Bill > H3718

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2017 to provide additional funding for certain existing appropriations and other activities and projects. The key provisions include: 1. Appropriating funds from the General Fund to various state agencies and departments, such as the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and the Executive Office of Public Safety. 2. Authorizing the transfer of funds between certain housing and economic development appropriation items to address any deficiencies. 3. Requiring the unexpended balances in certain debt service appropriation items to be deposited into the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund, up to 10% of the Commonwealth's fiscal year 2017 payments received under the Master Settlement Agreement. 4. Suspending the percentage increase set forth in a previous act for fiscal year 2017. The bill aims to provide supplemental funding and make certain adjustments to the state's budget and programs for the fiscal year 2017.

Budget and Finance

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3718