police services including, but not limited to: (1) provisions governing payment to the department for the costs of regular salaries, overtime, retirement and other employee benefits; and (2) provisions governing payment to the department for the cost of furnishings and equipment necessary to provide such police services; provided further, that the department may charge any recipients of police services for the cost of such services, as authorized by this item; provided further, that the department may retain the revenue so received and expend such revenue as necessary pursuant to this item to provide the agreed level of services; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, 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 amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate

...............................................................$1,150,000

Highway Fund............................................................. 100.0%

8100-0017

For the operation of the state police air wing; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be for the increased operational and maintenance costs of the air wing which are directly associated with the purchase of additional helicopters during fiscal year 1999; provided further, that 30 days prior to the expenditure of any funds appropriated herein, the secretaries of administration and finance and the executive office of public safety shall certify in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means the date for the delivery of such helicopters and the anticipated maintenance cost for such additional helicopters in fiscal year 1999; and provided further, that the amount appropriated herein shall be in addition to and shall not supplant or replace funds provided for air wing maintenance in item 8100-0000

...............................................................$387,416

Highway Fund............................................................. 88.2%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 9.5%

General Fund............................................................. 2.3%

8100-0201

The department of state police shall expend up to $1,050,000 from reimbursements received from the motor carrier safety assistance program for the costs of said program, including personnel

...............................................................$1,050,000

8100-0301

For the payroll costs of state police patrols; provided, that $365,000 shall be expended on a pilot program for the Medford state police barracks entitled Zero Tolerance and Fire Risk Prevention to increase patrols and public safety using bicycles and other policing means within the Middlesex Fells and Mystic River Reservation district; provided further, that $12,700 shall be expended at the direction of the Bourne barracks for increased traffic detail on Cape Cod and in Plymouth; provided further, that $30,240 shall be expended for the costs associated with providing state police patrols three nights per week in the city of Brockton, south between Montello street and Warren avenue and north to Battle street between Montello street and Warren avenue, or at such other location and that such patrols shall be assigned between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. beginning July 1, 1998 for a period of 18 weeks, as deemed necessary; provided, further, that $30,000 shall be expended for the cost associated with providing state police services at Breakheart Reservation; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the costs of state police patrols along the Charles river esplanade and the Charlesgate area of the city of Boston; provided further, that $131,520 shall be expended for the costs of state police patrols at Lynn beach, Kings beach, and Nahant beach; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with patrols of the Wollaston beach-Quincy Shore Drive section of the city of Quincy; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for the purpose of increased patrols during the months of April to October, inclusive, at Winthrop beach and Winthrop Shore drive in the town of Winthrop, Revere beach in the city of Revere, Constitution beach and Belle Isle marsh in the East Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to provide patrols along the southwest corridor, so-called; provided further, that $25,000 be expended to provide patrols of Blue Hill and Stonybrook reservations and those parklands and roadways under the care and control of the metropolitan district commission patrolled by the state police in the Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Roslindale, and Readville sections of Boston, and in the towns of Canton, Milton and Randolph; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to provide increased patrols during the months of April to October, inclusive, at Mary O'Malley Park in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the cost of state police patrols for the Neponset River bicycle path in the town of Milton; provided further, that not less than $127,486 shall be expended for the cost of increased state police patrols during the months of June to September, inclusive, for Nantasket beach in the town of Hull; provided further, that $46,666 shall be expended for patrols of properties of the metropolitan district commission located along Day Boulevard in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that such patrols along Day Boulevard shall be assigned between the hours 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., nightly until November 1, 1998; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the AA subsidiary, so-called

...............................................................$1,518,612

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

8100-9999

For the payment of charges assessed to the department for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, the medical security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, prior to April 15, 1999 all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that after said date, the colonel of state police may, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, transfer from said DD subsidiary to the KK subsidiary, so-called; or the NN subsidiary, so-called, of this account, an amount not to exceed 15 per cent of the funds appropriated herein, if the secretary of administration and finance certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the following conditions have been met: (1) that the total amount of such assessed changes is fully encumbered and is less than the amount appropriated herein; (2) that the department does not require any supplemental appropriation in any other items of appropriation; (3) that the department is expected to meet the revenue targets established for fiscal year 1998; and (4) that the department has not expended any funds for the payment of such charges in any other items of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all transfers of funds between subsidiaries as authorized herein; and provided further, that no funds shall be scheduled to any subsidiary in this account which is not explicitly referenced herein

...............................................................$2,141,478

Highway Fund............................................................. 88.2%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 9.5%

General Fund............................................................. 2.3%