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Secretary of the Commonwealth
Data Current as of:  8/9/2016





FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2017
Conference
FY2017
Vetoes
FY2017
Overrides
FY2017
GAA
Secretary of the Commonwealth Administration 6,319 -63 63 6,319
State House Gift Shop Retained Revenue 15 0 0 15
Corporate Dissolution Program 353 -4 0 350
State Archives 566 -204 204 566
State Records Center 36 0 0 35
State Archives Facility 297 -3 0 294
Commonwealth Museum 233 -2 0 231
Census Data Technical Assistance 400 -4 0 396
Address Confidentiality Program 137 -1 0 136
Public Document Printing 509 -5 0 504
Elections Division Administration 11,700 -117 117 11,700
Central Voter Registration Computer System 5,855 -59 59 5,855
Early Voting 400 -4 4 400
Post-Election Audits 100 -1 0 99
Information to Voters 1,823 -18 0 1,805
Massachusetts Historical Commission 942 -9 0 933
Ballot Law Commission 10 0 0 10
Records Conservation Board 36 0 0 36
Essex Registry of Deeds-Northern District 1,237 -12 0 1,224
Essex Registry of Deeds-Southern District 2,810 -28 0 2,782
Franklin Registry of Deeds 623 -6 0 617
Hampden Registry of Deeds 1,753 -18 0 1,735
Hampshire Registry of Deeds 549 -5 0 544
Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Northern District 1,153 -12 0 1,142
Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Southern District 3,177 -32 0 3,145
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Northern District 267 -3 0 264
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Central District 456 -5 0 452
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Southern District 227 -2 0 225
Suffolk Registry of Deeds 1,806 -18 0 1,788
Worcester Registry of Deeds-Northern District 679 -7 0 672
Worcester Registry of Deeds-Worcester District 2,233 -22 0 2,211
TOTAL    46,702 -665 446 46,484

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account description amount
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 48,974,308
Direct Appropriations
0511-0000 Secretary of the Commonwealth Administration
For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100, 0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000 and 0540-2100 under an allocation schedule which shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; and provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to the regulations or standards established by the secretary of the commonwealth and the records conservation board
6,319,269
0511-0002 Corporate Dissolution Program
For the operation of the corporations division; provided, that the division shall implement a corporate dissolution program; and provided further, that the secretary shall file biannual reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of reports filed as a result of this program and the amount of revenue generated for the commonwealth
349,545
0511-0200 State Archives
For the operation of the archives division; provided, that $200,000 shall be expended for preservation matching grants for municipalities and nonprofit organizations to preserve veterans monuments, memorials and other significant sites and historic documents; and provided further, that the program shall be administered by the state historic records advisory board
565,557
0511-0230 State Records Center
For the operation of the records center
35,304
0511-0250 State Archives Facility
For the operation of the archives facility
294,097
0511-0260 Commonwealth Museum
For the operation of the commonwealth museum
230,935
0511-0270 Census Data Technical Assistance
For the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall contract with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical assistance on United States census data and to prepare annual population estimates; provided, that the contract shall be for not less than $325,000
396,000
0511-0420 Address Confidentiality Program
For the operation of the address confidentiality program
135,615
0517-0000 Public Document Printing
For the printing of public documents
504,187
0521-0000 Elections Division Administration
For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of the commonwealth may award grants for voter registration and education; and provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations, prior appropriation continued
11,700,000
0521-0001 Central Voter Registration Computer System
For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2017, prior appropriation continued
5,854,898
0521-0002 Early Voting
For implementation of early voting for the November 8, 2016 State Election as required by section 25B of chapter 54 of the General Laws
400,000
0521-0006 Post-Election Audits
For post-election audits as required by section 109A of chapter 54 of the General Laws; provided, that the secretary shall, within 30 days after receipt of the audit results, file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on the cost for each randomly selected precinct to perform the post-election audit
99,000
0524-0000 Information to Voters
For providing information to voters
1,804,604
0526-0100 Massachusetts Historical Commission
For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission
932,724
0527-0100 Ballot Law Commission
For the operation of the ballot law commission
10,281
0528-0100 Records Conservation Board
For the operation of the records conservation board
36,036
0540-0900 Essex Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lawrence
1,224,208
0540-1000 Essex Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem
2,782,008
0540-1100 Franklin Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin
616,755
0540-1200 Hampden Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden
1,735,072
0540-1300 Hampshire Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire
543,644
0540-1400 Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell
1,141,624
0540-1500 Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge
3,145,081
0540-1600 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams
264,463
0540-1700 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Central District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield
451,569
0540-1800 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington
225,123
0540-1900 Suffolk Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk
1,788,227
0540-2000 Worcester Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg
672,063
0540-2100 Worcester Registry of Deeds-Worcester District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester
2,210,765

account description amount
Retained Revenues
0511-0001 State House Gift Shop Retained Revenue
For the secretary of the commonwealth, who may expend retained revenues not to exceed $15,000 from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory
15,000

account description amount
Intragovernmental Service Spending 116,000
0511-0003 Chargeback for Publications and Computer Library Services
For the costs of providing electronic and other publications purchased from the state bookstore, for commission fees, notary fees and for direct access to the secretary's computer library
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
16,000
0511-0235 Chargeback for State Records Center Services
For the costs of obsolete records destruction incurred by the office of the secretary of state; provided, that state agencies, including the judicial branch, may be charged for the destruction of their obsolete records by the records center where appropriate; provided further, that the secretary of state may expend revenues not to exceed $100,000 of the funds received for the costs of the obsolete record destruction; and provided further, that the fees shall be charged on an equitable basis
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
100,000

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 2,374,654
0526-0112 Underrepresented Communities Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underrepresented Communities
20,000
0526-0113 New Preserve Survey and Planning
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Historic Preservation Survey and Planning
917,267
0526-0118 National Maritime Heritage Grant Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Maritime Heritage Grant Program
185,175
0526-0127 Hurricane Sandy Relief
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy Relief MA
1,214,462
0529-1600 Historic Records Advisory Board
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State & National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants
37,750