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Secretary of the Commonwealth
Data Current as of:  12/6/2017





FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2018
Conference
FY2018
Vetoes
FY2018
Overrides
FY2018
GAA
Secretary of the Commonwealth Administration 6,457 -75 75 6,457
State House Gift Shop Retained Revenue 15 0 0 15
Corporate Dissolution Program 351 0 0 351
State Archives 666 -100 100 666
State Records Center 35 0 0 35
State Archives Facility 296 0 0 296
Commonwealth Museum 231 0 0 231
Census Data Technical Assistance 575 -175 175 575
Address Confidentiality Program 136 0 0 136
Public Document Printing 503 0 0 503
Elections Division Administration 5,596 0 0 5,596
Central Voter Registration Computer System 5,188 0 0 5,188
Information to Voters 385 0 0 385
Massachusetts Historical Commission 983 -50 50 983
Ballot Law Commission 10 0 0 10
Records Conservation Board 36 0 0 36
Essex Registry of Deeds-Northern District 1,236 0 0 1,236
Essex Registry of Deeds-Southern District 2,810 0 0 2,810
Franklin Registry of Deeds 623 0 0 623
Hampden Registry of Deeds 1,752 0 0 1,752
Hampshire Registry of Deeds 549 0 0 549
Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Northern District 1,153 0 0 1,153
Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Southern District 3,177 0 0 3,177
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Northern District 267 0 0 267
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Central District 456 0 0 456
Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Southern District 227 0 0 227
Suffolk Registry of Deeds 1,906 0 0 1,906
Worcester Registry of Deeds-Northern District 679 0 0 679
Worcester Registry of Deeds-Worcester District 2,233 0 0 2,233
TOTAL    38,532 -400 400 38,532

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SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 41,036,441
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
6,457,442
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
351,074
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
665,557
0511-0230 State Records Center
For the operation of the records center
35,118
0511-0250 State Archives Facility
For the operation of the archives facility
296,326
0511-0260 Commonwealth Museum
For the operation of the commonwealth museum
231,040
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
574,980
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
503,089
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
5,596,151
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, 2018
5,187,599
0524-0000 Information to Voters
For providing information to voters
385,000
0526-0100 Massachusetts Historical Commission
For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the historic restoration of the Levi Wetherbee farm located on Middle road in the town of Boxborough
982,724
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; provided, that the North Essex registry of deeds may pursue a pilot program with the Essex county sheriff's office to share leased office space
1,236,449
0540-1000 Essex Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem
2,809,828
0540-1100 Franklin Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin
622,922
0540-1200 Hampden Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden
1,752,422
0540-1300 Hampshire Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire
549,081
0540-1400 Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell
1,153,041
0540-1500 Middlesex Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge
3,176,531
0540-1600 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams
267,107
0540-1700 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Central District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield
456,085
0540-1800 Berkshire Registry of Deeds-Southern District
For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington
227,374
0540-1900 Suffolk Registry of Deeds
For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk
1,906,109
0540-2000 Worcester Registry of Deeds-Northern District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg
678,783
0540-2100 Worcester Registry of Deeds-Worcester District
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester
2,232,873

account description amount
Retained Revenues
0511-0001 State House Gift Shop Retained Revenue
For the secretary of the commonwealth; provided, that the secretary may expend retained revenues not to exceed $15,000 from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop to restock 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 Services 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 Services Fund ............... 100%
100,000

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 2,388,804
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
217,075
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
40,000

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