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Division of Professional Licensure
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018

FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT		FY2019 Conference	FY2019 Vetoes	FY2019 Overrides	FY2019 GAA
7006-0040	Division of Professional Licensure	3,189	0	0	3,189
7006-0142	Office of Public Safety and Inspections	14,058	-50	50	14,058
7006-0151	Occupational Schools Oversight	592	0	0	592
TOTAL		17,838	-50	50	17,838

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account	description	amount
DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE		17,838,394

Direct Appropriations
7006-0040	Division of Professional Licensure For the operation and administration of the division of professional licensure	3,189,154

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Retained Revenues
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	14,057,504
7006-0151	Occupational Schools Oversight For the division of professional licensure which may expend not more than $591,736 for the oversight of proprietary schools; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division 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	591,736

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