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General Appropriations Act FY2008

Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Security
Data Current as of:  10/29/2007





FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY 2008
Conference
FY 2008
Vetoes
FY 2008
Overrides
FY 2008
GAA
8000-0000  Executive Office of Public Safety and Security 2,764 0 0 2,764
8000-0010  Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program 21,351 0 0 21,351
8000-0038  Witness Protection Board 500 0 0 500
8000-0040  Municipal Police Career Incentive Reimbursements 50,202 0 0 50,202
8000-0054  Municipal Police Grants 4,000 0 0 4,000
8000-0060  Racial Profiling Law Implementation 150 0 0 150
8000-0202  Sexual Assault Evidence Kits 120 0 0 120
8000-0619  Student Awareness of Fire Education Program 1,179 -1,179 1,179 1,179
8910-0000  County Correctional Programs 191,353 -60 60 191,353
8910-0002  Barnstable County Sex Offender Management Program 155 0 0 155
8910-0003  Forensic Services Program for Incarcerated Persons 2,600 0 0 2,600
8910-0010  Lemuel Shattuck Hospital County Expenses 2,701 0 0 2,701
TOTAL    277,075 -1,239 1,239 277,075

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY 277,075,072
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
8000-0000 Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
For the office of the secretary, including the administration of the committee on criminal justice and the highway safety bureau to provide matching funds for a federal planning and administration grant pursuant to 23 U.S.C. section 402; provided that, not more than $100,000 shall be provided for the On-Site Academy in Gardner; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a targeted control substance interdiction pilot program to be administered by the chiefs of police for the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop
                Highway Fund ............... 85.00%
                General Fund ............... 15.00%
2,764,443
8000-0010 Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program
For community policing grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided, that no such grants shall be awarded to the department of state police; provided further, that any community that received funds through this item in fiscal year 2007 shall receive at least that amount in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that grants shall only be expended on items that are related to community policing activities, programs, purchases or construction; provided further, that grant funds shall not be expended on food and beverages, recruit training academy tuition, salaries and benefits for non-community policing personnel and payments for non-related overtime; and provided further, that not later than March 15, 2008, the executive office of public safety shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the amount of grants awarded to these grant recipients and descriptions of these grants
21,351,035
8000-0038 Witness Protection Board
For the operation of a witness protection program pursuant to chapter 263A of the General Laws
500,000
8000-0040 Municipal Police Career Incentive Reimbursements
For police career incentives to reimburse certain cities and towns for career incentive salary increases for police officers
50,202,122
8000-0054 Municipal Police Grants
For municipal police grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety; provided, that no such grants shall be awarded to the department of state police; provided further, that these funds are intended for initial funding of 50 municipal officers, but not as a permanent subsidy; provided further, that the executive office of public safety in conjunction with representatives from municipal government and law enforcement, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security shall develop a formula to distribute the funds; provided further, that grant recipients shall submit quarterly reports to the executive office of public safety, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security which shall detail the fiscal and programmatic steps taken with the grant funds to enhance municipal policing efforts; and provided further, that not more than $100,000 of the sum appropriated in this line-item for its costs to administer the program
4,000,000
8000-0060 Racial Profiling Law Implementation
For the costs associated with implementation of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000; provided, that the secretary of public safety may allocate funds appropriated in this item to agencies within the executive office of public safety
150,000
8000-0202 Sexual Assault Evidence Kits
For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class; and provided further, that administrative resources provided from other items for the implementation of this program in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced in fiscal year 2008
120,000
8000-0619 Student Awareness of Fire Education Program
For the distribution of grants for city and fire district student awareness of fire education programs, to be known as S.A.F.E. programs, which shall include information about the fire risks caused by smoking; provided, that funds may be expended by the department of fire services for the purpose of performing grant related services and training
1,178,666
8910-0000 County Correctional Programs
For a reserve to fund county correctional programs; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be distributed among the sheriffs departments of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties by the county government finance review board upon prior notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall be in addition to and contingent on item 1599-7092; provided further, that funds made available to Plymouth county may be expended for operating and debt service costs associated with state inmates housed in the Plymouth county facility, pursuant to clauses 3 and 4 of the Memorandum of Agreement signed May 14, 1992; provided further, that funds distributed from this item shall be paid to the treasurer of each county who shall place the funds in a separate account within the treasury of each such county; provided further, that the treasurer shall authorize temporary transfers into this account for operation and maintenance of jails and houses of correction in advance of receipt of the amount distributed by the commonwealth under this item; provided further, that upon receipt of the state distribution, the treasurer may transfer out of such account an amount equal to the funds so advanced; provided further, that all funds deposited in such accounts and any interest accruing thereto shall be used solely for the functions of the sheriffs' departments of the various counties including, but not limited to, maintenance and operation of jails and houses of correction, without further appropriation; provided further, that the sheriff's department of each county shall reimburse the county treasurer of each county for personnel-related expenses, with the exception of salaries, attributable to the operations of the sheriff's department of each county heretofore paid by the county including, but not limited to, the cost of employee benefits; provided further, that the spending plans required by this item shall be developed by the county government finance review board, in consultation with the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association; provided further, that in accordance with section 247 of chapter 38 of the acts of 1995, all spending plans shall be detailed by object class and object code in accordance with the expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that such spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by each county correctional facility including, but not limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that such spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all vehicles leased, owned or operated by each county sheriff; provided further, that no sheriff shall purchase any new vehicles or major equipment in fiscal year 2008 unless such purchase is made pursuant to a multicounty or regionalized collaborative procurement arrangement or unless such purchase is directly related to significant population increase or is otherwise necessary to address an immediate and unanticipated public safety crisis and is approved by the county government finance review board and the executive office of public safety; provided further, that notwithstanding the other provisions in this item, sheriffs may purchase "marked" prisoner transportation vans, upon notification to the county government finance review board; provided further, that notwithstanding any special law to the contrary, no county treasurer shall retain revenues derived by the sheriffs from commissions on telephone service provided to inmates or detainees; provided further, that the revenues shall be retained by the sheriffs not subject to further appropriation for use in a canteen fund; provided further, that the county government finance review board and the executive office of public safety shall identify and develop county correction expenditures which shall be reduced through shared contracts, regionalized services, bulk purchasing and other centralized procurement savings programs; provided further, that the daily count sheet for county facilities, compiled by the executive office of public safety, shall be filed with the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association not less than monthly; provided further, that all revenues including, but not limited to, revenue received from housing federal prisoners, United States Marshals, canteen revenues, inmate industries and work-crew revenues shall be tracked and reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association; provided further, that on or before August 15, 2007, each county sheriff shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2008 to the county government finance review board and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of each county correctional facility and the expenditures which shall be reduced to remain within the appropriation; provided further, that failure by a county sheriff to comply with any provision of this item shall result in a reduction of subsequent quarterly payments to amounts consistent with a rate of expenditure of 95 per cent of the rate of expenditure for fiscal year 2007, as determined by the county government finance review board; provided further, that each sheriff shall submit to the executive office of public safety and the house and senate committees on ways and means copies of such spending plans not later than August 15, 2007; provided further, that $60,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office Reentry Program; provided further, that on or before September 15, 2007, the county government finance review board shall have approved final fiscal year 2008 county correction budgets; provided further, that the county government finance review board shall provide the executive office of public safety and the house and senate committees on ways and means with copies of such approved budgets not later than October 15, 2007; provided further, that such budgets shall include distribution schedules for the final 2 quarters of fiscal year 2008 and such plans shall be used to make all subsequent quarterly distributions; provided further, that services shall be provided to the extent determined to be possible within the amount appropriated in this item and each sheriff shall make all necessary adjustments to ensure that expenditures do not exceed the appropriation; provided further, that each county shall expend during fiscal year 2008, for the operation of county jails and houses of correction and other statutorily authorized facilities and functions of the office of the sheriff, in addition to the amount distributed from this item, not less than 102.5 per cent of the amount expended in fiscal year 2007 for such purposes from own-source revenues, which shall not be less than 5 per cent of total county revenues including, but not limited to, amounts levied pursuant to sections 30 and 31 of chapter 35 of the General Laws and amounts provided pursuant to sections 11 to 13, inclusive, of chapter 64D of the General Laws; provided further, that in fiscal year 2008, those counties which have not met maintenance of effort obligations in prior fiscal years shall expend not less than the minimum contribution, as defined above from own-source revenues; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions stated in this item, the maintenance of effort obligations for Suffolk county shall be 4 per cent of the total fiscal year 2008 Suffolk county correction operating budget as approved by the county government finance review board; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the deputy commissioner of local services shall certify on or before May 15, 2008 that all municipalities have appropriated and transferred to their respective county treasuries, not less than 102.5 per cent of the municipality's prior year obligations or minimum contributions as defined above, whichever is greater, for county corrections; provided further, that if a municipality fails to transfer such obligation, the deputy commissioner shall withhold an amount equal to the shortfall in the obligation due to the county from such municipality's fourth quarter local aid "cherry sheet" distribution, authorized from item 0611-5500 of section 2 and from funds made available from the State Lottery Fund distribution in section 3; provided further, that on or before August 1, 2007, the deputy commissioner shall report all such withholdings to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that in fiscal year 2008, notwithstanding section 20A of chapter 59 of the General Laws, any county except Suffolk and Nantucket may increase its county tax for the fiscal year by an additional amount if the total amount of such additional county tax is approved by two-thirds of the cities and towns in the county, in towns by a majority vote of the town meeting or town council, and in cities by a majority vote of the city council or board of aldermen, with the approval of the mayor or manager; and provided further, that each sheriff funded from this item shall report on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the average monthly inmate population in the county starting not later than September 30, 2007
191,352,937
8910-0002 Barnstable County Sex Offender Management Program
For the administration of a sex offender warrant unit program in the Barnstable county sheriff's office; provided, that the unit shall support the regional Cape Cod sex offender management task force, provide address verification and maintain a regional sex offender database for local law enforcement
155,040
8910-0003 Forensic Services Program for Incarcerated Persons
For 2 regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization units to provide forensic mental health services within existing physical facilities for incarcerated persons in the care of correctional facilities in the commonwealth; provided, that 1 unit shall be located in Hampden county to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in the care of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester counties; provided further, that 1 unit shall be located in Middlesex County to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in the care of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties; provided further, that the services of the units shall be made available to incarcerated persons in the care of the department of correction; provided further, that the Massachusetts sheriffs' association, in conjunction with the department of correction, shall prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the number of incarcerated persons in facilities located in counties that were provided services in each unit; (b) the number of incarcerated persons in department of correction facilities that were provided services in each unit; (c) the alleviation in caseload at Bridgewater state hospital associated with fewer incarcerated persons in the care of counties being attended to at the hospital; and (d) the estimated and projected cost-savings in fiscal year 2008 to the sheriff departments and the department of correction associated with the regional units; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2008; and provided further, that the department of mental health shall maintain monitoring and quality review functions of the units
2,600,000
8910-0010 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital County Expenses
For the purpose of funding expenses for services provided to inmates of county correctional facilities by the department of public health Lemuel Shattuck hospital in fiscal year 2008; provided, that the department shall notify the county government finance review board and the comptroller of all such expenses; provided further, that not more than 30 days after receiving such notification, the board shall certify to the comptroller the amount of these expenses to be charged to this item; provided further, that upon receiving such certification, the comptroller shall effect the transfer of such amount from this item to item 4590-0903 in section 2B; and provided further, that these actual and projected payments shall be considered expenditures within each county spending plan and shall be reflected as such in proposed spending plans required by 8910-0000 in section 2
2,700,829

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 114,357,137
8000-4602 Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act Planning
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act - Planning
151,565
8000-4603 Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act
1,500,000
8000-4608 Drug Free Schools and Communities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986
1,500,000
8000-4609 Narcotics Control Assistance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Narcotics Control Assistance
7,191,643
8000-4610 Statistical Analysis Center
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statistical Analysis Center
59,037
8000-4611 Justice Assistance Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Byrne Justice Assistance
3,450,000
8000-4612 Gang Database Funding
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Gang Database Funding
1,000,000
8000-4613 Project Safe Neighborhood Anti-Gang Initiative
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Project Safe Neighborhood Anti-Gang Initiative
300,000
8000-4619 Title V - Delinquency Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title V
200,000
8000-4620 Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program
1,924,564
8000-4623 Criminal History Improvement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Criminal History Improvement
799,341
8000-4624 State Prisoner Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prisoner Substance Abuse Treatment
468,849
8000-4626 Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Violent Offender Incarceration
1,500,000
8000-4634 Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
896,197
8000-4637 Sex Offender Management Discretionary Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sex Offender Management Grant
81,000
8000-4638 Internet Crimes against Children Task Force
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
100,000
8000-4642 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bullet-proof Vest Partnership Program
20,000
8000-4690 Justice Information Technology Integration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Justice Information Technology
10,000
8000-4692 Homeland Security
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Homeland Security Program
55,000,000
8000-4693 Project Safe Neighborhoods
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Project Safe Neighborhood
1,000,000
8000-4694 Urban Areas Security Initiative
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban Area Security Initiative
7,460,000
8000-4695 Homeland Security Buffer Zone Protection
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Buffer Zone Protection
1,100,000
8000-4696 Transit Security Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transportation Security Grant
10,500,000
8000-4804 Highway Safety Programs - Grants Tracking System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Agency Programs
17,250,000
8000-4838 2004 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enforcing Underage Drinking Law III
356,211
8000-4839 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enforcing Underage Drinking Law IV
250,697
8000-4840 2006 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2006 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
188,033
8000-4841 Fatality Analysis Reporting System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Fatality Analysis Reporting
100,000