20000100 - Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Administration

Account Description FY2010
Spending		 FY2011
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2000-0100 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Administration
For the operation of the office of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management program, environmental impact reviews conducted pursuant to chapter 30 of the General Laws and the mosquito-borne disease vector control chapter program; provided, that the executive office may engage in a program of collaborative research with academic institutions that apply satellite and other technologies in an innovative manner to an existing methodological model previously used in other fisheries to assess the biomass of groundfish in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management Council; provided further, that the executive office may execute a memorandum of agreement with any such academic institution not later than 30 days after the effective date of this act; provided further, that the memorandum shall require the timely production of information for use in the fisheries management process; provided further, that the secretary shall file a plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the house and senate committees on global warming and climate change, and the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture 90 days prior to the initiation of any proposal or plan that would consolidate any function with any of the departments or divisions under said secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) an identification of the employees that would be affected by consolidation and the item of appropriation from which they are paid; (b) the savings or efficiencies to be realized; (c) the improvements to the services expected; and (d) the source and amount of funding necessary to accomplish the consolidation; provided further, that the secretary shall provide a 90 day notice prior to the implementation of any memorandum of understanding, interagency service agreements, or other contacts, or agreements that would enable such consolidation of services to take place; provided further, that the secretary of energy and environmental affairs may enter into interagency agreements with any line agency within the secretariat, whereby the line agency may render data processing services to said secretary; provided further, that upon receipt of a written certification by the secretary of administration and finance, addressed to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the comptroller of the commonwealth, that legislation extending the commonwealth's eligibility for an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, not in effect as of June 1, 2010, has been duly enacted and signed into law by the President of the United States or that the federal government has otherwise obligated itself to release additional funding not available as of June 1, 2010, to the commonwealth during state fiscal year 2011, that the executive office shall engage in a program of collaborative research with academic institutions that apply satellite and other technologies in an innovative manner to an existing methodological model previously used in other fisheries to assess the biomass of groundfish in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management Council; and provided further, that the executive office shall execute a memorandum of agreement with any such academic institution not later than 30 days after the effective date of this act



General Fund 94.932%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 5.068%

 6,045,516 5,751,276

Veto Explanation:   I am vetoing this language and reducing this amount because none of the enhanced FMAP funds have been received from or committed by the federal government.