Bill > H4600

This bill makes appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements. * **Judiciary:** * Supreme Judicial Court: $11,536,050 for operations, including salaries of justices. * Appeals Court: $15,556,393 for operations, including salaries of justices. * Trial Court: $88,179,084 for justice salaries and $338,118,036 for central administration, including various court operations and programs. * Committee for Public Counsel Services: $88,828,810 for operations, with a mandate for public defender representation and reporting requirements. * Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation: $52,500,000 for legal representation for indigent residents, with reporting requirements on services provided. * Other Judiciary items include funding for the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Board of Bar Examiners, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, Prisoners' Legal Services, and Social Law Library. * **District Attorneys:** * Various District Attorney offices receive funding for operations, victim and witness assistance programs, child abuse and sexual assault prosecution programs, and domestic violence units. Overtime costs for state police officers assigned to these offices are also funded. For example, the Suffolk District Attorney's office receives $28,231,996. * Massachusetts District Attorneys Association: $499,950 for drug diversion programs and $2,562,065 for automation and case management systems. * **Executive Branch:** * Office of the Governor: $6,173,602 for operations and extraordinary expenses. * Secretary of the Commonwealth: $8,387,778 for operations, with specific allocations for the corporations division, archives division, commonwealth museum, and other related functions. * Treasurer and Receiver General: $12,325,491 for office operations, including financial literacy programs and alcoholic beverage control commission operations. * Lottery Commission: $113,624,897 for operations, with 25% transferred to the General Fund. * Massachusetts Cultural Council: $25,895,000 for services and operations, with 25% transferred to the General Fund. * Executive Office for Administration and Finance: $4,775,425 for the secretary's office, $562,304 for accountability and transparency activities, and $35,822,972 for information technology services. * Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance: $31,870,886 for facilities management and maintenance. * Department of Revenue: $99,013,826 for operations, including tax collection and audits. * Appellate Tax Board: $2,562,613 for operations. * Health Policy Commission: $12,028,078 for operations. * Police Reform Commission: $8,747,477 for the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. * Office of the Attorney General: $42,167,880 for operations, including consumer aid, antitrust division, and a high-tech crime unit. * Victim and Witness Assistance Board: $1,455,525 for operations. * State Ethics Commission: $3,634,121 for operations. * Office of the Inspector General: $5,584,969 for operations. * Office of Campaign and Political Finance: $2,201,861 for operations. * Office of the Child Advocate: $3,765,275 for operations. * Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination: $8,367,888 for operations. * Executive Office of Veterans’ Services: $11,729,113 for operations, including services to veterans and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries. * Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts (Chelsea): $53,086,687 for maintenance and operation. * Soldiers' Home in Holyoke: $33,437,909 for maintenance and operation. * Executive Office of Technology Services and Security: $3,518,050 for operations and $96,676,497 for core technology services and security. * Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: $18,615,104 for operations, including water resources and environmental impact reviews. * Department of Public Utilities: $20,534,183 for operations. * Department of Environmental Protection: $54,009,482 for operations, including enforcement and permit decisions. * Department of Fish and Game: $1,977,659 for the commissioner's office and various divisions. * Department of Agricultural Resources: $11,566,244 for operations, including pest management and food trust programs. * Department of Conservation and Recreation: $6,806,755 for operations, including watershed management and state parks. * Department of Energy Resources: $258,841 for conservation service programs and $6,659,337 for operations. * Department of Early Education and Care: $32,068,027 for administration and $47,603,764 for quality supports. * Department of Transitional Assistance: $103,553,615 for central administration and $496,214,609 for transitional aid to families with dependent children. * Department of Public Health: $47,394,484 for administration and operations, including health statistics and cancer registry. * Department of Youth Services: $5,069,821 for administration, $26,971,576 for community-based services, and $121,127,157 for secure facilities. * Department of Mental Health: $34,599,440 for operations, $130,490,885 for child and adolescent services, and $619,175,134 for adult mental health and support services. * Department of Developmental Services: $100,375,397 for administration and operation. * Board of Library Commissioners: $2,074,268 for operations. * Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development: $1,754,807 for operations. * Department of Labor Standards: $4,716,206 for operations. * Department of Labor Relations: $3,522,982 for operations. * Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities: $15,356,798 for operations. * Department of Telecommunications and Cable: $3,456,243 for operations. * Massachusetts Office of Business Development: $1,326,818 for operations. * Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation: $1,725,160 for operations. * Division of Banks: $25,279,296 for operations. * Division of Insurance: $16,269,621 for operations. * Division of Occupational Licensure: $11,701,280 for operations. * Division of Standards: $1,718,559 for operations. * **Local Aid:** * Unrestricted General Government Aid to cities and towns: $6,000,784,684. * Chapter 70 School Aid: $1,283,301,752. * Regional School District Aid: $900,138,459. * **Trust Funds and Transfers:** * Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund: $10,000,000 transfer. * Commonwealth Care Trust Fund: $35,000,000 transfer. * State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund: $550,000,000 transfer. * Clean Energy Investment Fund: $30,000,000 transfer. * MassHealth Provider Payment Account: $682,202,000 transfer. * Health Information Technology Trust Fund: $14,177,900 transfer. * Safety Net Provider Trust Fund: $17,328,861 transfer. * Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund: $200,000 transfer. * Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Trust Fund: $2,700,000 transfer. * Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund: $538,011,082 transfer. * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: $315,000,000 for operating subsidies and $40,000,000 for a workforce and safety program. * Regional Transit Authorities: $90,000,000 for transit improvements and $5,000,000 for ferry services. * Early Education and Care Operational Grant Fund: $175,000,000 for operational grants and $30,000,000 for waitlist reduction. * Civics Project Trust Fund: $1,500,000 transfer. * Massachusetts Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund: $1,000,000 transfer. * University of Massachusetts: $770,555,874 for operations. * State Universities and Community Colleges receive specific appropriations for operations. * Various federal grants are appropriated, totaling significant amounts across multiple agencies. The bill also includes provisions related to the lottery commission, tax administration, public safety, and various other state agencies and programs. It also details specific funding allocations for local aid and trust funds.