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Budget Summary FY2009

Department of Public Safety
Data Current as of:  6/22/2009





FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference
FY2009
Vetoes
FY2009
Overrides
FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Total
Spending
Department of Public Safety and Inspections 2,771 0 0 2,771 2,416  
Division of Inspections 5,273 0 0 5,273 5,099  
Department of Public Safety Inspection and Training Retained Revenue 1,819 0 0 1,819 1,816  
Building Code Training Fee Retained Revenue 130 0 0 130 130  
TOTAL    9,993 0 0 9,993 9,461  

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account description amount
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 9,460,729
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
Direct Appropriations
8311-1000 Department of Public Safety and Inspections
For the administration of the department of public safety, including the board of building regulations and standards and the architectural access board; provided, that the department may charge fees for permitting the operation of amusement devices and to support the department's participation in the National Council for Amusement and Recreational Equipment Safety; provided further, that the department may charge fees for amusement operator certification; provided further, that the salaries of the commissioner and the deputy commissioner of the department of public safety shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the University of Massachusetts Lowell Environmental Health and Safety Department for the use of fire intumescent/refractory paint
2,415,600
8315-1000 Division of Inspections
For the administrative costs of the division of inspections; provided, that the expenses of the state boxing commission shall be paid from this item; provided further, that a doctor's certificate from another state shall be accepted as evidence of an eye examination; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the salaries of the commissioner or deputy commissioner of public safety; provided further, that the department shall employ not less than 42 full-time equivalent elevator inspectors, including an additional engineer inspector; provided further, that such additional engineer inspector's duties shall include, but not be limited to, administering pipefitter license examinations; provided further, that such an additional engineer inspector and elevator inspectors shall be regular state employees compensated from the AA object class of this item; provided further, that such additional engineer inspector position shall be in addition to any such positions added during fiscal year 1995; provided further, that the division shall develop reasonable rules or promulgate regulations for the granting of hardship fee exemptions to certain owners or persons in control of a building or domicile in which an elevator is operated; provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the elevator inspection backlog not later than October 1, 2008; provided further, that the division shall develop and maintain an electronic database that shall include, but not be limited to, the location and a categorical classification of buildings in which inspections are conducted; and provided further, that the division shall inspect all elevators in the state house and the McCormack office building
5,098,955

account description amount
Retained Revenues
8315-1020 Department of Public Safety Inspection and Training Retained Revenue
For the department of public safety which may expend not more than $1,818,600 in revenues collected from fees for annual elevator and amusement park ride inspections; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the department and for the purposes of addressing the existing elevator inspection backlog; provided further, that the department shall make efforts to employ inspectors that will perform overnight and weekend inspections as their regular work shift; provided further, that the department shall provide a full waiver of the inspection fee for an individual who requires a wheelchair lift as a medical necessity and whose annual income does not exceed the maximum allowable federal SSI benefit, or $7,236 a year, whichever is greater; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to more than the lesser of this authorization or the most-recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system
1,816,174
8315-1025 Building Code Training Fee Retained Revenue
The department of public safety may collect and expend an amount not to exceed $130,000 for the purposes of providing state building code training and courses for instruction; provided, that the agency may charge fees for the classes and education materials associated with administering training; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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
130,000