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1-1	ARTICLE 1
1-2	RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2013
1-3	SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained
1-4	in this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in
1-5	the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1-6	2013. The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available
1-7	pursuant to section 35-4-22 and Chapter 41 of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For the
1-8	purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and
1-9	directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such
1-10	portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly
1-11	authenticated vouchers.
1-12	Administration
1-13	Central Management General Revenues 2,272,523
1-14	Legal Services General Revenues 2,006,995
1-15	Accounts and Control General Revenues 3,815,349
1-16	Auditing General Revenues 1,200,000
1-17	Office of Management and Budget
1-18	General Revenues 3,004,055
1-19	Restricted Receipts 411,460
1-20	Total – Office of Management and Budget 3,415,515
1-21	Purchasing
1-22	General Revenues 2,741,468
1-23	Federal Funds 69,888
1-24	Other Funds 294,974
1-25	Total – Purchasing 3,106,330
1-26	Human Resources
1-27	General Revenues 8,839,720
1-28	Federal Funds 764,973
1-29	Restricted Receipts 427,760
1-30	Other Funds 1,359,348
2-31	Total - Human Resources 11,391,801
2-32	Personnel Appeal Board General Revenues 75,036
2-33	Facilities Management
2-34	General Revenues 32,593,888
2-35	Federal Funds 1,049,144
2-36	Restricted Receipts 598,202
2-37	Other Funds 3,325,363
2-38	Total – Facilities Management 37,566,597
2-39	Capital Projects and Property Management
2-40	General Revenues 3,040,310
2-41	Restricted Receipts 1,313,144
2-42	Total – Capital Projects and Property Management 4,353,454
2-43	Information Technology
2-44	General Revenues 20,215,153
2-45	Federal Funds 5,760,616
2-46	Restricted Receipts 3,789,803
2-47	Other Funds 2,092,811
2-48	Total – Information Technology 31,858,383
2-49	Library and Information Services
2-50	General Revenues 933,989
2-51	Federal Funds 1,319,663
2-52	Restricted Receipts 1,895
2-53	Total - Library and Information Services 2,255,547
2-54	Planning
2-55	General Revenues 3,960,126
2-56	Federal Funds 8,684,453
2-57	Other Funds 4,836,966
2-58	Total - Planning 17,481,545
2-59	General
2-60	General Revenues
2-61	Economic Development Corporation 4,634,890
2-62	EDC – Airport Impact Aid 1,025,000
2-63	Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be
2-64	distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of
2-65	the total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent
3-1	(40%) of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during the
3-2	calendar year 2012 at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport,
3-3	Quonset Airport, TF Green Airport, and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Economic
3-4	Development Corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns of cities in which the
3-5	airport is located based on this calculation.
3-6	Each community upon which any parts of the above airports are located shall receive at
3-7	least $25,000.
3-8	EDC – EPScore (Research Alliance) 1,150,000
3-9	Miscellaneous Grants 146,049
3-10	Slater Centers of Excellence 1,500,000
3-11	Torts – Courts 400,000
3-12	Current Care - Health Information Exchange 450,000
3-13	I-195 Commission 3,900,000
3-14	RI Film and Television Office 305,049
3-15	Office of Digital Excellence 300,000
3-16	State Employees/Teachers Retiree Health Subsidy 2,321,057
3-17	Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 8,773,398
3-18	Library Construction Aid 2,471,714
3-19	Federal Funds 4,345,555
3-20	Restricted Receipts 421,500
3-21	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
3-22	Statehouse Renovations 4,000,000
3-23	Cranston Street Armory 800,000
3-24	Cannon Building 220,000
3-25	Zambarano Building Rehabilitation 1,200,000
3-26	Pastore Medical Center Rehab DOA 1,600,000
3-27	Old State House 500,000
3-28	State Office Building 1,250,000
3-29	Old Colony House 300,000
3-30	William Powers Building 700,000
3-31	Fire Code Compliance State Buildings 350,000
3-32	Pastore Center Fire Code Compliance 1,100,000
3-33	Pastore Center Utility Systems Upgrade 2,000,000
4-34	Replacement of Fueling Tanks 300,000
4-35	Environmental Compliance 200,000
4-36	Big River Management Area 120,000
4-37	Pastore Center Building Demolition 3,000,000
4-38	Washington County Government Center 500,000
4-39	Veterans Memorial Auditorium 4,000,000
4-40	Chapin Health Laboratory 1,500,000
4-41	Pastore Center Parking 1,000,000
4-42	Pastore Center Water Tanks 500,000
4-43	Board of Elections New Location 1,000,000
4-44	Renovate Building #81 150,000
4-45	Pastore Cottages Rehabilitation 100,000
4-46	Health Lab Feasibility Study 175,000
4-47	Ladd Center Building Demolition 300,000
4-48	I-195 Commission 250,000
4-49	Total – General 59,259,572
4-50	Debt Service Payments
4-51	General Revenues 160,359,567
4-52	Federal Funds 2,759,328
4-53	Restricted Receipts 4,454,480
4-54	RIPTA Debt Service 1,680,844
4-55	Transportation Debt Service 34,317,954
4-56	Investment Receipts – Bond Funds 100,000
4-57	COPS - DLT Building – TDI 278,848
4-58	Total - Debt Service Payments 203,951,021
4-59	Energy Resources
4-60	Federal Funds 348,685
4-61	Federal Funds – Stimulus 224,543
4-62	Restricted Receipts 4,815,703
4-63	Total – Energy Resources 5,388,931
4-64	Supplemental Retirement Savings
4-65	General Revenues 629,747
4-66	Federal Funds 251,899
4-67	Restricted Receipts 52,479
5-68	Other 115,454
5-69	Total - Supplemental Retirement Savings 1,049,579
5-70	Grand Total – Administration 390,448,178
5-71	Business Regulation
5-72	Central Management General Revenues 1,145,060
5-73	Banking Regulation
5-74	General Revenues 1,637,766
5-75	Restricted Receipts 125,000
5-76	Total - Banking Regulation 1,762,766
5-77	Securities Regulation
5-78	General Revenues 1,068,375
5-79	Restricted Receipts 15,000
5-80	Total - Securities Regulation 1,083,375
5-81	Insurance Regulation
5-82	General Revenues 3,916,525
5-83	Restricted Receipts 1,284,868
5-84	Total - Insurance Regulation 5,201,393
5-85	Office of the Health Commissioner
5-86	General Revenues 542,929
5-87	Federal Funds 2,719,081
5-88	Restricted Receipts 10,500
5-89	Total – Office of the Health Commissioner 3,272,510
5-90	Board of Accountancy General Revenues 82,483
5-91	Commercial Licensing, Racing & Athletics
5-92	General Revenues 719,111
5-93	Restricted Receipts 460,812
5-94	Total - Commercial Licensing, Racing & Athletics 1,179,923
5-95	Board for Design Professionals General Revenues 249,799
5-96	Grand Total - Business Regulation 13,977,309
5-97	Labor and Training
5-98	Central Management
5-99	General Revenues 107,310
5-100	Restricted Receipts 585,938
5-101	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
6-102	Center General Asset Protection 310,500
6-103	Center General Roof 753,650
6-104	Total - Central Management 1,757,398
6-105	Workforce Development Services
6-106	Federal Funds 24,182,172
6-107	Restricted Receipts 6,954,831
6-108	Total - Workforce Development Services 31,137,003
6-109	Workforce Regulation and Safety General Revenues 2,994,552
6-110	Income Support
6-111	General Revenues 4,370,518
6-112	Federal Funds 15,293,809
6-113	Federal Funds – Stimulus - UI 72,268,000
6-114	Restricted Receipts 1,403,715
6-115	Job Development Fund 18,572,493
6-116	Other Funds
6-117	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 181,947,650
6-118	Employment Security Fund 322,696,493
6-119	Total - Income Support 616,552,678
6-120	Injured Workers Services Restricted Receipts 8,775,718
6-121	Labor Relations Board General Revenues 386,790
6-122	Grand Total - Labor and Training 661,604,139
6-123	Department of Revenue
6-124	Director of Revenue General Revenues 783,388
6-125	Office of Revenue Analysis General Revenues 538,285
6-126	Lottery Division Lottery Funds 232,744,968
6-127	Municipal Finance
6-128	General Revenues 2,564,780
6-129	Central Falls Receivership 300,000
6-130	Total – Municipal Finance 2,564,780
6-131	Taxation
6-132	General Revenues 17,904,225
6-133	Federal Funds 1,326,098
6-134	Restricted Receipts 872,995
6-135	Other Funds
7-136	Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 43,382
7-137	Temporary Disability Insurance 975,730
7-138	Total – Taxation 21,122,430
7-139	Registry of Motor Vehicles
7-140	General Revenues 18,475,667
7-141	Federal Funds 1,124,611
7-142	Restricted Receipts 14,763
7-143	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
7-144	Safety & Emissions Lift Replacement 100,000
7-145	Total – Registry of Motor Vehicles 19,715,041
7-146	State Aid
7-147	General Revenue
7-148	Distressed Communities Relief Fund 10,384,458
7-149	Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 33,080,409
7-150	Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 10,000,000
7-151	Property Revaluation Program 1,611,032
7-152	Restricted Receipts
7-153	Car Rental Tax/Surcharge - Warwick Share 957,497
7-154	Total – State Aid 56,033,396
7-155	Grand Total – Revenue 333,502,288
7-156	Legislature
7-157	General Revenues 37,985,685
7-158	Restricted Receipts 1,627,174
7-159	Grand Total – Legislature 39,612,859
7-160	Lieutenant Governor
7-161	General Revenues 962,955
7-162	Federal Funds 129,737
7-163	Grand Total - Lieutenant Governor 1,092,692
7-164	Secretary of State
7-165	Administration General Revenues 1,907,105
7-166	Corporations General Revenues 2,068,731
7-167	State Archives
7-168	General Revenues 79,385
7-169	Restricted Receipts 505,069
8-170	Total - State Archives 584,454
8-171	Elections & Civics General Revenues 1,900,552
8-172	State Library General Revenues 596,470
8-173	Office of Public Information General Revenues 358,884
8-174	Grand Total – Secretary of State 7,416,196
8-175	General Treasurer
8-176	Treasury
8-177	General Revenues 2,096,374
8-178	Federal Funds 316,169
8-179	Other Funds
8-180	Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 251,512
8-181	Total – Treasury 2,664,055
8-182	State Retirement System
8-183	General Revenues 311,760
8-184	Restricted Receipts
8-185	Admin Expenses - State Retirement System 10,584,330
8-186	Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations 1,127,961
8-187
8-188	Total - State Retirement System 12,024,051
8-189	Unclaimed Property Restricted Receipts 20,733,930
8-190	Crime Victim Compensation Program
8-191	General Revenues 133,981
8-192	Federal Funds 843,543
8-193	Restricted Receipts 1,172,000
8-194	Total - Crime Victim Compensation Program 2,149,524
8-195	Grand Total – General Treasurer 37,571,560
8-196	Board of Elections General Revenues 1,952,116
8-197	Rhode Island Ethics Commission General Revenues 1,557,881
8-198	Office of Governor
8-199	General Revenues 4,168,290
8-200	Contingency Fund 250,000
8-201	Federal Funds 22,163,245
8-202	Grand Total – Office of Governor 26,581,535
8-203	Commission for Human Rights
9-204	General Revenues 1,137,768
9-205	Federal Funds 325,992
9-206	Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights 1,463,760
9-207	Public Utilities Commission
9-208	Federal Funds 110,213
9-209	Federal Funds – Stimulus 211,582
9-210	Restricted Receipts 7,924,913
9-211	Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission 8,246,708
9-212	Office of Health and Human Services
9-213	Central Management
9-214	General Revenues 25,434,668
9-215	Federal Funds 74,974,313
9-216	Federal Funds – Stimulus 312,000
9-217	Restricted Receipts 957,586
9-218	Total – Central Management 101,678,567
9-219	Medical Assistance
9-220	General Revenues
9-221	Managed Care 283,387,147
9-222	Hospitals 107,337,545
9-223	Nursing Facilities 173,959,640
9-224	Home and Community Based Services 35,953,320
9-225	Other Services 43,765,745
9-226	Pharmacy 52,354,074
9-227	Rhody Health 102,873,564
9-228	Federal Funds
9-229	Managed Care 312,336,604
9-230	Hospitals 115,542,929
9-231	Nursing Facilities 184,540,360
9-232	Home and Community Based Services 38,146,680
9-233	Other Services 62,494,368
9-234	Pharmacy 1,290,105
9-235	Rhody Health 106,846,436
9-236	Special Education 18,350,000
9-237	Restricted Receipts 11,515,000
10-238	Total – Medical Assistance 1,650,693,517
10-239	Grand Total – Health and Human Services 1,752,372,084
10-240	Children, Youth, and Families
10-241	Central Management
10-242	General Revenues 4,674,549
10-243	Federal Funds 2,351,311
10-244	Restricted Receipts 204,094
10-245	Total - Central Management 7,229,954
10-246	Children's Behavioral Health Services
10-247	General Revenues 10,077,912
10-248	Federal Funds 7,524,753
10-249	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
10-250	NAFI Center 500,000
10-251	Mt. Hope Building Facade 275,000
10-252	Mt. Hope Feasibility Study 50,000
10-253	Various Repairs and Improvements 195,000
10-254	Total - Children's Behavioral Health Services 18,897,665
10-255	Juvenile Correctional Services
10-256	General Revenues 30,203,577
10-257	Federal Funds 1,250,209
10-258	Federal Funds – Stimulus 21,914
10-259	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
10-260	Thomas C. Slater Training School Maintenance Building 535,000
10-261	Generators – Thomas C. Slater Training School 441,000
10-262	Total - Juvenile Correctional Services 32,451,700
10-263	Child Welfare
10-264	General Revenues 96,804,235
10-265	18 to 21 Year Olds 10,630,227
10-266	Federal Funds 44,794,120
10-267	18 to 21 Year Olds 2,497,984
10-268	Restricted Receipts 2,621,159
10-269	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
10-270	Fire Code Upgrades 500,000
10-271	Total - Child Welfare 157,847,725
11-272	Higher Education Incentive Grants General Revenues 200,000
11-273	Grand Total - Children, Youth, and Families 216,627,044
11-274	Health
11-275	Central Management
11-276	General Revenues 1,173,946
11-277	Federal Funds 8,355,078
11-278	Restricted Receipts 3,585,881
11-279	Total - Central Management 13,114,905
11-280	State Medical Examiner
11-281	General Revenues 2,259,943
11-282	Federal Funds 204,371
11-283	Total - State Medical Examiner 2,464,314
11-284	Environmental and Health Services Regulation
11-285	General Revenues 9,145,421
11-286	Federal Funds 5,645,960
11-287	Restricted Receipts 4,422,838
11-288	Total - Environmental and Health Services Regulation 19,214,219
11-289	Health Laboratories
11-290	General Revenues 6,300,363
11-291	Federal Funds 1,614,851
11-292	Federal Funds - Stimulus 190,052
11-293	Total - Health Laboratories 8,105,266
11-294	Public Health Information
11-295	General Revenues 1,741,431
11-296	Federal Funds 735,572
11-297	Federal Funds - Stimulus 373,442
11-298	Total – Public Health Information 2,850,445
11-299	Community and Family Health and Equity
11-300	General Revenues 2,418,974
11-301	Federal Funds 43,485,586
11-302	Federal Funds - Stimulus 1,098,622
11-303	Restricted Receipts 21,503,877
11-304	Other Funds
11-305	Safe and Active Commuting 172,000
12-306	Total – Community and Family Health and Equity 68,679,059
12-307	Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
12-308	General Revenues 1,781,758
12-309	Federal Funds 3,275,445
12-310	Federal Funds – Stimulus 36,672
12-311	Total – Infectious Disease and Epidemiology 5,093,875
12-312	Grand Total – Health 119,522,083
12-313	Human Services
12-314	Central Management
12-315	General Revenues 5,107,469
12-316	Federal Funds 5,317,610
12-317	Restricted Receipts 519,347
12-318	Total - Central Management 10,944,426
12-319	Child Support Enforcement
12-320	General Revenues 2,305,759
12-321	Federal Funds 6,033,709
12-322	Total – Child Support Enforcement 8,339,468
12-323	Individual and Family Support
12-324	General Revenues 20,616,357
12-325	Federal Funds 106,054,903
12-326	Federal Funds – Stimulus 7,066,062
12-327	Restricted Receipts 6,680,000
12-328	Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund
12-329	Blind Vending Facilities 165,000
12-330	Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,224,184
12-331	Total - Individual and Family Support 144,806,506
12-332	Veterans' Affairs
12-333	General Revenues 19,568,977
12-334	Federal Funds 8,240,954
12-335	Restricted Receipts 1,077,762
12-336	Total - Veterans' Affairs 28,887,693
12-337	Health Care Quality, Financing and Purchasing
12-338	General Revenues 8,314,370
12-339	Federal Funds 9,523,746
13-340	Total - Health Care Quality, Financing & Purchasing 17,838,116
13-341	Supplemental Security Income Program General Revenues 18,240,600
13-342	Rhode Island Works
13-343	General Revenues Child Care 9,668,635
13-344	Federal Funds 80,198,485
13-345	Total – Rhode Island Works 89,867,120
13-346	State Funded Programs
13-347	General Revenues
13-348	General Public Assistance 2,572,658
13-349	Of this appropriation, $210,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments.
13-350	Federal Funds 299,134,564
13-351	Total - State Funded Programs 301,707,222
13-352	Elderly Affairs
13-353	General Revenues 10,701,228
13-354	Care and Safety of the Elderly 1,287
13-355	Federal Funds 18,161,725
13-356	Restricted Receipts 833,994
13-357	Total – Elderly Affairs 29,698,234
13-358	Grand Total - Human Services 650,329,385
13-359	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals
13-360	Central Management
13-361	General Revenues 797,214
13-362	Federal Funds 361,940
13-363	Total - Central Management 1,159,154
13-364	Hospital and Community System Support
13-365	General Revenues 2,527,114
13-366	Restricted Receipts 505,624
13-367	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
13-368	Medical Center Rehabilitation 1,000,000
13-369	Community Facilities Fire Code 750,000
13-370	Total - Hospital and Community System Support 4,782,738
13-371	Services for the Developmentally Disabled
13-372	General Revenues 105,259,461
13-373	Federal Funds 114,862,371
14-374	Restricted Receipts 1,776,017
14-375	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
14-376	DD Private Waiver 761,351
14-377	Regional Center Repair/Rehabilitation 750,000
14-378	MR Community Facilities/Access to Independence 1,000,000
14-379	Total - Services for the Developmentally Disabled 224,409,200
14-380	Behavioral Healthcare Services
14-381	General Revenues 34,859,214
14-382	Federal Funds 74,430,048
14-383	Federal Funds – Stimulus 35,000
14-384	Restricted Receipts 125,000
14-385	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
14-386	MH Community Facilities Repair 300,000
14-387	MH Housing Development-Thresholds 800,000
14-388	MH Residence Furniture 32,000
14-389	Substance Abuse Asset Production 300,000
14-390	Total – Behavioral Healthcare Services 110,881,262
14-391	Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services
14-392	General Revenues 49,694,992
14-393	Federal Funds 44,436,605
14-394	Restricted Receipts 4,782,193
14-395	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
14-396	Zambarano Buildings and Utilities 225,000
14-397	Hospital Consolidation 2,000,000
14-398	BHDDH Administrative Buildings 2,000,000
14-399	MR Community Facilities 1,300,000
14-400	Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 104,438,790
14-401	Grand Total – Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities,
14-402	& Hospitals 445,671,144
14-403	Office of the Child Advocate
14-404	General Revenues 611,469
14-405	Federal Funds 46,103
14-406	Grand Total – Office of the Child Advocate 657,572
14-407	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing General Revenues 390,251
15-408	Governor's Commission on Disabilities
15-409	General Revenues 371,096
15-410	Federal Funds 120,649
15-411	Restricted Receipts 9,694
15-412	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
15-413	Facility Renovation – Handicapped Access 250,000
15-414	Grand Total - Governor's Commission on Disabilities 751,439
15-415	Office of the Mental Health Advocate General Revenues 447,119
15-416	Elementary and Secondary Education
15-417	Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy
15-418	General Revenues 18,781,137
15-419	Federal Funds 190,397,563
15-420	Federal Funds – Stimulus 20,796,439
15-421	Education Jobs Fund 2,390,623
15-422	RTTT LEA Share 15,534,615
15-423	Restricted Receipts 1,305,190
15-424	HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000
15-425	Statewide Transportation – RIPTA Grant 47,000
15-426	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
15-427	Cranston Career and Technical 350,000
15-428	Newport Career and Technical 256,638
15-429	Warwick Career and Technical 230,000
15-430	Woonsocket Career and Technical 275,000
15-431	Total – Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy 253,864,205
15-432	Davies Career and Technical School
15-433	General Revenues 13,381,539
15-434	Federal Funds 1,304,633
15-435	Federal Funds – Stimulus 65,636
15-436	Restricted Receipts 1,785,901
15-437	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
15-438	Davies HVAC 250,628
15-439	Davies Asset Protection 425,000
15-440	Total - Davies Career and Technical School 17,213,337
15-441	RI School for the Deaf
16-442	General Revenues 6,244,881
16-443	Federal Funds 266,503
16-444	Federal Funds – Stimulus – Medicaid 4,194
16-445	Restricted Receipts 482,261
16-446	Total - RI School for the Deaf 6,997,839
16-447	Metropolitan Career and Technical School
16-448	General Revenues 11,648,256
16-449	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
16-450	MET School East Bay 3,600,000
16-451	MET School HVAC 833,333
16-452	Total – Metropolitan Career and Technical School 16,081,589
16-453	Education Aid
16-454	General Revenues 691,078,185
16-455	Restricted Receipts 18,570,516
16-456	Permanent School Fund – Education Aid 183,624
16-457	Total – Education Aid 709,832,325
16-458	Central Falls School District General Revenues 39,705,879
16-459	Housing Aid General Revenues 74,568,906
16-460	Teachers' Retirement General Revenues 79,768,447
16-461	Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education 1,198,032,527
16-462	Public Higher Education
16-463	Board of Governors/Office of Higher Education
16-464	General Revenues 5,769,967
16-465	Federal Funds 4,852,615
16-466	Total - Board of Governors/Office of Higher Education 10,622,582
16-467	University of Rhode Island
16-468	General Revenues 58,133,747
16-469	State Crime Lab 858,820
16-470	Debt Service 19,160,529
16-471	University and College Funds 603,410,734
16-472	Debt – Dining Services 1,140,806
16-473	Debt – Education and General 3,273,434
16-474	Debt – Health Services 149,892
16-475	Debt – Housing Loan Funds 11,155,852
17-476	Debt – Memorial Union 121,514
17-477	Debt – Ryan Center 2,801,358
17-478	Debt – Alton Jones Services 114,650
17-479	Debt - Parking Authority 1,017,799
17-480	Debt – Sponsored Research 99,667
17-481	Debt – URI Energy Conservation 2,283,588
17-482	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
17-483	Asset Protection 7,200,000
17-484	New Chemistry Building 1,000,000
17-485	Total – University of Rhode Island 711,922,390
17-486	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
17-487	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby
17-488	reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
17-489	Rhode Island College
17-490	General Revenues 38,609,975
17-491	Debt Service 3,049,029
17-492	University and College Funds 113,236,144
17-493	Debt – Education and General 892,644
17-494	Debt – Housing 2,042,304
17-495	Debt – Student Center and Dining 172,392
17-496	Debt – Student Union 232,944
17-497	Debt – G.O. Debt Service 1,630,317
17-498	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
17-499	Asset Protection 3,075,000
17-500	Infrastructure Modernization 1,000,000
17-501	Total – Rhode Island College 163,940,749
17-502	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
17-503	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to Rhode Island College are hereby
17-504	reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
17-505	Community College of Rhode Island
17-506	General Revenues 44,318,962
17-507	Debt Service 2,464,156
17-508	Restricted Receipts 702,583
17-509	University and College Funds 94,726,694
18-510	Debt – Bookstore 29,193
18-511	CCRI Debt Service – Energy Conservation 808,025
18-512	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
18-513	Asset Protection 2,050,000
18-514	Total – Community College of RI 145,099,613
18-515	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or
18-516	unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2013 relating to the Community College of Rhode Island
18-517	are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2014.
18-518	Grand Total – Public Higher Education 1,031,585,334
18-519	RI State Council on the Arts
18-520	General Revenues
18-521	Operating Support 404,156
18-522	Grants 915,248
18-523	Federal Funds 998,794
18-524	Arts for Public Facilities 843,500
18-525	Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 3,161,698
18-526	RI Atomic Energy Commission
18-527	General Revenues 876,213
18-528	Federal Funds 267,616
18-529	URI Sponsored Research 283,122
18-530	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
18-531	RINSC Asset Protection 50,000
18-532	Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,476,951
18-533	RI Higher Education Assistance Authority
18-534	General Revenues
18-535	Needs Based Grants and Work Opportunities 5,161,003
18-536	Authority Operations and Other Grants 456,061
18-537	Federal Funds 13,346,283
18-538	Tuition Savings Program - Need Based Grants and Work Opportunities 8,000,000
18-539	Tuition Savings Program - Administration 758,802
18-540	Grand Total - RI Higher Education Assistance Authority 27,722,149
18-541	RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
18-542	General Revenues 1,378,153
18-543	Federal Funds 836,139
19-544	Restricted Receipts 456,037
19-545	Rhode Island Capital Funds
19-546	Eisenhower House Asset Protection 75,000
19-547	Grand Total – RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 2,745,329
19-548	RI Public Telecommunications Authority
19-549	General Revenues 799,077
19-550	Corporation for Public Broadcasting 701,895
19-551	Grand Total – RI Public Telecommunications Authority 1,500,972
19-552	Attorney General
19-553	Criminal
19-554	General Revenues 14,269,909
19-555	Federal Funds 1,458,574
19-556	Restricted Receipts 367,509
19-557	Total – Criminal 16,095,992
19-558	Civil
19-559	General Revenues 4,888,477
19-560	Restricted Receipts 4,795,001
19-561	Total – Civil 9,683,478
19-562	Bureau of Criminal Identification
19-563	General Revenues 1,209,375
19-564	Federal Funds 25,030
19-565	Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification 1,234,405
19-566	General
19-567	General Revenues 2,708,563
19-568	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
19-569	Building Renovations and Repairs 287,500
19-570	Total – General 2,996,063
19-571	Grand Total - Attorney General 30,009,938
19-572	Corrections
19-573	Central Management
19-574	General Revenues 9,261,703
19-575	Federal Funds 22,246
19-576	Total – Central Management 9,283,949
19-577	Parole Board
20-578	General Revenues 1,331,469
20-579	Federal Funds 36,850
20-580	Total - Parole Board 1,368,319
20-581	Custody and Security
20-582	General Revenues 115,077,455
20-583	Federal Funds 700,125
20-584	Restricted Receipts 29,758
20-585	Total – Custody and Security 115,807,338
20-586	Institutional Support
20-587	General Revenues 15,735,909
20-588	RICAP – Asset Protection 4,000,000
20-589	RICAP – Maximum – General Renovations 1,100,000
20-590	RICAP – General Renovations Women’s 1,850,000
20-591	RICAP – Bernadette Guay Roof 600,000
20-592	RICAP – Women’s Bath Renovations 1,235,000
20-593	RICAP – ISC Exterior Envelope and HVAC 1,400,000
20-594	RICAP – Minimum Security Kitchen Expansion 214,600
20-595	RICAP – Medium Infrastructure 1,000,000
20-596	Total – Institutional Support 27,135,509
20-597	Institutional Based Rehab./Population Management
20-598	General Revenues 8,878,408
20-599	Federal Funds 968,461
20-600	Federal Funds – Stimulus 114,818
20-601	Total – Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management 9,961,687
20-602	Healthcare Services General Revenues 18,476,246
20-603	Community Corrections
20-604	General Revenues 14,532,087
20-605	Federal Funds 153,088
20-606	Restricted Receipts 31,639
20-607	Total – Community Corrections 14,716,814
20-608	Grand Total – Corrections 196,749,862
20-609	Judiciary
20-610	Supreme Court
20-611	General Revenues 25,969,098
21-612	Defense of Indigents 3,562,240
21-613	Federal Funds 220,021
21-614	Restricted Receipts 1,417,495
21-615	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
21-616	Judicial HVAC 550,000
21-617	Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 625,000
21-618	Licht Judicial Complex Restoration 500,000
21-619	Total - Supreme Court 32,843,854
21-620	Judicial Tenure and Discipline General Revenues 113,609
21-621	Superior Court
21-622	General Revenues 21,932,328
21-623	Federal Funds 175,025
21-624	Restricted Receipts 508,174
21-625	Total - Superior Court 22,615,527
21-626	Family Court
21-627	General Revenues 18,044,955
21-628	Federal Funds 2,156,933
21-629	Restricted Receipts 704,529
21-630	Total - Family Court 20,906,417
21-631	District Court
21-632	General Revenues 11,435,878
21-633	Federal Funds 130,128
21-634	Restricted Receipts 285,916
21-635	Total - District Court 11,851,922
21-636	Traffic Tribunal General Revenues 8,191,888
21-637	Workers' Compensation Court Restricted Receipts 7,725,081
21-638	Grand Total – Judiciary 104,248,298
21-639	Military Staff
21-640	National Guard
21-641	General Revenues 1,516,835
21-642	Federal Funds 12,107,308
21-643	Restricted Receipts 300,000
21-644	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
21-645	Armory of Mounted Command Roof Replacement 2,400,000
22-646	State Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250
22-647	Federal Armories Fire Code Compliance 20,250
22-648	Asset Protection 650,000
22-649	Logistics/Maintenance Facilities Fire Code Comp. 12,500
22-650	Command Readiness Center Addition 850,000
22-651	Burrillville Regional Training Institute 125,000
22-652	Camp Fogarty Armory Roof 375,000
22-653	Emergency Management Agency Building 125,000
22-654	Total - National Guard 18,502,143
22-655	Emergency Management
22-656	General Revenues 2,031,940
22-657	Federal Funds 21,734,766
22-658	Restricted Receipts 181,278
22-659	Total - Emergency Management 23,947,984
22-660	Grand Total - Military Staff 42,450,127
22-661	Public Safety
22-662	Central Management
22-663	General Revenues 1,172,630
22-664	Federal Funds 4,073,486
22-665	Federal Funds – Stimulus 250,174
22-666	Restricted Receipts 850
22-667	Total – Central Management 5,497,140
22-668	E-911 Emergency Telephone System General Revenues 5,262,243
22-669	State Fire Marshal
22-670	General Revenues 2,684,019
22-671	Federal Funds 102,717
22-672	Restricted Receipts 286,698
22-673	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
22-674	Fire Academy 1,500,000
22-675	Quonset Development Corp 53,458
22-676	Total - State Fire Marshal 4,626,892
22-677	Security Services General Revenues 21,485,773
22-678	Municipal Police Training Academy
22-679	General Revenues 356,811
23-680	Federal Funds 214,167
23-681	Total - Municipal Police Training Academy 570,978
23-682	State Police
23-683	General Revenues 63,828,563
23-684	Federal Funds 1,983,721
23-685	Federal Funds – Stimulus 315,886
23-686	Restricted Receipts 12,400,000
23-687	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
23-688	Barracks and Training 1,785,000
23-689	Headquarters Repairs/Rehabilitation 100,000
23-690	HQ Expansion 500,000
23-691	State Microwave Upgrade 500,000
23-692	Traffic Enforcement - Municipal Training 130,150
23-693	Lottery Commission Assistance 217,861
23-694	Airport Corporation 217,861
23-695	Road Construction Reimbursement 3,078,000
23-696	Total - State Police 85,057,042
23-697	Grand Total – Public Safety 122,500,068
23-698	Office of Public Defender
23-699	General Revenues 10,791,226
23-700	Federal Funds 421,898
23-701	Grand Total - Office of Public Defender 11,213,124
23-702	Environmental Management
23-703	Office of the Director
23-704	General Revenues 4,599,480
23-705	Federal Funds 493,000
23-706	Restricted Receipts 2,942,066
23-707	Total – Office of the Director 8,034,546
23-708	Natural Resources
23-709	General Revenues 18,222,547
23-710	Federal Funds 22,593,023
23-711	Restricted Receipts 3,591,941
23-712	Other Funds
23-713	DOT Recreational Projects 26,417
24-714	Blackstone Bikepath Design 1,069,133
24-715	Transportation MOU 78,579
24-716	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
24-717	Dam Repair 1,000,000
24-718	Recreational Facilities Improvements 1,590,000
24-719	Fort Adams Rehabilitation 500,000
24-720	Fort Adams America’s Cup 3,108,704
24-721	Galilee Piers Upgrade 1,990,000
24-722	Newport Piers 75,000
24-723	Blackstone Valley Bike Path 500,000
24-724	World War II Facility 2,200,000
24-725	Total - Natural Resources 56,545,344
24-726	Environmental Protection
24-727	General Revenues 11,556,487
24-728	Federal Funds 11,911,528
24-729	Restricted Receipts 7,775,935
24-730	Transportation MOU 85,885
24-731	Retrofit Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles 2,760,000
24-732	Total - Environmental Protection 34,089,835
24-733	Grand Total - Environmental Management 98,669,725
24-734	Coastal Resources Management Council
24-735	General Revenues 2,264,841
24-736	Federal Funds 1,677,977
24-737	Restricted Receipts 250,000
24-738	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
24-739	South Coast Restoration Project 850,000
24-740	Secure Facility Area 50,000
24-741	Grand Total - Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 5,092,818
24-742	Transportation
24-743	Central Management
24-744	Federal Funds 10,515,473
24-745	Other Funds
24-746	Gasoline Tax 1,353,338
24-747	Total - Central Management 11,868,811
25-748	Management and Budget
25-749	Other Funds
25-750	Gasoline Tax 1,937,648
25-751	Total - Management and Budget 1,937,648
25-752	Infrastructure Engineering- GARVEE/Motor Fuel Tax Bonds
25-753	Federal Funds 342,944,533
25-754	Federal Funds – Stimulus 8,880,580
25-755	Restricted Receipts 998,758
25-756	Other Funds
25-757	Gasoline Tax 54,201,232
25-758	Motor Fuel Tax Residuals 4,076,029
25-759	Land Sale Revenue 22,354,473
25-760	Rhode Island Capital Funds
25-761	RIPTA Land and Buildings 70,000
25-762	Highway Projects Match Plan 20,000,000
25-763	Total - Infrastructure Engineering – GARVEE 453,525,605
25-764	Infrastructure Maintenance
25-765	Gasoline Tax 39,566,987
25-766	Non-Land Surplus Property 10,000
25-767	Outdoor Advertising 100,000
25-768	Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
25-769	Cherry Hill/Lincoln Facility 777,050
25-770	Maintenance Facilities Improvements 400,000
25-771	Portsmouth Facility 1,435,000
25-772	Salt Storage Facilities 2,000,000
25-773	Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 44,289,037
25-774	Grand Total – Transportation 511,621,101
25-775	Statewide Totals
25-776	General Revenues 3,295,786,828
25-777	Federal Funds 2,676,350,399
25-778	Restricted Receipts 232,511,115
25-779	Other Funds 1,895,158,380
25-780	Statewide Grand Total 8,099,806,722
25-781	SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an
25-782	appropriation.
26-1	SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another
26-2	department or agency, the Governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer
26-3	or reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected
26-4	thereby.
26-5	SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be
26-6	required at the discretion of the Governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not
26-7	exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and
26-8	agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen
26-9	conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used
26-10	for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and
26-11	property, in accordance with the provisions of Titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws of 1956, as
26-12	amended. All expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the Governor.
26-13	SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal
26-14	service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state
26-15	agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a
26-16	cost reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are
26-17	managed in a businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the
26-18	full costs associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative
26-19	services across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the
26-20	costs of general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for
26-21	the cost of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the
26-22	following expenditure limitations:
26-23	Account Expenditure Limit
26-24	State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 32,106,713
26-25	Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 20,227,492
26-26	State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 5,613,323
26-27	State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 2,881,461
26-28	State Automotive Fleet - Internal Service Fund 13,953,031
26-29	Capital Police Internal Service Fund 828,732
26-30	Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 2,500
26-31	Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 304,145,139
26-32	Health Insurance - State Police Internal Service Fund 2,123,495
26-33	Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 7,434,689
27-34	Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 7,353,215
27-35	Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 897,072
27-36	SECTION 6. The General Assembly may provide a written "statement of legislative
27-37	intent" signed by the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and by the chairperson of the
27-38	Senate Finance Committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations contained in
27-39	Section 1 of this Article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the House
27-40	Finance Committee and in the Senate Finance Committee.
27-41	At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which
27-42	grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation
27-43	directors, shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee and the
27-44	chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be
27-45	released or granted.
27-46	SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby
27-47	appropriated pursuant to sections 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all
27-48	funds required to be disbursed for the benefit payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance
27-49	Fund and Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
27-50	SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby
27-51	appropriated pursuant to section 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to
27-52	be disbursed for benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund for the fiscal year ending
27-53	June 30, 2013.
27-54	SECTION 9. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to
27-55	the Lottery Division any funds required to be disbursed by the Lottery Division for the purposes
27-56	of paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
27-57	SECTION 10. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-
27-58	time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions
27-59	do not include seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period of employment does not
27-60	exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not exceed nine hundred and
27-61	twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor do they include
27-62	individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of employment.
27-63	Provided, however, that the Governor or designee, Speaker of the House of Representatives or
27-64	designee, and the President of the Senate or designee may authorize an adjustment to any
27-65	limitation. Prior to the authorization, the State Budget Officer shall make a detailed written
27-66	recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate. A
27-67	copy of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairpersons
27-68	of the House Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor and the
28-1	Senate Fiscal Advisor.
28-2	No agency or department may employ contracted employees or employee services where
28-3	contract employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need
28-4	by the Director of Administration acting upon positive recommendations of the Budget Officer
28-5	and the Personnel Administrator and 15 days after a public hearing.
28-6	Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state
28-7	employees at that time without determination of need by the Director of Administration acting
28-8	upon the positive recommendations of the Budget Officer and the Personnel Administrator and 30
28-9	days after a public hearing.
28-10	State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time
28-11	limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-
28-12	state general revenue funding source.
28-13	FY 2013 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION
28-14	Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent
28-15	Administration 687.2
28-16	Business Regulation 94.0
28-17	Labor and Training 462.5
28-18	Revenue 458.0
28-19	Legislature 298.5
28-20	Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0
28-21	Office of the Secretary of State 57.0
28-22	Office of the General Treasurer 82.0
28-23	Board of Elections 11.0
28-24	Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0
28-25	Office of the Governor 45.0
28-26	Commission for Human Rights 14.5
28-27	Public Utilities Commission 47.0
28-28	Office of Health and Human Services 168.0
28-29	Children, Youth, and Families 665.5
28-30	Health 497.3
28-31	Human Services 940.7
28-32	Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals 1,383.2
28-33	Office of the Child Advocate 5.8
29-34	Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 3.0
29-35	Governor's Commission on Disabilities 4.0
29-36	Office of the Mental Health Advocate 3.7
29-37	Elementary and Secondary Education 169.4
29-38	School for the Deaf 60.0
29-39	Davies Career and Technical School 126.0
29-40	Office of Higher Education 16.8
29-41	Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
29-42	supported by third-party funds.
29-43	University of Rhode Island 2,450.5
29-44	Provided that 593.2 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that
29-45	are supported by third-party funds.
29-46	Rhode Island College 919.6
29-47	Provided that 82.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are
29-48	supported by third-party funds.
29-49	Community College of Rhode Island 854.1
29-50	Provided that 100.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that
29-51	are supported by third-party funds.
29-52	Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 6.0
29-53	RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6
29-54	Higher Education Assistance Authority 38.6
29-55	Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 16.6
29-56	Public Telecommunications Authority 14.0
29-57	Office of the Attorney General 233.1
29-58	Corrections 1,419.0
29-59	Judicial 723.3
29-60	Military Staff 112.0
29-61	Public Safety 609.2
29-62	Office of the Public Defender 93.0
29-63	Environmental Management 407.0
29-64	Coastal Resources Management Council 29.0
29-65	Transportation 772.6
29-66	Total 15,026.3
29-67	SECTION 11. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode
29-68	Island Capital Plan funds for fiscal year 2013 and superseded appropriations provided for FY
30-1	2013 within Section 12 of Chapter 151 of the P.L. of 2011.
30-2	The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode
30-3	Island Capital Plan Fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending
30-4	June 30, 2014, June 30, 2015, June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017. These amounts supersede
30-5	appropriations provided within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 151 of the P.L. of 2011. For
30-6	the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the State Controller is hereby authorized and
30-7	directed to draw his or her orders upon the General Treasurer for the payment of such sums and
30-8	such portions thereof as may be required by him or her upon receipt of properly authenticated
30-9	vouchers.
30-10	Fiscal Yr Ending Fiscal Yr Ending Fiscal Yr Ending Fiscal Yr Ending
30-11	Project June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2017
30-12	DOA - Cranston
30-13	Street Armory 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
30-14	DOA - Fire Code Compliance
30-15	State Buildings 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
30-16	DOA - Ladd Center Building
30-17	Demolition 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,700,000 0
30-18	DOA - Pastore Center Building
30-19	Demolition 3,000,000 1,500,000 500,000 0
30-20	DOA - Pastore Utilities
30-21	Upgrade 2,300,000 0 0 0
30-22	DOA - Pastore Utility Systems Water
30-23	Tanks and Pipes 300,000 150,000 0 0
30-24	DOA - Replacement of
30-25	Fuel Tanks 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
30-26	DOA - State Office
30-27	Building 1,300,000 2,500,000 4,200,000 0
30-28	DOA - Veterans Auditorium
30-29	Repairs 3,850,000 2,050,000 0 0
30-30	DOA - Washington County
30-31	Government Center 450,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
30-32	DLT - Center General
30-33	Asset Protection 549,500 400,000 250,000 0
31-34	BHDDH - Hospital
31-35	Consolidation 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000
31-36	El. Sec. - Cranston Career and
31-37	Technical 978,000 443,740 0 0
31-38	El. Sec. - Warwick Career and
31-39	Technical 500,000 500,000 0 0
31-40	El. Sec. - Woonsocket Career and
31-41	Technical 505,000 420,000 0 0
31-42	Higher Ed - URI Fire Safety
31-43	Admin and Academic 0 0 5,000,000 5,000,000
31-44	Attorney General - Building Maintenance and
31-45	Repairs 250,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
31-46	DOC - Corrections
31-47	Asset Protection 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,900,000
31-48	Judiciary - HVAC 600,000 700,000 750,000 900,000
31-49	Judiciary - Licht Complex
31-50	Restoration 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
31-51	Mil Staff - Armory of
31-52	Mounted Commands 500,000 300,000 200,000 0
31-53	Mil Staff - Asset
31-54	Protection 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
31-55	Mil Staff - Federal Armories Fire
31-56	Code Compliance 20,250 20,250 3,750 3,750
31-57	Mil Staff - Logistics/Maintenance Facilities Fire
31-58	Code Compliance 12,500 9,500 0 0
31-59	Mil Staff - State Armories Fire
31-60	Code Compliance 20,250 20,250 10,000 10,000
31-61	DEM - Dam Repairs 800,000 550,000 500,000 500,000
31-62	DEM - Galilee Piers 690,000 675,000 665,000 220,000
31-63	DEM - Recreational Facility
31-64	Improvements 2,640,000 2,750,000 1,850,000 2,250,000
31-65	DOT - Highway Improvement
31-66	Program 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000
31-67	DOT - Salt Storage
32-68	Facility 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
32-69	SECTION 12. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund Projects.
32-70	- Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund project
32-71	appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same
32-72	purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General
32-73	Assembly as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five
32-74	hundred dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the State Budget Officer.
32-75	SECTION 13. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2013, the Rhode Island Housing and
32-76	Mortgage Finance Corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in
32-77	support of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The Corporation shall provide a report
32-78	detailing the amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number
32-79	of units of housing provided as a result to the Director of Administration, the Chair of the
32-80	Housing Resources Commission, the Chair of the House Finance Committee, the Chair of the
32-81	Senate Finance Committee and the State Budget Officer.
32-82	SECTION 14. Whereas, nearly one in five Americans with mortgages owe more to the
32-83	bank than their home is worth.
32-84	Whereas according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, approximately 1.5 million
32-85	homeowners nationally are 90 days or more delinquent on their mortgages, but have yet to be in
32-86	foreclosure.
32-87	Whereas according to a Spring 2012 report by Housing Works RI, since 2007, Rhode
32-88	Island had consistently ranked worst in New England for foreclosure initiations, and the number
32-89	of actual residential foreclosures increased in 2011 with over 2,000 foreclosure deeds filed.
32-90	Whereas the State of Rhode Island is eligible to receive a share of a nationwide, $25.0
32-91	billion mortgage fraud settlement from five major mortgage services.
32-92	Whereas it is estimated that the State will receive approximately $8.6 million to fund
32-93	consumer protection and foreclosure protection efforts as part of the mortgage fraud settlement.
32-94	Whereas, the funding is intended to bring stability to the housing market and provide
32-95	mortgage and foreclosure prevention assistance. Therefore, be it
32-96	RESOLVED that the Attorney General shall develop by September 1, 2012, in
32-97	consultation with Rhode Island Housing, the Rhode Island Foreclosure Protection Program to
32-98	prevent or reduce the number of initiated foreclosures in Rhode Island and assist homeowners
32-99	struggling with mortgage payments. The program shall be supported by the $8.6 million Rhode
32-100	Island expects to receive from the mortgage fraud settlement referenced above. Said program
32-101	shall be administered by Rhode Island Housing, and Rhode Island Housing shall develop and
32-102	implement appropriate policies and procedures consistent with the goal of foreclosure prevention
33-1	and the guidelines of the mortgage fraud settlement.
33-2	SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller
33-3	shall transfer $8,000,000 from the State General Fund to the State Fleet Replacement Fund by
33-4	July 30, 2012.
33-5	SECTION 16. Notwithstanding any general laws to the contrary, the State Controller
33-6	shall transfer $5,000,000 from the State General Fund to Information Technology Investment
33-7	Fund by July 30, 2012.
33-8	SECTION 17. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2012.

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1-1	ARTICLE 2
1-2	RELATING TO BORROWING IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIPTS FROM TAXES
1-3	SECTION 1. (a) The state of Rhode Island is hereby authorized to borrow during its
1-4	fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, in anticipation of receipts from taxes such sum or sums, at such
1-5	time or times and upon such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions and
1-6	limitations of Section 17 of Article VI of the constitution of Rhode Island, as the general
1-7	treasurer, with the advice of the Governor, shall deem for the best interests of the state, provided
1-8	that the amounts so borrowed shall not exceed two hundred fifty hundred million dollars
1-9	($250,000,000), at any time outstanding. The state is hereby further authorized to give its
1-10	promissory note or notes signed by the general treasurer and counter-signed by the secretary of
1-11	state for the payment of any sum so borrowed. Any such proceeds shall be invested by the general
1-12	treasurer until such time as they are needed. The interest income earned from such investments
1-13	shall be used to pay the interest on the promissory note or notes, or other forms of obligations,
1-14	and any expense of issuing the promissory note or notes, or other forms of obligations, with the
1-15	balance remaining at the end of said fiscal year, if any, shall be used toward the payment of long-
1-16	term debt service of the state, unless prohibited by federal law or regulation.
1-17	(b) Notwithstanding any other authority to the contrary, duly authorized bonds or notes of
1-18	the state issued during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 may be issued in the form of
1-19	commercial paper, so-called. In connection herewith, the state, acting through the general
1-20	treasurer, may enter into agreements with banks, trust companies or other financial institutions
1-21	within or outside the state, whether in the form of letters or lines of credit, liquidity facilities,
1-22	insurance or other support arrangements. Any notes issued as commercial paper shall be in such
1-23	amounts and bear such terms as the general treasurer, with the advice of the governor, shall
1-24	determine, which may include provisions for prepayment at any time with or without premium at
1-25	the option of the state. Such notes may be sold at a premium or discount, and may bear interest or
1-26	not and, if interest bearing, may bear interest at such rate or rates variable from time to time as
1-27	determined by the Federal Reserve Bank Composite Index of Commercial Paper, or the
1-28	Municipal Market Data General Market Index or other similar commercial paper offerings, or
1-29	other method specified in any agreement with brokers for the placement or marketing of any such
1-30	notes issued as commercial paper, or other like agreements. Any such agreement may also
1-31	include such other covenants and provisions for protecting the rights, security and remedies of the
2-1	lenders as may, in the discretion of the general treasurer, be reasonable, legal and proper. The
2-2	general treasurer may also enter into agreements with brokers for the placement or marketing of
2-3	any such notes of the state issued as commercial paper. Any notes to the state issued as
2-4	commercial paper in anticipation of receipts from taxes in any fiscal year must also be issued in
2-5	accordance with the provisions of Section 17 of Article VI of the constitution of Rhode Island and
2-6	within the limitations set forth in Subsection (a) of Section 1 of this Article.
2-7	(c) Notwithstanding any other authority to the contrary, other forms of obligations of the
2-8	state not to exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of the two hundred fifty hundred million
2-9	dollar ($250,000,000) amount authorized in Section 1 may be issued during the fiscal year ending
2-10	June 30, 2013 in the form of a commercial or business credit account, at any time outstanding,
2-11	with banks, trust companies or other financial institutions within or outside the state in order to
2-12	finance a payables incentive program for the state with its vendors. Any such forms of obligations
2-13	entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be in such amounts and bear such terms as the
2-14	general treasurer, with the advice of the governor, shall determine which may include provisions
2-15	for prepayment at any time with or without premium at the option of the state. Any such forms of
2-16	obligations entered into pursuant to this subsection may also include such other covenants and
2-17	provisions for protecting the rights, security and remedies of the lenders as may, in the discretion
2-18	of the general treasurer, be reasonable, legal and proper. Any such forms of obligations entered
2-19	into pursuant to this subsection must also be issued in accordance with the provisions of Section
2-20	17 of Article VI of the Constitution of Rhode Island and within the limitations set forth in
2-21	Subsection (a) of Section 1 of this Article.
2-22	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.

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1-1	ARTICLE 3
1-2	RELATING TO ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN
1-3	SECTION 1. Section 40-11-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-11 entitled “Abused and
1-4	Neglected Children “is hereby amended to read as follows:
1-5	40-11-7. Investigation of reports--Petition for removal from custody--Report to child
1-6	advocate--Attorney general--Court-appointed special advocate.-- (a) The department shall
1-7	investigate reports of child abuse and neglect made under this chapter in accordance with the
1-8	rules the department has promulgated and in order to determine the circumstances surrounding
1-9	the alleged abuse or neglect and the cause thereof. The investigation shall include personal
1-10	contact with the child named in the report and any other children in the same household. Any
1-11	person required to investigate reports of child abuse and/or neglect may question the subjects of
1-12	those reports with or without the consent of the parent or other person responsible for the child’s
1-13	welfare. The interviewing of the child or children, if they are of the mental capacity to be
1-14	interviewed, shall take place in the absence of the person or persons responsible for the alleged
1-15	neglect or abuse. In the event that any person required to investigate child abuse and/or neglect is
1-16	denied reasonable access to a child by the parents or other person, and that person required to
1-17	investigate deems that the best interests of the child so require, they may request the intervention
1-18	of a local law enforcement agency, or seek an appropriate court order to examine and interview
1-19	the child. The department shall provide such social services and other services as are necessary to
1-20	protect the child and preserve the family.
1-21	(b) In the event that after investigation it is determined by the department that the child is
1-22	being or has been abused or neglected but that the circumstances of the child’s family or
1-23	otherwise do not require the removal of the child for his or her protection, the department may
1-24	allow the child to remain at home and provide the family and child with access to preventative
1-25	support and services. In addition, the department is authorized to petition the family court for an
1-26	order for the provision of treatment of the family and child.
1-27	(c) The department shall have the duty to petition the family court for removal of the
1-28	child from the care and custody of the parents, or any other person having custody or care of the
1-29	child if there is a determination that a child has been abused or neglected; which results in a child
1-30	death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation or an act or failure to act
1-31	which represents an imminent risk of serious harm. In addition, in cases of alleged abuse and/or
2-1	neglect, the department may petition the family court for the removal of the alleged perpetrator of
2-2	that abuse, and/or neglect from the household of the child or children when the child or children
2-3	are eleven (11) years of age or older. It shall be the responsibility of the department to make the
2-4	parent or other person responsible for the child’s welfare aware of the court action, the possible
2-5	consequences of the court action, and to explain the rights of the parent relative to the court
2-6	action.
2-7	(d) The department shall forward immediately any reports of institutional child abuse and
2-8	neglect to the child advocate who shall investigate the report in accordance with chapter 73 of
2-9	title 42, and also to any guardian ad litem and/or attorney of record for the child.
2-10	(e) In the event that after investigation the department takes any action regarding
2-11	placement of the child, the department shall immediately notify the child advocate of such action.
2-12	(f) In the event that after investigation the department has reasonable cause to know or
2-13	suspect that a child has been subjected to criminal abuse or neglect, the department shall forward
2-14	immediately any information as it relates to that knowledge or suspicion to the law enforcement
2-15	agency.
2-16	SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.

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1-1	ARTICLE 4
1-2	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
1-3	SECTION 1. Section 16-57-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-57 entitled "Higher
1-4	Education Assistance Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows:
1-5	16-57-10. Reserve funds. -- To assure the continued operation and solvency of the
1-6	authority for the carrying out of its corporate purposes, the authority may create and establish any
1-7	reserve funds as may be necessary or desirable for its corporate purposes, and may pay into the
1-8	funds any money appropriated and made available by the state, the commissioner, or any other
1-9	source for the purpose of the funds, and any money collected by the authority as fees for the
1-10	guaranty of eligible loans.
1-11	To assure continued solvency of the authority, reserve funds shall be used solely for the
1-12	purposes of guaranteeing eligible loans to students in eligible institutions and to parents of those
1-13	students in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, section 16-57-4(a). Furthermore, it is the
1-14	intent of the general assembly that these funds eventually be used to increase financial assistance
1-15	to Rhode Island students in the form of scholarships.
1-16	SECTION 2. Section 16-62-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-62 entitled "The Rhode
1-17	Island Student Loan Authority" is hereby amended to read as follows:
1-18	16-62-7. Directors, officers, and employees. -- (a) The powers of the authority shall be
1-19	vested in a board of directors consisting of six (6) members as follows: five (5) members
1-20	appointed by the governor to the Rhode Island higher education assistance authority from among
1-21	members of the general public, who are qualified by training or experience in education, finance,
1-22	or personal investment consulting and made in accordance with subsection (b) of this section as
1-23	provided in section 16-57-7, all appointments and are subject to the advice and consent of the
1-24	senate; and the general treasurer, ex-officio. The general treasurer may designate a subordinate
1-25	within his or her department or agency to represent him or her at all meetings of the board.
1-26	(b) All members appointed by the governor shall be appointed to terms of five (5) years,
1-27	and the governor shall, during the month of January preceding the expiration of each term,
1-28	appoint a member whose term will then next expire. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the
1-29	office of a member by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled in the
1-30	same manner as an original appointment but only for the remainder of the term of the former
1-31	member.
2-1	(b)(c) The directors shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties
2-2	under this chapter, but each director shall be reimbursed for his or her reasonable expenses
2-3	incurred in carrying out those duties. A director may engage in private employment, or in a
2-4	profession or business.
2-5	(c)(d) The board of directors shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson. Four
2-6	(4) directors shall constitute a quorum and any action to be taken by the authority under the
2-7	provisions of this chapter may be authorized by resolution approved by a majority of the directors
2-8	present and voting at any regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present. A vacancy in
2-9	the membership of the board of directors shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the
2-10	rights and perform all the duties of the authority.
2-11	(d)(e) In addition to electing a chairperson, the board of directors shall appoint a
2-12	secretary and any additional officers and staff members as they shall deem appropriate and shall
2-13	determine the amount of compensation, if any, each shall receive. The board of directors may
2-14	appoint a chief executive officer and vest in that person or his or her subordinates the authority to
2-15	appoint additional staff members and to determine the amount of compensation each individual
2-16	shall receive.
2-17	(e)(f) No fulltime employee shall during the period of his or her employment by the
2-18	authority engage in any other private employment, profession, or business, including, but not
2-19	limited to, consulting.
2-20	(f)(g) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it shall not be or constitute a
2-21	conflict of interest for a director, officer, or employee of any financial institution, investment
2-22	banking firm, brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan association,
2-23	credit union, insurance company, educational institution, or any other firm, person, or corporation
2-24	to serve as a director of the authority nor shall any contract or transaction between the authority
2-25	and any financial institution, investment banking firm, brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust
2-26	company, savings and loan association, credit union, insurance company, educational institution,
2-27	or any other firm, person, or corporation be void or voidable by reason of any service as director
2-28	of the authority. If any director, officer, or employee of the authority shall be interested either
2-29	directly or indirectly, or shall be a director, officer, or employee of or have an ownership interest
2-30	(other than as the owner of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of a publicly held
2-31	corporation) in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the
2-32	authority, that interest shall be disclosed to the authority and set forth in the minutes of the
2-33	authority, and the director, officer, or employee having that interest in it shall not participate on
2-34	behalf of the authority in the authorization of this contract. Interested directors may be counted in
3-1	determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors of the authority
3-2	which authorizes the contract or transaction.
3-3	(g)(h) Any action taken by the authority under the provisions of this chapter may be
3-4	authorized by vote at any regular or special meeting, and each vote shall take effect immediately.
3-5	(h)(i) The board of directors may designate from among its members an executive
3-6	committee and one or more other committees each of which, to the extent authorized by the board
3-7	of directors, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the board of directors, but no
3-8	committee shall have the authority of the board of directors in reference to the disposition of all
3-9	or substantially all the property and assets of the authority, or amending the bylaws of the
3-10	authority.
3-11	(i)(j) Any action required by this chapter to be taken at a meeting of the board of
3-12	directors, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the board of directors, or committee
3-13	of it, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken,
3-14	shall be signed before or after that action by all of the directors, or all of the members of the
3-15	committee.
3-16	(j)(k) The board shall conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified
3-17	members and new designees of ex-officio members within six (6) months of their qualification or
3-18	designation. The course shall be developed by the chair of the board, approved by the board, and
3-19	conducted by the chair of the board. The board may approve the use of any board or staff
3-20	members or other individuals to assist with training. The training course shall include instruction
3-21	in the subject area of this chapter and chapters 46 of title 42, 14 of title 36, and 2 of title 38; and
3-22	the board's rules and regulations. The director of the department of administration shall, within
3-23	ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act, disseminate training materials relating to the
3-24	provisions of chapters 46 of title 42, 14 of title 36, and 2 of title 38.
3-25	SECTION 3. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended
3-26	by adding thereto the following chapter:
3-27	CHAPTER 96
3-28	THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT
3-29	16-96-1. Rhode Island board of education established. – (a) Effective January 1, 2014,
3-30	there is created a board of education which shall be and is constituted a public corporation,
3-31	empowered to sue and be sued in its own name, to have a corporate seal, and to be vested with all
3-32	the powers and duties currently vested in the board of governors for higher education established
3-33	in chapter 16-59 and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education established in
3-34	chapter 16-60.
4-1	(b) Upon its organization, the board of education shall be vested with the legal title (in
4-2	trust for the state) to all property, real and personal, now owned by and/or under the control or in
4-3	the custody of the board of governors for higher education and the board of regents for
4-4	elementary and secondary education, for the use of the board of education. The board of
4-5	education is hereby-designated successor to all powers, rights, duties, and privileges pertaining to
4-6	the board of regents for elementary and secondary education and the board of governors for
4-7	higher education.
4-8	(c) The board of education shall consist of nine (9) public members appointed by the
4-9	governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Three of the members initially appointed
4-10	pursuant to this section shall serve terms of three (3) years; three members initially appointed
4-11	pursuant to this section shall serve terms of two (2) years; and, three members initially appointed
4-12	pursuant to this section shall serve terms of one year. Thereafter, all members appointed pursuant
4-13	to this section shall serve terms of three (3) years. No board member shall be appointed to serve
4-14	more than two (2) three-year terms.
4-15	(d) The governor shall select from the appointed members a chairperson and vice
4-16	chairperson. A quorum shall consist of five (5) members of the board. A majority vote of those
4-17	present shall be required for action.
4-18	16-96-2. The chancellor of education. – (a) The board of education shall engage a
4-19	chancellor of education who shall be an employee of the board and who shall not be a member of
4-20	the board. The chancellor shall be in the unclassified service and shall serve at the pleasure of the
4-21	board of education. The duties and powers of the chancellor shall be determined by the board of
4-22	education and the chancellor shall be subject to the direction and control of the board of
4-23	education.
4-24	(b) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education and the commissioner of
4-25	higher education shall be subject to the direction and control of the chancellor.
4-26	(c) The governor shall appoint an interim chancellor no later than November 1, 2012 to
4-27	serve a limited term to expire on December 31, 2013, or until such time the board engages a
4-28	permanent chancellor, to facilitate the merger. The interim chancellor’s duties will include, but
4-29	not be limited to:
4-30	(1) Providing guidance on statutory, legal, financial and contractual obligations;
4-31	(2) Establishing a policy framework; and
4-32	(3) Establishing administrative structure, support, policies and procedures.
4-33	16-96-3. Administrative office. – There shall be a single administrative office overseen
4-34	by the chancellor in support of the Rhode Island board of education.
5-1	16-96-4. Change of former names. – Effective January 1, 2014, the term “Rhode Island
5-2	Board of Education” shall be used in lieu of any then existing law reference made to the board of
5-3	regents for elementary and secondary education and/or the board of governors for higher
5-4	education.
5-5	16-96-5. Abolishment of boards. – The board of governors for higher education
5-6	established in chapter 16-59 and the board of regents for elementary and secondary education
5-7	established in chapter 16-60 shall cease to exist as of January 1, 2014.
5-8	SECTION 4. Title 35 of the General Laws entitled “PUBLIC FINANCE” is hereby
5-9	amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
5-10	CHAPTER 35-1.1
5-11	OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
5-12	35-1.1-1. Statement of intent. -- The purpose of this chapter is to establish a
5-13	comprehensive public finance and management system for the State of Rhode Island that
5-14	manages a data-driven budget process, monitors state departments’ and agencies’ performance,
5-15	maximizes the application for and use of federal grants and ensures accountability and
5-16	transparency regarding the use of public funds.
5-17	35-1.1-2. Establishment of the office of management and budget. -- There is hereby
5-18	established within the department of administration an office of management and budget. This
5-19	office shall serve as the principal agency of the executive branch of state government for
5-20	managing budgetary functions, performance management, and federal grants management. In this
5-21	capacity, the office shall:
5-22	(1) Establish an in-depth form of data analysis within and between departments and
5-23	agencies, creating a more informed process for resource allocation to best meet the needs of
5-24	Rhode Island citizens;
5-25	(2) Identify federal grant funding opportunities to support the Governor’s and General
5-26	Assembly’s major policy initiatives and provide technical assistance with the application process
5-27	and post-award grants management;
5-28	(3) Analyze federal budgetary issues and report on potential impacts to the state;
5-29	(4) Coordinate the budget functions of the state with performance management
5-30	objectives;,
5-31	(5) Maximize efficiencies in departments, agencies, advisory councils and
5-32	instrumentalities of the State by improving processes and prioritizing programs;
5-33	(6) Upon the written request of the governor, the director of the department of
5-34	administration, or the director of the office of management and budget, the office shall conduct
6-1	audits, provide management advisory and consulting services, or conduct investigations relative
6-2	to the financial affairs or the efficiency of management, or both, of any state department or
6-3	agency. The office may from time to time make such investigations and additional reports to the
6-4	governor, the director of the department of administration or the director of the office of
6-5	management and budget shall deem necessary or advisable.
6-6	35-1.1-3. Director of management and budget – Appointment and responsibilities. –
6-7	(a) Within the department of administration there shall be a director of management and budget,
6-8	who shall be appointed by the director of administration with the approval of the governor. The
6-9	director shall be responsible to the governor and director of administration for supervising the
6-10	office of management and budget and for managing and providing strategic leadership and
6-11	direction to the budget officer, the performance management office, and the federal grants
6-12	management office.
6-13	(b) The director of management and budget shall be responsible to:
6-14	(1) Oversee, coordinate and manage the functions of the budget officer as set forth by
6-15	section 35-3, program performance management as set forth by section 35-3-24.1, approval of
6-16	agreements with federal agencies defined by section 35-3-25 and budgeting, appropriation and
6-17	receipt of federal monies as set forth by chapter 42-41;
6-18	(2)Manage federal fiscal proposals and guidelines, and serve as the State Clearinghouse
6-19	for the application of federal grants; and,
6-20	(3) Maximize the indirect cost recoveries by state agencies set forth by section 35-4-23.1.
6-21	35-1.1-4. Offices and functions assigned to the office management and budget –
6-22	Powers and duties. – (a) The offices assigned to the office of management and budget include
6-23	the budget office, the performance management office and the federal grants management office.
6-24	(b) The offices assigned to the office of management and budget shall:
6-25	(1) Exercise their respective powers and duties in accordance with their statutory
6-26	authority and the general policy established by the governor or by the director acting on behalf of
6-27	the governor or in accordance with the powers and authorities conferred upon the director by this
6-28	chapter;
6-29	(2) Provide such assistance or resources as may be requested or required by the governor
6-30	and/or the director;
6-31	(3) Provide such records and information as may be requested or required by the
6-32	governor and/or the director, to the extent allowed under the provisions of any applicable general
6-33	or public law, regulation, or agreement relating to the confidentiality, privacy or disclosure of
6-34	such records or information; and,
7-1	(c) Except as provided herein, no provision of this chapter or application thereof shall be
7-2	construed to limit or otherwise restrict the budget officer from fulfilling any statutory requirement
7-3	or complying with any valid rule or regulation.
7-4	35-1.1-5. Federal grants management. -- (a) The office of management and budget
7-5	shall be responsible for managing federal grant applications, providing administrative assistance
7-6	to agencies regarding reporting requirements, providing technical assistance and approving
7-7	agreements with federal agencies pursuant to section 35-1-1. The director shall:
7-8	(1) Establish state goals and objectives for maximizing the utilization of federal aid
7-9	programs;
7-10	(2) Ensure that the state establishes and maintains statewide federally-mandated grants
7-11	management processes and procedures as mandated by the federal Office of Management and
7-12	Budget;
7-13	(3) Promulgate procedures and guidelines for all state departments, agencies, advisory
7-14	councils, instrumentalities of the state and public higher education institutions covering
7-15	applications for federal grants;
7-16	(4) Require, upon request, any state department, agency, advisory council,
7-17	instrumentality of the state or public higher education institution receiving a grant of money from
7-18	the federal government to submit a report to the director of expenditures and program measures
7-19	for the fiscal period in question;
7-20	(5) Ensure state departments and agencies adhere to the requirements of section 42-41-
7-21	5 regarding Legislative appropriation authority and delegation thereof;
7-22	(6) Assist the state controller in managing and overseeing the disbursements of federal
7-23	funds in accordance with section 35-6-42;
7-24	(7) Assist the state controller in the preparation of the statewide cost allocation plan and
7-25	serve as the monitoring agency to ensure that state departments and agencies are working within
7-26	the guidelines contained in the plan; and,
7-27	(8) Provide technical assistance to agencies to ensure resolution and closure of all single
7-28	state audit findings and recommendations made by the Auditor General related to Federal
7-29	funding.
7-30	(b) The office of management and budget shall serve as the State Clearinghouse for
7-31	purposes of coordinating federal grants, aid and assistance applied for and/or received by any
7-32	state department, agency, advisory council or instrumentality of the state. Any state department,
7-33	agency, advisory council, or instrumentality of the state applying for federal funds, aids, loans, or
7-34	grants shall file a summary notification of the intended application with the director.
8-1	(1) When as a condition to receiving federal funds, the state is required to match the
8-2	federal funds, a statement shall be filed with the notice of intent or summary of the application
8-3	stating:
8-4	(i) The amount and source of state funds needed for matching purposes;
8-5	(ii) The length of time the matching funds shall be required;
8-6	(iii) The growth of the program;
8-7	(iv) How the program will be evaluated;
8-8	(v) What action will be necessary should the federal funds be canceled, curtailed, or
8-9	restricted; and,
8-10	(vi) Any other financial and program management data required by the office or by law.
8-11	(2) Except as otherwise required, any application submitted by an executive agency for
8-12	federal funds, aids, loans, or grants which will require state matching or replacement funds at the
8-13	time of application or at any time in the future, must be approved by the director or their
8-14	designated agents prior to its filing with the appropriate federal agency. Any application
8-15	submitted by an executive agency for federal funds, aids, loans, or grants which will require state
8-16	matching or replacement funds at the time of application or at any time in the future, when funds
8-17	have not been appropriated for that express purpose, must be approved by the General Assembly
8-18	in accordance with section 42-41-5. When the general assembly is not in session, the application
8-19	shall be reported to and reviewed by the Director pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated
8-20	by the Director.
8-21	(3) When any federal funds, aids, loans, or grants are received by any state department,
8-22	agency, advisory council or instrumentality of the state, a report of the amount of funds received
8-23	shall be filed with the office; and this report shall specify the amount of funds which would
8-24	reimburse an agency for indirect costs, as provided for under federal OMB Circular A-87.
8-25	(4) The director may refuse to issue approval for the disbursement of any state or federal
8-26	funds from the State Treasury as the result of any application which is not approved as provided
8-27	by this section, or in regard to which the statement or reports required by this section were not
8-28	filed.
8-29	(5) The director shall be responsible for the orderly administration of this section and for
8-30	issuing the appropriate guidelines and regulations from each source of funds used.
8-31	35-1.1-6. Office of Management and Budget expenses. -- (a) There is created a
8-32	restricted receipt account for the office of management and budget to be known as OMB
8-33	administrative expense account. Payments from the account shall be limited to expenses for
8-34	administrative oversight and management of federal and state funds received by the state
9-1	agencies..
9-2	(b) All amounts deposited in the office of management and budget accounts shall be
9-3	exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of section 35-4-27.
9-4	(c) The office of management and budget is authorized to receive indirect costs on federal
9-5	funds to cover oversight expenses
9-6	35-1.1-7. Appointment of employees. – The director of administration, subject to the
9-7	provisions of applicable state law, shall be the appointing authority for all employees of the office
9-8	of management and budget. The director of administration may delegate this function to such
9-9	subordinate officers and employees of the office as may to him or her seem feasible or desirable.
9-10	35-1.1-8. Appropriations and disbursements. – The general assembly shall annually
9-11	appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
9-12	this chapter. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon
9-13	the general treasurer for the payment of such sum or sums, or so much thereof as may from time
9-14	to time be required, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers approved by the director of the
9-15	office of management and budget, or his or her designee.
9-16	35-1.1-9. Cooperation of other state executive branch agencies. – (a) The departments
9-17	and other agencies of the state of the executive branch that have not been assigned to the
9-18	executive office of management and budget under this chapter shall assist and cooperate with the
9-19	executive office as may be required by the governor and/or requested by the director of
9-20	management and budget, this assistance may include, but not be limited to, utilizing staff
9-21	resources from other departments or agencies for special projects within a defined period of time
9-22	to improve processes within agencies and/or lead to cost savings.
9-23	(b) Within thirty (30) days following the date of the issuance of a final audit report
9-24	completed pursuant to subdivision 35-1.1-2(6) , the head of the department, agency or private
9-25	entity audited shall respond in writing to each recommendation made in the final audit report.
9-26	This response shall address the department's, agency's or private entity's plan of implementation
9-27	for each specific audit recommendation and, if applicable, the reasons for disagreement with any
9-28	recommendation proposed in the audit report. Within one year following the date on which the
9-29	audit report was issued, the office may perform a follow-up audit for the purpose of determining
9-30	whether the department, agency or private entity has implemented, in an efficient and effective
9-31	manner, its plan of action for the recommendations proposed in the audit report.
9-32	35-1.1-10. Organizational reviews and special initiatives. – (a) The director of the
9-33	office of management and budget is hereby directed to conduct research and analysis to study the
9-34	programs of the department of transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies not
10-1	limited to bridge, vehicle and winter maintenance efficiencies and effectiveness. The director of
10-2	the office of management and budget is authorized to consult with the appropriate federal
10-3	agencies and departments that provide funds to, or delegate authority to, the state department of
10-4	transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies.
10-5	(b) This plan shall address the goal of improving efficiency of transportation programs;
10-6	identifying similar programs that are being performed.
10-7	(c) The office of management and budget is directed to report findings,
10-8	recommendations, and alternative designs to the governor and general assembly no later than
10-9	November 1, 2012 with copies to the governor, speaker of the house, senate president, chairs of
10-10	the house and senate finance committees and their respective fiscal advisors.
10-11	(d) The report shall include a strategic plan that outlines the mission, goals, the estimated
10-12	cost and timelines to implement said recommendations, and the federal and state mandates
10-13	associated with the current programs. The report shall provide a clear definition of roles and
10-14	responsibilities, including those responsible for implementing the proposed recommendations.
10-15	The analysis shall develop outcome measures and an appropriate timeline to measure
10-16	implementation progress. It shall also include:
10-17	(1) An examination of the various organizational structures in other states, evaluating
10-18	their strengths and weaknesses, and how they may or may not be applicable in Rhode Island. This
10-19	should include an evaluation of the best practices regarding efficiencies.
10-20	(2) An analysis of what programs and responsibilities could be more efficiently
10-21	implemented and managed. This should include, but not be limited to, strategies to reorganize and
10-22	or centralize transportation programs.
10-23	(3) An evaluation of the federal, state and other revenues that support these programs,
10-24	and the impacts on revenues and expenses associated with the alternatives and recommendations.
10-25	(e) The department of transportation and other quasi-transportation related agencies shall
10-26	furnish such advice and information, documentary or otherwise, to the director of the office of
10-27	management and budget as is deemed necessary or desirable to facilitate the purposes of the
10-28	study.
10-29	35-1.1-11. Rules and regulations. – The office of management and budget shall be
10-30	deemed an agency for purposes of section 42-35-1, et seq. of the Rhode Island general laws. The
10-31	director shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations, and establish fee schedules not
10-32	inconsistent with state law and fiscal policies and procedures as he or she deems necessary for the
10-33	proper administration of this chapter and to carry out the policy and purposes thereof.
11-34	35-1.1-12. Severability. – If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to
11-35	any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions or
11-36	applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,
11-37	and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
11-38	SECTION 5. Section 35-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-1 entitled “Fiscal
11-39	Functions of Department of Administration” is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-40	35-1-1. Approval of agreements with federal agencies. – No department or agency of
11-41	the state shall enter into an agreement with a federal agency involving state funds without the
11-42	approval of the director of administration or the director's director of the office of management
11-43	and budget or his or her duly authorized agents.
11-44	SECTION 6. Sections 35-3-1 and 35-3-24.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3 entitled
11-45	“State Budget” are hereby amended to read as follows:
11-46	35-3-1. Budget officer – General powers and duties. – (a) Within the department of
11-47	administration office of management and budget there shall be a budget officer who shall be
11-48	appointed by the director of administration with the approval of the governor. The budget officer
11-49	shall be required to:
11-50	(1) Exercise budgetary control over all state departments and agencies and perform
11-51	management analyses;
11-52	(2) Operate an appropriation allotment system;
11-53	(3) Prepare the annual budget of the receipts and expenditures of the state;
11-54	(4) Develop long term activity and financial programs, particularly capital improvement
11-55	programs;
11-56	(5) Approve or disapprove all requests for new personnel and to investigate periodically
11-57	the need of all existing positions in the state service and report thereon to the director of
11-58	administration; and
11-59	(6) Prepare a five (5) year financial projection of anticipated general revenue receipts and
11-60	expenditures, including detail of principal revenue sources and expenditures by major program
11-61	areas, which projection shall be included in the budget submitted to the general assembly
11-62	pursuant to § 35-3-7.
11-63	(b) The budget officer may approve or disapprove requisitions for equipment, materials,
11-64	and supplies.
11-65	(c) The budget officer's duties and powers relating to budgetary controls and personnel
11-66	requests of the legislative and judicial departments shall be purely ministerial, concerned only
11-67	with the availability of the funds, and in no event shall the budget officer interpose his or her
11-68	judgment regarding the wisdom or expediency of items of expenditure.
12-1	35-3-24.1 Program performance measurement. – (a) Beginning with the fiscal year
12-2	ending June 30, 1997, the governor shall submit, as part of each budget submitted to the general
12-3	assembly pursuant to § 35-3-7, performance objectives for each program in the budget for the
12-4	ensuing fiscal year, estimated performance data for the fiscal year in which the budget is
12-5	submitted, and actual performance data for the preceding two (2) completed fiscal years.
12-6	Performance data shall include efforts at achieving equal opportunity hiring goals as defined in
12-7	the department's annual affirmative action plan. The governor shall, in addition, recommend
12-8	appropriate standards against which to measure program performance. Performance in prior years
12-9	may be used as a standard where appropriate. These performance standards shall be stated in
12-10	terms of results obtained.
12-11	(b) The governor may submit, in lieu of any part of the information required to be
12-12	submitted pursuant to subsection (a), an explanation of why the information cannot, as a practical
12-13	matter be submitted.
12-14	(c)(1) The office of management and budget shall be responsible for managing and
12-15	collecting program performance measures on behalf of the governor. The office is authorized to
12-16	conduct performance reviews and audits of agencies to determine progress towards achieving
12-17	performance objectives for programs.
12-18	(2) In order to collect performance measures from agencies, review performance and
12-19	provide recommendations the office of budget and management is authorized to coordinate with
12-20	the bureau of audits regarding the findings and recommendations that result from audits
12-21	conducted by the bureau.
12-22	SECTION 7. Section 36-4-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-4 entitled “Merit
12-23	System” is hereby amended to read as follows:
12-24	36-4-2. Positions in unclassified service. – The classified service shall comprise all
12-25	positions in the state service now existing or hereinafter established, except the following specific
12-26	positions which with other positions heretofore or hereinafter specifically exempted by legislative
12-27	act shall constitute the unclassified service:
12-28	(1) Officers and legislators elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill
12-29	vacancies in elective offices.
12-30	(2) Employees of both houses of the general assembly.
12-31	(3) Officers, secretaries, and employees of the office of the governor, office of the
12-32	lieutenant governor, department of state, department of the attorney general, and the treasury
12-33	department.
13-34	(4) Members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor, members of the state
13-35	board of elections and the appointees of the board, members of the commission for human rights
13-36	and the employees of the commission, and directors of departments.
13-37	(5) The following specific offices:
13-38	(i) In the department of administration: director, chief information officer, director of
13-39	office of management and budget, and director of performance management;
13-40	(ii) In the department of business regulation: director;
13-41	(iii) In the department of elementary and secondary education: commissioner of
13-42	elementary and secondary education;
13-43	(iv) In the department of higher education: commissioner of higher education;
13-44	(v) In the department of health: director;
13-45	(vi) In the department of labor and training: director, administrative assistant,
13-46	administrator of the labor board and legal counsel to the labor board;
13-47	(vii) In the department of environmental management: director;
13-48	(viii) In the department of transportation: director;
13-49	(ix) In the department of human services: director and director of veterans' affairs;
13-50	(x) In the state properties committee: secretary;
13-51	(xi) In the workers' compensation court: judges, administrator, deputy administrator,
13-52	clerk, assistant clerk, clerk secretary;
13-53	(xii) In the division of elderly affairs: director;
13-54	(xiii) In the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals:
13-55	director;
13-56	(xiv) In the department of corrections: director, assistant director (institutions/operations),
13-57	assistant director (rehabilitative services), assistant director (administration), and wardens;
13-58	(xv) In the department of children, youth and families: director, one assistant director,
13-59	one associate director, and one executive director;
13-60	(xvi) In the public utilities commission: public utilities administrator;
13-61	(xvii) In the water resources board: general manager;
13-62	(xviii) In the human resources investment council: executive director.
13-63	(xix) In the office of health and human services: secretary of health and human services.
13-64	(6) Chief of the hoisting engineers, licensing division, and his or her employees;
13-65	executive director of the veterans memorial building and his or her clerical employees.
13-66	(7) One confidential stenographic secretary for each director of a department and each
13-67	board and commission appointed by the governor.
14-68	(8) Special counsel, special prosecutors, regular and special assistants appointed by the
14-69	attorney general, the public defender and employees of his or her office, and members of the
14-70	Rhode Island bar occupying a position in the state service as legal counsel to any appointing
14-71	authority.
14-72	(9) The academic and/or commercial teaching staffs of all state institution schools, with
14-73	the exception of those institutions under the jurisdiction of the board of regents for elementary
14-74	and secondary education and the board of governors for higher education.
14-75	(10) Members of the military or naval forces, when entering or while engaged in the
14-76	military or naval service.
14-77	(11) Judges, referees, receivers, clerks, assistant clerks, and clerical assistants of the
14-78	supreme, superior, family, and district courts, the traffic tribunal, security officers of the traffic
14-79	tribunal, jurors and any persons appointed by any court.
14-80	(12) Election officials and employees.
14-81	(13) Executive high sheriff, chief deputy sheriff, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and other
14-82	employees of the sheriffs division within the department of public safety.
14-83	(14) Patient or inmate help in state charitable, penal, and correctional institutions and
14-84	religious instructors of these institutions and student nurses in training, residents in psychiatry in
14-85	training, and clinical clerks in temporary training at the institute of mental health within the state
14-86	of Rhode Island medical center.
14-87	(15)(i) Persons employed to make or conduct a temporary and special inquiry,
14-88	investigation, project or examination on behalf of the legislature or a committee therefor, or on
14-89	behalf of any other agency of the state if the inclusion of these persons in the unclassified service
14-90	is approved by the personnel administrator. The personnel administrator shall notify the house
14-91	fiscal advisor and the senate fiscal advisor whenever he or she approves the inclusion of a person
14-92	in the unclassified service.
14-93	(ii) The duration of the appointment of a person, other than the persons enumerated in
14-94	this section, shall not exceed ninety (90) days or until presented to the department of
14-95	administration. The department of administration may extend the appointment another ninety (90)
14-96	days. In no event shall the appointment extend beyond one hundred eighty (180) days.
14-97	(16) Members of the division of state police within the department of public safety.
14-98	(17) Executive secretary of the Blackstone Valley district commission.
14-99	(18) Artist and curator of state owned art objects.
14-100	(19) Mental health advocate.
14-101	(20) Child advocate.
15-102	(21) The position of aquaculture coordinator and marine infrastructure specialist within
15-103	the coastal resources management council.
15-104	(22) Employees of the office of the health insurance commissioner.
15-105	(23) In the department of revenue: the director, secretary, attorney.
15-106	(24) In the department of public safety: the director.
15-107	SECTION 8. Section 42-11-2.4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled
15-108	"Department of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
15-109	42-11-2.4. State Fleet Replacement Revolving Loan Fund. -- (a) There is hereby
15-110	created as a separate fund within the treasury to be known as the state fleet replacement revolving
15-111	loan fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in accordance with the same laws
15-112	and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. This fund, hereafter referred to as the
15-113	"revolving loan fund", shall consist of such sums as the state may from time to time appropriate,
15-114	as well as money received from the disposal of used vehicles, loan, interest and service charge
15-115	payments from benefiting state agencies, as well as interest earnings, money received from the
15-116	federal government, gifts, bequests, donations, or otherwise from any public or private source.
15-117	(b) This fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring motor vehicles, both new and
15-118	used, and vehicle-related equipment and attachments for state departments and agencies.
15-119	(c) The proceeds from the repayment of any loans made for the purposes authorized
15-120	under this chapter shall be deposited in and returned to the revolving loan fund in order to
15-121	constitute a continuing revolving fund for the purposes listed above.
15-122	(d) The office of state fleet operations of the Rhode Island department of administration
15-123	shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this chapter and chapter 35 of
15-124	title 42, in order to provide for the orderly and equitable disbursement and repayment of funds
15-125	from the revolving loan fund.
15-126	(e) Provided; however, a total of four million two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000)
15-127	shall be made available for the required twenty percent (20%) match for the Rhode Island Public
15-128	Transit Authority to obtain federal funds to purchase buses through FY 2017.
15-129	SECTION 9. Chapter 42-11 of the general laws entitled, “Department of Administration”
15-130	is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
15-131	42-11-2.6. Office of Digital Excellence established.-- (a) Within the department there
15-132	shall be established the Office of Digital Excellence. The purposes of the office shall be to move
15-133	RI state government into the 21st century through the incorporation of innovation and modern
15-134	digital capabilities throughout state government and to leverage technology to expand and
15-135	improve the quality of services provided to RI citizens, to promote greater access to government
15-136	and the internet throughout cities and towns, and to position Rhode Island as a national leader in
16-1	e-government.
16-2	(b) Within the office there shall be a chief digital officer who shall be appointed by the
16-3	director of administration with the approval of the governor and who shall be in the unclassified
16-4	service. The chief digital officer shall be required to:
16-5	(1) Manage the implementation of all new and mission critical technology infrastructure
16-6	projects and upgrades for state agencies. The division of information technology established
16-7	pursuant to executive order 04-06 shall continue to manage and support all day-to-day operations
16-8	of the state’s technology infrastructure, telecommunications, and associated applications;
16-9	(2) Increase the number of government services that can be provided online in order to
16-10	allow residents and businesses to complete transactions in a more efficient and transparent
16-11	manner;
16-12	(3) Improve the state’s websites to provide timely information to online users and as
16-13	many government services as possible online; and
16-14	(4) Establish, improve and enhance the state’s use of social media and mobile
16-15	technological applications.
16-16	(c) The office shall coordinate its efforts with the division of information technology in
16-17	order to plan, allocate and implement projects supported by the information technology
16-18	investment fund established pursuant to 42-11-2.5.
16-19	(d) All intellectual property created as a result of work undertaken by employees of the
16-20	office shall remain the property of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Any
16-21	patents applied for shall be in the name of the state.
16-22	(e) The director of administration may promulgate rules and regulations recommended by
16-23	the chief digital officer in order to effectuate the purposes and requirements of this act.
16-24	(f) The chief digital officer shall report no later than January 31, 2013 and every January
16-25	31 thereafter to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president
16-26	regarding the implementation status of all technology infrastructure projects, website
16-27	improvements, number of e-government transactions and revenues generated, projects supported
16-28	by the information technology investment fund and all other activities undertaken by the office.
16-29	The annual report shall be posted on the office’s website.
16-30	SECTION 10. Chapter 42-12 of the General Laws entitled “Department of Human
16-31	Services” is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
16-32	42-12.1-5. Transfer of functions from the office of energy resources. – (a) There is
16-33	hereby transferred from the office of energy resources to the department of human services the
16-34	administration, management, all functions and resources associated with :
17-1	(1) The federal low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), which provides
17-2	heating assistance to eligible low-income persons and any state funded or privately funded
17-3	heating assistance program of a similar nature assigned to it for administration;
17-4	(2) The weatherization assistance program, which offers home weatherization grants and
17-5	heating system upgrades to LIHEAP eligible households; and,
17-6	(3) The emergency fuel program, which provides oil deliveries to families experiencing a
17-7	heating emergency.
17-8	(b) The department is authorized to request advisory assistance from the office of energy
17-9	resources in order to maintain continuity of assistance provided to LIHEAP eligible households
17-10	pursuant to section 39-2-1(d).
17-11	SECTION 11. Sections 23-82-3, 23-82-4 and 23-82-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-
17-12	82 entitled "Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act" are hereby amended
17-13	to read as follows:
17-14	23-82-3. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter:
17-15	(1) "Allowance" means an authorization to emit a fixed amount of carbon dioxide;
17-16	(2) "Department" means department of environmental management;
17-17	(3) "Regional greenhouse gas initiative" or "RGGI" means the memorandum of
17-18	understanding (MOU) dated December 20, 2005, as may be amended, and corresponding model
17-19	rule, as may be amended, that establishes an electric power sector carbon emissions cap and trade
17-20	program.
17-21	(4) "Office" means the office of energy resources; and
17-22	(5) "Council" means the energy efficiency and resources management council.
17-23	(6) "Board" means the renewable energy coordinating board established pursuant to
17-24	chapter 42-140.3.
17-25	23-82-4. Regional greenhouse gas initiative implementation. -- (a) The department
17-26	shall, in consultation with the public utilities commission, the office, and the council, and board,
17-27	through rules and regulations, establish the state's rules for participation in RGGI.
17-28	(b) The department's rules and regulations for participation in a carbon cap and trade
17-29	program shall be designed to meet the mutual understandings and commitments for participation
17-30	in RGGI, and permit the holders of carbon allowances to trade them in a regional market to be
17-31	established through the RGGI.
17-32	(c) The department's rules and regulations shall ensure that the carbon allowances under
17-33	this program and the revenues associated with their sale are used exclusively for the purposes
17-34	contained in this legislation.
18-1	(d)(c) The responsibilities created by implementing RGGI shall be in addition to all other
18-2	responsibilities imposed by any other general or special law or rule or regulation and shall not
18-3	diminish or reduce any power or authority of the department, including the authority to adopt
18-4	standards and regulations necessary for the state to join and fully participate in any multi-state
18-5	program, at any stage in the development and implementation of such a program, intended to
18-6	control emissions of carbon dioxide and/or other substances that are determined by the
18-7	department to be damaging and/or altering the climate.
18-8	23-82-6. Use of auction or sale proceeds. -- (a) The proceeds from the auction or sale of
18-9	the allowances shall be used for the benefit of energy consumers through investment in the most
18-10	cost-effective available projects that can reduce long-term consumer energy demands and costs.
18-11	Such proceeds may be used only for the following purposes, in a proportion to be determined
18-12	annually by the office in consultation with the council and the department:
18-13	(1) Promotion of cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation in order to achieve
18-14	the purposes of section 39-1-27.7;
18-15	(2) Promotion of cost-effective renewable non-carbon emitting energy technologies in
18-16	Rhode Island as defined in Rhode Island general law section 39-26-5 and to achieve purposes of
18-17	chapter 39-26 entitled "Renewable Energy Standard";
18-18	(3) Cost-effective direct rate relief for consumers;
18-19	(4) Direct rate relief for low-income consumers;
18-20	(5) Reasonable compensation to an entity selected to administer the auction or sale; and
18-21	(6) Reasonable costs of the department and office in administering this program, which
18-22	shall not in any year exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or five percent (5%) of
18-23	the proceeds from sale or auction of the allowances, whichever is less. Administrative funds not
18-24	expended in any fiscal year shall remain in the administrative account to be used as needed in
18-25	subsequent years. The office of energy resources shall have the ability to apply administrative
18-26	funds not used in a fiscal year to achieve the purpose of this section. The funds deposited into the
18-27	administrative funds account shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of section
18-28	35-4-27.
18-29	(b) Any interest earned on the funds so generated must be credited to the fund. Funds not
18-30	spent in any fiscal year shall remain in the fund to be used for future energy efficiency and carbon
18-31	reduction programs.
18-32	(c) Annually, the office, in consultation with the department and the council and board,
18-33	shall prepare a draft proposal on how the proceeds from the allowances shall be allocated. The
18-34	draft proposal shall be designed to augment and coordinate with existing energy efficiency and
19-1	renewable energy low-income programs, and shall not propose use of auction proceeds for
19-2	projects already funded under other programs. The proposal for allocation of proceeds in
19-3	subsections 23-82-6(1), (2) and (3) shall be one that best achieves the purposes of the law,
19-4	namely, lowering carbon emissions and minimizing costs to consumers over the long term. The
19-5	office shall hold a public hearing and accept public comment on the draft proposal in accordance
19-6	with chapter 42-35 (the "Administrative Procedure Act"). Once the proposal is final, the
19-7	department office shall authorize the disbursement of funds in accordance with the final plan.
19-8	(d) The office shall prepare, in consultation with the department and the council and
19-9	board, a report by January 1st April 15th of each year describing the implementation and operation
19-10	of RGGI, the revenues collected and the expenditures, including funds that were allocated to the
19-11	energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, and the individuals, businesses and vendors
19-12	that received funding, made under this section, the statewide energy efficiency and carbon
19-13	reduction programs, and any recommendations for changes to law relating to the state's energy
19-14	conservation or carbon reduction efforts. The report shall be made public and be posted
19-15	electronically on the website of the office of energy resources and shall also be submitted to the
19-16	general assembly.
19-17	SECTION 12. Section 39-1-27.7 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-1 entitled "Public
19-18	Utilities Commission" is hereby amended to read as follows:
19-19	39-1-27.7. System reliability and least-cost procurement. -- Least-cost procurement
19-20	shall comprise system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement as provided
19-21	for in this section and supply procurement as provided for in section 39-1-27.8, as complementary
19-22	but distinct activities that have as common purpose meeting electrical and natural gas energy
19-23	needs in Rhode Island, in a manner that is optimally cost-effective, reliable, prudent and
19-24	environmentally responsible.
19-25	(a) The commission shall establish not later than June 1, 2008, standards for system
19-26	reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement, which shall include standards and
19-27	guidelines for:
19-28	(1) System reliability procurement, including but not limited to:
19-29	(i) Procurement of energy supply from diverse sources, including, but not limited to,
19-30	renewable energy resources as defined in chapter 26 of this title;
19-31	(ii) Distributed generation, including, but not limited to, renewable energy resources and
19-32	thermally leading combined heat and power systems, which is reliable and is cost-effective, with
19-33	measurable, net system benefits;
20-34	(iii) Demand response, including, but not limited to, distributed generation, back-up
20-35	generation and on-demand usage reduction, which shall be designed to facilitate electric customer
20-36	participation in regional demand response programs, including those administered by the
20-37	independent service operator of New England ("ISO-NE") and/or are designed to provide local
20-38	system reliability benefits through load control or using on-site generating capability;
20-39	(iv) To effectuate the purposes of this division, the commission may establish standards
20-40	and/or rates (A) for qualifying distributed generation, demand response, and renewable energy
20-41	resources; (B) for net-metering; (C) for back-up power and/or standby rates that reasonably
20-42	facilitate the development of distributed generation; and (D) for such other matters as the
20-43	commission may find necessary or appropriate.
20-44	(2) Least-cost procurement, which shall include procurement of energy efficiency and
20-45	energy conservation measures that are prudent and reliable and when such measures are lower
20-46	cost than acquisition of additional supply, including supply for periods of high demand.
20-47	(b) The standards and guidelines provided for by subsection (a) shall be subject to
20-48	periodic review and as appropriate amendment by the commission, which review will be
20-49	conducted not less frequently than every three (3) years after the adoption of the standards and
20-50	guidelines.
20-51	(c) To implement the provisions of this section:
20-52	(1) The commissioner of the office of energy resources and the energy efficiency and
20-53	resources management council, either or jointly or separately, shall provide the commission
20-54	findings and recommendations with regard to system reliability and energy efficiency and
20-55	conservation procurement on or before March 1, 2008, and triennially on or before March 1,
20-56	thereafter through March 1, 2017. The report shall be made public and be posted electronically on
20-57	the website to the office of energy resources.
20-58	(2) The commission shall issue standards not later than June 1, 2008, with regard to
20-59	plans for system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement, which standards
20-60	may be amended or revised by the commission as necessary and/or appropriate.
20-61	(3) The energy efficiency and resources management council shall prepare by July 15,
20-62	2008, a reliability and efficiency procurement opportunity report which shall identify
20-63	opportunities to procure efficiency, distributed generation, demand response and renewables,
20-64	which report shall be submitted to the electrical distribution company, the commission, the office
20-65	of energy resources and the joint committee on energy.
20-66	(4) Each electrical and natural gas distribution company shall submit to the commission
20-67	on or before September 1, 2008, and triennially on or before September 1, thereafter through
20-68	September 1, 2017, a plan for system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation
21-1	procurement. In developing the plan, the distribution company may seek the advice of the
21-2	commissioner and the council. The plan shall include measurable goals and target percentages for
21-3	each energy resource, pursuant to standards established by the commission, including efficiency,
21-4	distributed generation, demand response, combined heat and power, and renewables. The report
21-5	shall be made public and be posted electronically on the website to the office of energy resources,
21-6	and shall also be submitted to the general assembly.
21-7	(5) The commission shall issue an order approving all energy efficiency measures that
21-8	are cost effective and lower cost than acquisition of additional supply, with regard to the plan
21-9	from the electrical and natural gas distribution company, and reviewed and approved by the
21-10	energy efficiency and resources management council, and any related annual plans, and shall
21-11	approve a fully reconciling funding mechanism to fund investments in all efficiency measures
21-12	that are cost effective and lower cost than acquisition of additional supply, not greater than sixty
21-13	(60) days after it is filed with the commission.
21-14	(6) Each electrical and natural gas distribution company shall provide a status report,
21-15	which shall be public, on the implementation of least cost procurement on or before December
21-16	15, 2008, and on or before February 1, 2009, to the commission, the division, the commissioner
21-17	of the office of energy resources and the energy efficiency and resources management council
21-18	which may provide the distribution company recommendations with regard to effective
21-19	implementation of least cost procurement. The report shall include the targets for each energy
21-20	resource included in the order approving the plan and the achieved percentage for energy
21-21	resource, including the achieved percentages for efficiency, distributed generation, demand
21-22	response, combined heat and power, and renewables as well as the current funding allocations for
21-23	each eligible energy resource and the businesses and vendors in Rhode Island participating in the
21-24	programs. The report shall be posted electronically on the website of the office energy resources.
21-25	(d) If the commission shall determine that the implementation of system reliability and
21-26	energy efficiency and conservation procurement has caused or is likely to cause under or over-
21-27	recovery of overhead and fixed costs of the company implementing said procurement, the
21-28	commission may establish a mandatory rate adjustment clause for the company so affected in
21-29	order to provide for full recovery of reasonable and prudent overhead and fixed costs.
21-30	(e) The commission shall conduct a contested case proceeding to establish a performance
21-31	based incentive plan which allows for additional compensation for each electric distribution
21-32	company and each company providing gas to end-users and/or retail customers based on the level
21-33	of its success in mitigating the cost and variability of electric and gas services through
21-34	procurement portfolios.
22-1	SECTION 13. Section 39-2-1.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-2 entitled "Duties of
22-2	Utilities and Carriers" is hereby amended to read as follows:
22-3	39-2-1.2. Utility base rate -- Advertising, demand side management and renewables.
22-4	-- (a) In addition to costs prohibited in section 39-1-27.4(b), no public utility distributing or
22-5	providing heat, electricity, or water to or for the public shall include as part of its base rate any
22-6	expenses for advertising, either direct or indirect, which promotes the use of its product or
22-7	service, or is designed to promote the public image of the industry. No public utility may furnish
22-8	support of any kind, direct, or indirect, to any subsidiary, group, association, or individual for
22-9	advertising and include the expense as part of its base rate. Nothing contained in this section shall
22-10	be deemed as prohibiting the inclusion in the base rate of expenses incurred for advertising,
22-11	informational or educational in nature, which is designed to promote public safety conservation of
22-12	the public utility's product or service. The public utilities commission shall promulgate such rules
22-13	and regulations as are necessary to require public disclosure of all advertising expenses of any
22-14	kind, direct or indirect, and to otherwise effectuate the provisions of this section.
22-15	(b) Effective as of January 1, 2008, and for a period of ten (10) years thereafter, each
22-16	electric distribution company shall include charges per kilowatt-hour delivered to fund demand
22-17	side management programs and 0.3 mills per kilowatt-hour delivered to fund renewable energy
22-18	programs. The electric distribution company shall establish and after July 1, 2007, maintain two
22-19	(2) separate accounts, one for demand side management programs, which shall be administered
22-20	and implemented by the distribution company, subject to the regulatory reviewing authority of the
22-21	commission, and one for renewable energy programs, which shall be administered by the
22-22	economic development corporation pursuant to section 42-64-13.2 and, shall be held and
22-23	disbursed by the distribution company as directed by the economic development corporation for
22-24	the purposes of developing, promoting and supporting renewable energy programs.
22-25	During the ten (10) year period the commission may, in its discretion, after notice and
22-26	public hearing, increase the sums for demand side management and renewable resources;
22-27	thereafter, the commission shall, after notice and public hearing, determine the appropriate charge
22-28	for these programs. The office of energy resources and/or the administrator of the renewable
22-29	energy programs may seek to secure for the state an equitable and reasonable portion of
22-30	renewable energy credits or certificates created by private projects funded through those
22-31	programs. As used in this section, "renewable energy resources" shall mean: (1) power generation
22-32	technologies as defined in section 39-26-5, "eligible renewable energy resources", including off-
22-33	grid and on-grid generating technologies located in Rhode Island as a priority; (2) research and
22-34	development activities in Rhode Island pertaining to eligible renewable energy resources and to
23-1	other renewable energy technologies for electrical generation; or (3) projects and activities
23-2	directly related to implementing eligible renewable energy resources projects in Rhode Island.
23-3	Technologies for converting solar energy for space heating or generating domestic hot water may
23-4	also be funded through the renewable energy programs, so long as these technologies are installed
23-5	on housing projects that have been certified by the executive director of the Rhode Island housing
23-6	and mortgage finance corporation as serving low-income Rhode Island residents. Fuel cells may
23-7	be considered an energy efficiency technology to be included in demand sided management
23-8	programs. Special rates for low-income customers in effect as of August 7, 1996 shall be
23-9	continued, and the costs of all of these discounts shall be included in the distribution rates
23-10	charged to all other customers. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting an electric
23-11	distribution company from offering any special rates or programs for low-income customers
23-12	which are not in effect as of August 7, 1996, subject to the approval by the commission.
23-13	(c) On or before November 15, 2008, the economic development corporation shall create
23-14	the municipal renewable energy investment program utilizing the lesser of fifty percent (50%) or
23-15	one million dollars ($1,000,000) collected annually from the .3 mils per kilo-watt hour charge for
23-16	renewable energy programs, to fund qualified municipal renewable energy projects in accordance
23-17	with this chapter and the following provisions:
23-18	(1) The municipal renewable energy investment programs shall be administered pursuant
23-19	to rules established by the economic development corporation. Said rules shall provide
23-20	transparent criteria to rank qualified municipal renewable energy projects, giving consideration
23-21	to:
23-22	(i) the feasibility of project completion;
23-23	(ii) the anticipated amount of renewable energy the project will produce;
23-24	(iii) the potential of the project to mitigate energy costs over the life of the project; and
23-25	(iv) the estimated cost per kilo-watt hour (kwh) of the energy produced from the project.
23-26	Municipalities that have not previously received financing from this program shall be given
23-27	priority over those municipalities that have received funding under this program.
23-28	(2) Beginning on January 1, 2009, the economic development corporation shall solicit
23-29	proposals from municipalities for eligible projects and shall award grants, in accordance with the
23-30	rules and ranking criteria, of no more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to each
23-31	eligible project.
23-32	(3) Any funds not expended from the municipal renewable energy investment programs
23-33	in a given year shall remain in the fund and be added to the balance to be distributed in the next
23-34	award cycle. For the purposes of this section, qualified municipal renewable energy projects
24-1	means any project that produces renewable energy resources and whose output of power and
24-2	other attributes is controlled in its entirety by at least one Rhode Island city or town.
24-3	(d) On or before November 15, 2008, the economic development corporation shall create
24-4	the nonprofit affordable housing renewable energy investment program utilizing the lesser of ten
24-5	percent (10%) or two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) collected annually from the.3 mils per
24-6	kilo-watt hour charge for renewable energy programs to fund qualified nonprofit affordable
24-7	housing renewable energy projects in accordance with this chapter and the following provisions:
24-8	(1) The nonprofit affordable housing renewable energy investment programs shall be
24-9	administered pursuant to rules established by the economic development corporation in
24-10	consultation with the Rhode Island housing mortgage finance corporation. Said rules shall
24-11	provide transparent criteria to rank qualified nonprofit affordable housing renewable energy
24-12	projects, giving consideration to:
24-13	(i) the feasibility of project completion;
24-14	(ii) the anticipated amount of renewable energy the project will produce;
24-15	(iii) the potential of the project to mitigate energy costs over the life of the project; and
24-16	(iv) the estimated cost per kilo-watt hour (kwh) of the energy produced from the project.
24-17	Nonprofit affordable housing agencies that have not previously received financing from this
24-18	program shall be given priority over those agencies that have received funding under this
24-19	program.
24-20	(2) Beginning on January 1, 2009, the economic development corporation, in
24-21	consultation with the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, shall solicit
24-22	proposals from eligible nonprofit housing agencies for renewable energy projects and shall award
24-23	grants, in accordance with the rules and ranking criteria. The economic development corporation
24-24	shall consult with the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation in the grant-
24-25	making process and shall notify the corporation of the awardees.
24-26	(3) Any funds not expended from the affordable housing renewable energy investment
24-27	program in a given year shall remain in the fund and be added to the balance to be distributed in
24-28	the next award cycle. For the purposes of this section, "qualified nonprofit affordable housing
24-29	renewable energy projects" means any project that produces renewable energy resources and
24-30	whose output of power and other attributes is controlled in its entirety by at least one nonprofit
24-31	affordable housing development as defined in section 42-55-3 and is restricted to producing
24-32	energy for the nonprofit affordable housing development.
24-33	(e)(d) The executive director of the economic development corporation is authorized and
24-34	may enter into a contract with a contractor for the cost effective administration of the renewable
25-1	energy programs funded by this section. A competitive bid and contract award for administration
25-2	of the renewable energy programs may occur every three (3) years and shall include as a
25-3	condition that after July 1, 2008 the account for the renewable energy programs shall be
25-4	maintained and administered by the economic development corporation as provided for in
25-5	subdivision (b) above.
25-6	(f)(e) Effective January 1, 2007, and for a period of eleven (11) years thereafter, each gas
25-7	distribution company shall include, with the approval of the commission, a charge per deca therm
25-8	delivered to demand side management programs, including, but not limited to, programs for cost-
25-9	effective energy efficiency, energy conservation, combined heat and power systems, and
25-10	weatherization services for low income households.
25-11	(g)(f) The gas company shall establish a separate account for demand side management
25-12	programs, which shall be administered and implemented by the distribution company, subject to
25-13	the regulatory reviewing authority of the commission. The commission may establish
25-14	administrative mechanisms and procedures that are similar to those for electric demand side
25-15	management programs administered under the jurisdiction of the commissions and that are
25-16	designed to achieve cost-effectiveness and high life-time savings of efficiency measures
25-17	supported by the program.
25-18	(h)(g) The commission may, if reasonable and feasible, except from this demand side
25-19	management change:
25-20	(i) gas used for distribution generation; and
25-21	(ii) gas used for the manufacturing processes, where the customer has established a self-
25-22	directed program to invest in and achieve best effective energy efficiency in accordance with a
25-23	plan approved by the commission and subject to periodic review and approval by the
25-24	commission, which plan shall require annual reporting of the amount invested and the return on
25-25	investments in terms of gas savings.
25-26	(i)(h) The commission may provide for the coordinated and/or integrated administration
25-27	of electric and gas demand side management programs in order to enhance the effectiveness of
25-28	the programs. Such coordinated and/or integrated administration may after March 1, 2009, upon
25-29	the recommendation of the office of energy resources, be through one or more third-party entities
25-30	designated by the commission pursuant to a competitive selection process.
25-31	(j)(i) Effective January 1, 2007, the commission shall allocate from demand-side
25-32	management gas and electric funds authorized pursuant to this section 39-2-1.2, an amount not to
25-33	exceed two percent (2%) of such funds on an annual basis for the retention of expert consultants,
25-34	and reasonable administrations costs of the energy efficiency and resources management council
26-1	associated with planning, management, and evaluation of energy efficiency programs, renewable
26-2	energy programs and , system reliability least-cost procurement, and with regulatory proceedings,
26-3	contested cases, and other actions pertaining to the purposes, powers and duties of the council,
26-4	which allocation may by mutual agreement, be used in coordination with the office of energy
26-5	resources to support such activities.
26-6	(j) Effective January 1, 2013, the commission shall allocate from administrative funding
26-7	amount allocated in (i) from the demand-side management program as described in subsection (f)
26-8	as followed: sixty percent (60%) for the purposes identified in subsection (i) and forty percent
26-9	(40%) annually to the office of energy resources for activities associated with planning
26-10	management, and evaluation of energy efficiency programs, renewable energy programs system
26-11	reliability, least-cost procurement, and with regulatory proceedings, contested cases, and other
26-12	actions pertaining to the purposes, powers and duties of the office of energy resources.
26-13	(k) On April 15, of each year the office and the council shall submit to the governor, the
26-14	president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, separate financial and
26-15	performance reports regarding the demand-side management programs, including the specific
26-16	level of funds that were contributed by the residential, municipal, and commercial and industrial
26-17	sectors to the overall programs, the businesses, vendors, and institutions that received funding
26-18	from demand-side management gas and electric funds used for the purposes in section 39-2-1.2;
26-19	and the businesses, vendors, and institutions that received the administrative funds for the
26-20	purposes in sections 39-2-1.2(i) and 39-2-1.2(j). These reports shall be posted electronically on
26-21	the websites of the office of energy resources and the energy efficiency resources management
26-22	council.
26-23	SECTION 14. Section 39-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-26 entitled
26-24	"Renewable Energy Standard" is hereby amended to read as follows:
26-25	39-26-7. Renewable energy development fund. -- (a) There is hereby authorized and
26-26	created within the economic development corporation a renewable energy development fund for
26-27	the purpose of increasing the supply of NE-GIS certificates available for compliance in future
26-28	years by obligated entities with renewable energy standard requirements, as established in this
26-29	chapter. The fund shall be located at and administered by the Rhode Island economic
26-30	development corporation in accrodance accordance with section 42-64-13.2. The economic
26-31	development corporation shall:
26-32	Adopt plans and guidelines for the management and use of the fund in accordance with
26-33	section 42-64-13.2, and
27-34	(b) The economic development corporation shall enter into agreements with obligated
27-35	entities to accept alternative compliance payments, consistent with rules of the commission and
27-36	the purposes set forth in this section; and alternative compliance payments received pursuant to
27-37	this section shall be trust funds to be held and applied solely for the purposes set forth in this
27-38	section.
27-39	(c) The uses of the fund shall include but not be limited to:
27-40	(1) Stimulating investment in renewable energy development by entering into
27-41	agreements, including multi-year agreements, for renewable energy certificates;
27-42	(2) Establishing and maintaining a residential renewable energy program using eligible
27-43	technologies in accordance the section 39-26-5;
27-44	(3) Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities for interconnection and
27-45	feasibility studies, and/or the installation of renewable energy projects;
27-46	(2)(4) Issuing assurances and/or guarantees to support the acquisition of renewable
27-47	energy certificates and/or the development of new renewable energy sources for Rhode Island;
27-48	(3)(5) Establishing escrows, reserves, and/or acquiring insurance for the obligations of
27-49	the fund;
27-50	(4)(6) Paying administrative costs of the fund incurred by the economic development
27-51	corporation, the board of trustees, or the office of energy resources, not to exceed ten percent
27-52	(10%) of the income of the fund, including, but not limited to, alternative compliance payments.
27-53	All funds transferred from the economic development corporation to support the office of energy
27-54	resources' administrative costs shall be deposited as restricted receipts.
27-55	(d) NE-GIS certificates acquired through the fund may be conveyed to obligated entities
27-56	or may be credited against the renewable energy standard for the year of the certificate provided
27-57	that the commission assesses the cost of the certificates to the obligated entity, or entities,
27-58	benefiting from the credit against the renewable energy standard, which assessment shall be
27-59	reduced by previously made alternative compliance payments and shall be paid to the fund.
27-60	SECTION 15. Section 42-64-13.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64 entitled "Rhode
27-61	Island Economic Development Corporation" is hereby amended to read as follows:
27-62	42-64-13.2. Renewable energy investment coordination. -- (a) Intent. - To develop an
27-63	integrated organizational structure to secure for Rhode Island and its people the full benefits of
27-64	cost-effective renewable energy development from diverse sources.
27-65	(b) Definitions. - For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have
27-66	the meanings set forth in RIGL 42-64-3 unless this section provides a different meaning. Within
27-67	this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
28-68	(1) "Corporation" means the Rhode Island economic development corporation.
28-69	(2) "Municipality" means any city or town, or other political subdivision of the state.
28-70	(3) "Office" means the office of energy resources established by chapter 42-140.
28-71	(c) Purpose. - The corporation is authorized to integrate the management of public funds
28-72	to promote the expansion and sound development of renewable energy resources by providing
28-73	coordinated and cost-effective use of funds from:
28-74	(1) The renewable energy program of the demand side management program as set forth
28-75	in section 39-2-1.2; and
28-76	(2) The renewable energy development fund of the renewable energy standard, as set
28-77	forth in chapter 39-26.
28-78	(3) The office of energy resources from the sale of allowances under the greenhouse gas
28-79	initiative act to the extent available for renewable energy, as set forth in chapter 23-82.
28-80	(d)(b) Renewable energy development fund. - The corporation shall, in the furtherance
28-81	of its responsibilities to promote and encourage economic development, establish and administer
28-82	a renewable energy development fund as provided for in section 39-26-7, may exercise the
28-83	powers set forth in this chapter, as necessary or convenient to accomplish this purpose, and shall
28-84	provide such administrative support as may be needed for the coordinated administration of the
28-85	renewable energy standard as provided for in chapter 39-26 and the renewable energy program
28-86	established by section 39-2-1.2. The corporation may upon the request of any person undertaking
28-87	a renewable energy facility project, grant project status to the project, and a renewable energy
28-88	facility project, which is given project status by the corporation, shall be deemed an energy
28-89	project of the corporation.
28-90	(e)(c) Duties. - The corporation shall, with regards to renewable energy project
28-91	investment:
28-92	(1) Establish by rule, in consultation with the office, standards for financing renewable
28-93	energy projects from diverse sources.
28-94	(2) Enter into agreements, consistent with this chapter and renewable energy investment
28-95	plans adopted by the office, to provide support to renewable energy projects that meet applicable
28-96	standards established by the corporation. Said agreements may include contracts with
28-97	municipalities and public corporations.
28-98	(f)(d) Conduct of activities.
28-99	(1) To the extent reasonable and practical, the conduct of activities under the provisions
28-100	of this chapter shall be open and inclusive; the director shall seek, in addressing the purposes of
28-101	this chapter, to involve the research and analytic capacities of institutions of higher education
28-102	within the state, industry, advocacy groups, and regional entities, and shall seek input from
29-1	stakeholders including, but not limited to, residential and commercial energy users.
29-2	(2) By January 1, 2009, the director shall adopt:
29-3	(A) Goals for renewable energy facility investment which is beneficial, prudent, and
29-4	from diverse sources;
29-5	(B) A plan for a period of five (5) years, annually upgraded as appropriate, to meet the
29-6	aforementioned goals; and
29-7	(C) Standards and procedures for evaluating proposals for renewable energy projects in
29-8	order to determine the consistency of proposed projects with the plan.
29-9	(g) Reporting. - On March 1, of each year after the effective date of this chapter, the
29-10	corporation shall submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of
29-11	representatives, and the secretary of state, a financial and performance report. These reports shall
29-12	be posted electronically on the general assembly and the secretary of state's websites as
29-13	prescribed in section 42-20-8.2. The reports shall set forth:
29-14	(1) The corporation's receipts and expenditures in each of the renewable energy program
29-15	funds administered in accordance with this section.
29-16	(2) A listing of all private consultants engaged by the corporation on a contract basis and
29-17	a statement of the total amount paid to each private consultant from the two (2) renewable energy
29-18	funds administered in accordance with this chapter; a listing of any staff supported by these
29-19	funds, and a summary of any clerical, administrative or technical support received; and
29-20	(3) A summary of performance during the prior year including accomplishments and
29-21	shortcomings; project investments, the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy investments by the
29-22	corporation; and recommendations for improvement.
29-23	SECTION 16. Sections 42-140-3, 42-140-7 and 42-140-9 of the General Laws in Chapter
29-24	42-140 entitled "Rhode Island Energy Resources Act" are hereby amended to read as follows:
29-25	42-140-3. Purposes. -- The purposes of the office shall be to:
29-26	(1) Develop and put into effect plans and programs to promote, encourage, and assist the
29-27	provision of energy resources for Rhode Island in a manner that enhances economic well-being,
29-28	social equity, and environmental quality;
29-29	(2) Monitor, forecast, and report on energy use, energy prices, and energy demand and
29-30	supply forecasts, and make findings and recommendations with regard to energy supply diversity,
29-31	reliability, and procurement, including least-cost procurement;
29-32	(3) Develop and to put into effect plans and programs to promote, encourage and assist
29-33	the efficient and productive use of energy resources in Rhode Island, and to coordinate energy
29-34	programs for natural gas, electricity, and heating oil to maximize the aggregate benefits of
30-1	conservation and efficiency of investments;
30-2	(4) Monitor and report technological developments that may result in new and/or
30-3	improved sources of energy supply, increased energy efficiency, and reduced environmental
30-4	impacts from energy supply, transmission and distribution;
30-5	(5) Administer the programs, duties, and responsibilities heretofore exercised by the state
30-6	energy office, except as these may be assigned by executive order or the general laws to other
30-7	departments and agencies of state government;
30-8	(6) Develop, recommend and, as appropriate, implement integrated and/or
30-9	comprehensive strategies, including at regional and federal levels, to secure Rhode Island's
30-10	interest in energy resources, their supply and efficient use, and as necessary to interact with
30-11	persons, private sector, non-profit, regional, federal entities and departments and agencies of
30-12	other states to effectuate this purpose;
30-13	(7) Cooperate with agencies, departments, corporations, and entities of the state and of
30-14	political subdivisions of the state in achieving its purposes;
30-15	(8) Cooperate with and assist the state planning council and the division of state planning
30-16	in developing, maintaining, and implementing state guide plan elements pertaining to energy and
30-17	renewable energy;
30-18	(9) Coordinate the energy efficiency, renewable energy, least cost procurement, and
30-19	systems reliability plans and programs with the energy efficiency resource management council
30-20	and the renewable energy coordinating board;
30-21	(10) Participate in, monitor implementation of, and provide technical assistance for the
30-22	low-income home energy assistance program enhancement plan established pursuant to section
30-23	39-1-27.12;
30-24	(11) Participate in and monitor the distributed generation standard contracts program
30-25	pursuant to chapter 39-26-2;
30-26	(12) Coordinate opportunities with and enter into contracts and/or agreements with the
30-27	economic development corporation associated with the energy efficiency, least-cost procurement,
30-28	system reliability, and renewable energy fund programs;
30-29	(13) Provide support and information to the division of planning and the state planning
30-30	council in development a ten (10) year Rhode Island Energy Guide Plan, which shall be reviewed
30-31	and amended if necessary every five (5) years;
30-32	(14) Provide funding support if necessary to the renewable energy coordinating board
30-33	and/or the advisory council to carry out the objectives pursuant to chapter 42-140-3;
31-34	(9)(15) Administer, as assigned by law or executive order, state and federally funded or
31-35	authorized energy programs, which may include, but not be limited to Advise and provide
31-36	technical assistance to state and federally funded energy program to support:
31-37	(i) The federal low-income home energy assistance program which provides heating
31-38	assistance to eligible low-income persons and any state funded or privately funded heating
31-39	assistance program of a similar nature assigned to it for administration;
31-40	(ii) The weatherization assistance program which offers home weatherization grants and
31-41	heating system upgrades to eligible persons of low-income;
31-42	(iii) The emergency fuel program which provides oil deliveries to families experiencing
31-43	a heating emergency;
31-44	(iv) The energy conservation program, which offers service and programs to all sectors;
31-45	and
31-46	(v) [Deleted by P.L. 2008, ch. 228, section 2, and P.L. 2008, ch. 422, section 2.]
31-47	(10)(16) Advise the economic development corporation in the development of standards
31-48	and rules for the solicitation and award of renewable energy program investment funds in
31-49	accordance with section 42-64-13.2;
31-50	(11)(17) Develop, recommend, and evaluate energy programs for state facilities and
31-51	operations in order to achieve and demonstrate the benefits of energy-efficiency, diversification
31-52	of energy supplies, energy conservation, and demand management; and
31-53	(12)(18) Advise the governor and the general assembly with regard to energy resources
31-54	and all matters relevant to achieving the purposes of the office.
31-55	42-140-7. Conduct of activities. -- (a) To the extent reasonable and practical, the
31-56	conduct of activities under the provisions of this chapter shall be open and inclusive; the
31-57	commissioner and the council shall seek in addressing the purposes of the office to involve the
31-58	research and analytic capacities of institutions of higher education within the state, industry,
31-59	advocacy groups, and regional entities, and shall seek input from stakeholders including, but not
31-60	limited to, residential and commercial energy users.
31-61	(b) The commissioner shall transmit any unencumbered funds from the renewable
31-62	energy program under chapter 39-2 to the economic development corporation to be administered
31-63	in accordance with a the provisions of section 39-2-1.2.
31-64	42-140-9. Adoption of rules. -- The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt,
31-65	amend, and implement such rules as may be necessary to desirable to effectuate the purposes of
31-66	this chapter. In any rule making by the commissioner, the commissioner shall consider as a matter
31-67	of record the advise advice of the energy resources council and the renewable energy
31-68	coordinating board.
32-1	SECTION 17. The Administration shall submit to the Chairpersons of the House and
32-2	Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2012, a plan to transfer the Rhode Island Public
32-3	Telecommunications Authority from state to private support as part of the FY 2014 budget
32-4	process and include any statutory language required to support the transaction.
32-5	SECTION 18. Section 23-27.3-108.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled
32-6	"State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows:
32-7	23-27.3-108.2. State building commissioner's duties. -- (a) This code shall be enforced
32-8	by the state building commissioner as to any structures or buildings or parts thereof that are
32-9	owned or are temporarily or permanently under the jurisdiction of the state or any of its
32-10	departments, commissions, agencies, or authorities established by an act of the general assembly,
32-11	and as to any structures or buildings or parts thereof that are built upon any land owned by or
32-12	under the jurisdiction of the state.
32-13	(b) Permit fees for the projects shall be established by the committee. The fees shall be
32-14	deposited as general revenues.
32-15	(c)(1) The local cities and towns shall charge each permit applicant an additional .1
32-16	(.001) percent (levy) of the total construction cost for each permit issued. The levy shall be
32-17	limited to a maximum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each of the permits issued for one and two (2)
32-18	family dwellings. This additional levy shall be transmitted monthly to the building commission at
32-19	the department of administration, and shall be used to staff and support the purchase or lease and
32-20	operation of a web-accessible service and/or system to be utilized by the state and municipalities
32-21	for uniform, statewide electronic plan review, permit management and inspection system and
32-22	other programs described in this chapter. The fee levy shall be deposited as general revenues.
32-23	(2) On or before July 1, 2013, the building commissioner shall develop a standard
32-24	statewide process for electronic plan review, permit management and inspection.
32-25	(3) On or before December 1, 2013, the building commissioner, with the assistance of the
32-26	office of regulatory reform, shall implement the standard statewide process for electronic plan
32-27	review, permit management and inspection. In addition, the building commissioner shall develop
32-28	a technology and implementation plan for a standard web-accessible service and/or system to be
32-29	utilized by the state and municipalities for uniform, statewide electronic plan review, permit
32-30	management and inspection.
32-31	(d) The building commissioner shall, upon request by any state contractor described in
32-32	section 37-2-38.1, review, and when all conditions for certification have been met, certify to the
32-33	state controller that the payment conditions contained in section 37-2-38.1 have been met.
33-34	(e) The building commissioner shall coordinate the development and implementation of
33-35	this section with the state fire marshal to assist with the implementation of section 23-28.2-6.
33-36	(f) The building commissioner shall submit, in coordination with the state fire marshal, a
33-37	report to the governor and general assembly on or before April 1, 2013 and each April 1st
33-38	thereafter, providing the status of the web-accessible service and/or system implementation and
33-39	any recommendations for process or system improvement.
33-40	SECTION 19. Section 23-28.2-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-28.2 entitled
33-41	"Division of Fire Safety" is hereby amended to read as follows:
33-42	23-28.2-6. Additional powers and duties of fire marshal. -- In carrying out the
33-43	purposes of this chapter, the state fire marshal is authorized and directed:
33-44	(1) To procure in his or her discretion as many deputy state fire marshals and assistant
33-45	deputy state fire marshals as needed, and the temporary or intermittent services of experts or
33-46	consultants or organizations thereof, by contract, when the services are to be performed on a part-
33-47	time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties;
33-48	(2) To enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of the
33-49	division of occupational safety, or its successors, to the extent that he or she considers it desirable
33-50	to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, and to enter into agreements for the utilization of the
33-51	facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;
33-52	(3) To accept on behalf of the state and to deposit with the general treasurer any grant,
33-53	gift, or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of this code,
33-54	and to expend the same for such purposes;
33-55	(4) To supervise or conduct any fire safety inspections required by any other state or
33-56	federal agencies;
33-57	(5) To formulate, coordinate, implement, or cause implementation of, appropriate
33-58	education and training programs relating to fire fighting training, fire prevention, fire protection,
33-59	fire inspection, and fire investigation.
33-60	(6) To support, in coordination with the state building commissioner and the office of
33-61	regulatory reform, the purchase or lease and operation of a web-accessible service and/or system
33-62	to be utilized by the state and municipalities for a uniform, statewide electronic plan review,
33-63	permit management and inspection system and other programs described in this chapter.
33-64	(7) To coordinate with the state building commissioner on the submission of a report to
33-65	the governor and general assembly on or before April 1, 2013 and each April 1st thereafter,
33-66	providing the status of the web-accessible service and/or system implementation and any
33-67	recommendations for process or system improvement.
34-68	SECTION 20. Section 42-64.13-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.13 entitled
34-69	"Rhode Island Regulatory Reform Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:
34-70	42-64.13-7. Powers of the office of regulatory reform. -- The office of regulatory
34-71	reform shall have the following powers:
34-72	(1) The director of the office of regulatory reform is authorized to intervene or otherwise
34-73	participate in any regulatory or permitting matter pending before any executive branch agency or
34-74	department or before any municipal board, commission, agency or subdivision thereof at which a
34-75	regulatory or permitting matter is pending for the expressed net benefit of a business. The director
34-76	of the office of regulatory reform may so intervene or otherwise participate in such pending
34-77	regulatory and permitting matters by providing written notice to the director of any department or
34-78	state agency in the executive branch, or the chairman or presiding officer over any municipal
34-79	department or subdivision thereof at which a regulatory or permitting matter is pending, that the
34-80	director of the office of regulatory reform is so intervening or otherwise participating in such
34-81	regulatory or permitting matter pending before such department, agency, board or commission.
34-82	The director of the office of regulatory reform shall be considered a party to the action and shall
34-83	be provided reasonable notice of any and all administrative hearings or meetings involving the
34-84	parties in such matter and shall be the opportunity to participate in such meetings, hearings or
34-85	other administrative procedures of such entity, of which such opportunity may be waived only by
34-86	writing from the director of the office of regulatory reform, for the purpose of assuring the
34-87	efficient and consistent implementation of rules and regulations in order to foster the creation and
34-88	retention of jobs in Rhode Island or otherwise foster economic development in Rhode Island
34-89	consistent with the purposes of this act. Any intervention or participation by the director of the
34-90	office of regulatory reform, other than in contested cases, shall not be deemed to violate the
34-91	provisions of the Rhode Island administrative procedures act at Title 42, Chapter 35 of the
34-92	general laws. Provided, however, all contested cases shall be conducted in accordance with the
34-93	provisions for hearings of contested cases in the administrative procedures act, Title 42, Chapter
34-94	35, of the general laws. As used in this section, the term "contested case" means a proceeding in
34-95	which conflicting rights between adverse parties are required by law to be determined in an
34-96	adversary proceeding that is judicial or quasi-judicial in nature, and not purely administrative in
34-97	character, before and/or by an agency.
34-98	(2) Promptly upon such intervention as set forth in subdivision (1) above, the director of
34-99	the office of regulatory reform shall publish its rationale for its intervention in such pending
34-100	regulatory or permitting matter. The director of the office of regulatory reform may so intervene
34-101	upon findings that:
35-102	(i) That the pending, regulatory or permitting action, in and of itself or as part of a
35-103	regulatory process, has significant economic development impact upon the state or any
35-104	municipality herein; and
35-105	(ii) The pending regulatory or permitting matter, in and of itself or as part of a regulatory
35-106	process, has significant impact on any industry, trade, profession or business that provides
35-107	significant jobs or other significant economic development impact, including municipal and state
35-108	taxes or other revenues, to the state or its citizens.
35-109	(iii) The office of regulatory reform shall upon the conclusion of each fiscal quarter
35-110	promptly provide to the office of the governor and the general assembly through the offices of the
35-111	president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a written report identifying:
35-112	(A) All matters in which the director of the office of regulatory reform intervened;
35-113	(B) The rationale for his or her intervention;
35-114	(C) The status of the pending regulatory or permitting matter; and
35-115	(D) Any observations or recommendations from the director of the office of regulatory
35-116	reform with respect to such regulatory or permitting policies or procedures relating to the subject
35-117	matter of such pending regulatory or permitting matters in which the director so intervened.
35-118	(3) The office of regulatory reform is authorized to appear as an amicus curiae in any
35-119	legal proceeding relating to any matter.
35-120	(4) The office of regulatory reform is authorized to coordinate with and support the
35-121	building commissioner and fire marshal in the development and implementation of a standard
35-122	statewide process for electronic plan review, permit management and inspection.
35-123	SECTION 21. Section 42-17.1-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-17.1 entitled
35-124	"Department of Environmental Management" is hereby amended to read as follows:
35-125	42-17.1-17. Transfer of powers and functions from department of environmental
35-126	management. -- (a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:
35-127	(1) Those functions of the department of environmental management which were
35-128	administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic
35-129	planning as defined in section 42-11-10(c);
35-130	(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and
35-131	task forces of the department of environmental management who were performing strategic
35-132	planning functions as defined in section 42-11-10(c); and
35-133	(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions and employees and resources,
35-134	physical and funded, related thereto of the director of environmental management as are
35-135	incidental to and necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1)
35-136	and (2).
36-1	(b) There are hereby transferred to the department of public safety dispatch functions of
36-2	the division of enforcement of the department of environmental management.
36-3	(c) In order that there is no interruption in the dispatch functions of the division of
36-4	enforcement, the actual transfer of the dispatch functions, corresponding resources, and personnel
36-5	to the department of public safety, may be postponed until such time, as determined by the
36-6	director of public safety, that the transfer provided herein may be best put into force and effect,
36-7	but shall occur no later than January 1, 2012 and shall be reflected in the FY 2012 supplemental
36-8	budget submission.
36-9	SECTION 22. This article shall take effect upon passage.