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70060142 - Office of Public Safety and Inspections
Data Current as of:  8/10/2018

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Account	Description	FY2018 Spending	FY2019 GAA
7006-0142	Office of Public Safety and Inspections For the administration of the office of public safety and inspections at the division of professional licensure, which may expend not more than $14,057,504 in revenues collected from fees or fines for annual elevator inspections, building inspections, amusement park ride inspections, state building code training and courses of instruction, licensing of pipefitters and hoisting equipment operators, all licensing programs administered by the office of public safety and inspections, revenues from fines collected under section 65 of chapter 143 of the General Laws and fees for appeals of civil fines issued under section 22 of chapter 22 of the General Laws and said section 65 of said chapter 143 For the administration of the office of public safety and inspections at the division of professional licensure, which may expend not more than $14,007,504 in revenues collected from fees or fines for annual elevator inspections, building inspections, amusement park ride inspections, state building code training and courses of instruction, licensing of pipefitters and hoisting equipment operators, all licensing programs administered by the office of public safety and inspections, revenues from fines collected under section 65 of chapter 143 of the General Laws and fees for appeals of civil fines issued under section 22 of chapter 22 of the General Laws and said section 65 of said chapter 143 ; provided, that funds shall be expended for the administration of the office of public safety and inspections, including, but not limited to: inspectional services, licensing services, the architectural access board, elevator inspections, building inspections and amusement device inspections; provided further, that funds shall be expended to address the existing elevator inspection backlog and to defray the costs associated with performing overtime elevator inspections; provided further, that the division shall employ more than 70 full-time equivalent elevator inspectors, including an additional engineer; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided for a reimbursement program to be managed by the division of professional licensure which shall provide for the costs associated with the implementation of testing for the presence of pyrrhotite in the foundation of homes built on or after 1983 in the commonwealth within a 20-mile radius of J.J. Mottes Concrete Company in Stafford Springs, Connecticut; provided further, that reimbursements shall be made at a rate of 100 per cent for visual testing conducted by a licensed professional engineer up to $400 and a rate of 75 per cent for the testing of 2 core samples up to $5,000; and provided further, that 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 exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system	12,337,476	14,057,504

Veto Explanation:   I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended, and I am striking language not consistent with my House 2 recommendation. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.

 
 

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