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FY2006
State Budget - Governor's Vetoes
June 30, 2005, Boston
– This morning, Gov. Mitt Romney signed a $23.8 billion budget for FY2006 and
issued vetoes to the spending proposal released by the Conference Committee
last week. Romney vetoed $110 million in proposed spending, cutting funds for
several crucial line items.
Highlights include: Vetoed the entire
$250,000 proposed by the Conference Committee for the Toxics Use
Reduction Institute, for the purpose of studying alternatives to
commonly used chemical compounds found to cause birth defects and
learning disabilities.
We understand that the House will begin its override process on
Wednesday, July 6 and the Senate will follow through shortly
thereafter. We need to send a clear message to state representatives
and senators to override these vetoes. Please click here to send an automated e-mail using the ARC ACTION CENTER.
FY2006 DMR Budget and related line items – Governor’s Vetoes
Line Item | Description | Conference Report | (Funds Vetoed) New Total | Line Item Language Vetoed | Governor’s Rationale | 5911-1000 | Administration | $12,799,349 |
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| 5911-2000 | Transportation | $13,891,791 |
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| 5920-1000 | Regional/Area Offices | $53,490,519 |
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that the department shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of
service coordinators within the department, the number of consumers
served by said coordinators, and the amount of time spent per month per
consumer” | “I am striking language because it inappropriately imposes legislative controls on Executive branch management decisions” | 5920-2000 | Community Residential | $500,173,626 |
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| 5920-2010 | State Ops. | $119,556,581 |
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| 5920-2020 | Boulet/Waiting List | $85,614,227 |
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| 5920-2025 | Day/Employment | $113,308,979 |
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| 5920-3000 | Flexible Supports (Family Supports) | $51,289,967 |
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| 5920-3010 | New Autism Division | $1,200,000 |
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| 5920-5000 | Turning 22 | $6,467,670 |
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further, that the department shall report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than January 2, 2006, on the use
of any funds encumbered or expended from this item including, but not
limited to, the number of clients served in each region and the types
of services purchased in each region;” | “I am striking language because it inappropriately imposes legislative controls on Executive branch management decisions” | 5930-1000 | State Schools | $165,986,286 |
| “provided further, that said plan shall be subject to the approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means;” | “I am striking language because it inappropriately imposes legislative controls on Executive branch management decisions” | 5982-1000 | Templeton Retained | $100,000 |
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| TOTAL DMR Budget | $1,123,647,473 |
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Related Line Items | Line Item | Description | Conference Report | (Funds Vetoed) New Total | Line Item Language Vetoed | Governor’s Rationale | 1599-6901 | Salary Reserve | $20,000,000 | ($10,000,000) $10,000,000 | “provided
further, that $7,000,000 shall be expended in fiscal year 2006 to
adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated
employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $25,000 in annual
compensation who are employed by private human service providers that
deliver human and social services under contracts with departments
within the executive office of health and human services and the
executive office of elder affairs; provided further, that $3,000,000
shall be expended in fiscal year 2006 to adjust the wages, compensation
or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning
more than $25,001 and less than $40,000 in annual compensation who are
employed by private human service providers that deliver human and
social services under contracts with departments within the executive
office of health and human services and the executive office of elder
affairs” | “I
am reducing earmarked funding for a program to the amount projected to
be necessary. The reduction in the item incorporates the reduction in
earmarked funds.” | 1599-6902 | Rate Adjustment | $0 |
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| 5948-0012 | DOE/DMR | $8,000,000 |
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| 4513-1020 | Early Intervention | $30,840,024 | ($1,000,000) $29,840,024
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change: “provided further that not less than a million shall be
expended for the provision of cost reimbursement funding to certified
early intervention programs” | “I
am striking language which earmarks funding for program expansion not
recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the
stricken earmarked funds.” | 7100-0350 | Toxics Use Reduction Institute | $250,000 | ($250,000) 0 |
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