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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Data Current as of:  9/11/2013





FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2014
Conference
FY2014
Vetoes
FY2014
Overrides
FY2014
GAA
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 2,568 0 0 2,568
Fees and Federal Reimbursement Retained Revenue 2,119 0 0 2,119
Discrimination Prevention Program Retained Revenue 140 0 0 140
TOTAL    4,827 0 0 4,827 0  

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MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 4,827,148
 
Direct Appropriations
0940-0100 Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
For the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed on or before July 1, 2005; provided, that on or before November 1, 2013, the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the following: (i) the total number of all currently pending cases and the total number of cases in investigations and post probable cause, with the total number of post probable cause cases delineated by the number of cases in conciliation, pre-public hearing and post-public hearing stages; (ii) the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, specifying those cases in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent, and the number of the cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of said chapter 151B has been committed; and (iii) the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2013 and the total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2013; provided further, that the commission shall file an updated report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before March 7, 2014; provided further, that the commission shall identify in the reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 0940-0101; provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commission shall pursue the highest rate of federal reimbursement
2,568,237

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Retained Revenues
0940-0101 Fees and Federal Reimbursement Retained Revenue
For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $2,118,911 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2014 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior fiscal years; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so authorized; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the 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
2,118,911
0940-0102 Discrimination Prevention Program Retained Revenue
For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $140,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the 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
140,000