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1 | ARTICLE 7 | |
2 | RELATING TO STATE FUNDS | |
3 | SECTION 1. Section 21-28.6-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-28.6 entitled "The | |
4 | Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act" is hereby amended to read as | |
5 | follows: | |
6 | 21-28.6-17. Revenue. | |
7 | (a) Effective July 1, 2016, all fees collected by the departments of health and business | |
8 | regulation from applicants, registered patients, primary caregivers, authorized purchasers, licensed | |
9 | cultivators, and cooperative cultivations, compassion centers, and compassion center cardholders | |
10 | shall be placed in restricted receipt accounts to support the state's medical marijuana program., | |
11 | including but not limited to payment of expenses incurred by the departments of health and business | |
12 | regulation for the administration of the program. | |
13 | (b) All revenues remaining in the restricted receipt accounts after payments specified in | |
14 | subdivision (a) of this section shall first be paid to cover any existing deficit in the department of | |
15 | health's restricted receipt account or the department of business regulation's restricted receipt | |
16 | account. These transfers shall be made annually on the last business day of the fiscal year. | |
17 | (c) All revenues remaining in the restricted receipt accounts after payments specified in | |
18 | subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be paid into the state's general fund. These payments shall be made | |
19 | annually on the last business day of the fiscal year. | |
20 | SECTION 2. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds" | |
21 | is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
22 | 35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts. | |
23 | Indirect cost recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from all | |
24 | restricted-receipt accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. However, there | |
25 | shall be no transfer from cash receipts with restrictions received exclusively: (1) From contributions | |
26 | from non-profit charitable organizations; (2) From the assessment of indirect cost recovery rates | |
27 | on federal grant funds; or (3) Through transfers from state agencies to the department of | |
28 | administration for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to all | |
29 | accounts, unless prohibited by federal law or regulation, court order, or court settlement. The | |
30 | following restricted receipt accounts shall not be subject to the provisions of this section: | |
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1 | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | |
2 | Organ Transplant Fund | |
3 | HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates | |
4 | Department of Human Services | |
5 | Veterans' home – Restricted account | |
6 | Veterans' home – Resident benefits | |
7 | Pharmaceutical Rebates Account | |
8 | Demand Side Management Grants | |
9 | Veteran's Cemetery Memorial Fund | |
10 | Donations – New Veterans' Home Construction | |
11 | Department of Health | |
12 | Providence Water Lead Grant | |
13 | Pandemic medications and equipment account | |
14 | Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits | |
15 | State Loan Repayment Match | |
16 | Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals | |
17 | Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account | |
18 | Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts | |
19 | RICLAS Group Home Operations | |
20 | Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | |
21 | Emergency and public communication access account | |
22 | Department of Environmental Management | |
23 | National heritage revolving fund | |
24 | Environmental response fund II | |
25 | Underground storage tanks registration fees | |
26 | Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission | |
27 | Historic preservation revolving loan fund | |
28 | Historic Preservation loan fund – Interest revenue | |
29 | Department of Public Safety | |
30 | Forfeited property – Retained | |
31 | Forfeitures – Federal | |
32 | Forfeited property – Gambling | |
33 | Donation – Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training | |
34 | Rhode Island State Firefighter's League Training Account | |
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1 | Fire Academy Training Fees Account | |
2 | Attorney General | |
3 | Forfeiture of property | |
4 | Federal forfeitures | |
5 | Attorney General multi-state account | |
6 | Forfeited property – Gambling | |
7 | Department of Administration | |
8 | OER Reconciliation Funding | |
9 | RI Health Benefits Exchange | |
10 | Office of Management and Budget | |
11 | Information Technology Investment Fund | |
12 | Restore and replacement – Insurance coverage | |
13 | Convention Center Authority rental payments | |
14 | Investment Receipts – TANS | |
15 | OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account | |
16 | Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share | |
17 | Executive Office of Commerce | |
18 | Housing Resources Commission Restricted Account | |
19 | Department of Revenue | |
20 | DMV Modernization Project | |
21 | Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund | |
22 | Legislature | |
23 | Audit of federal assisted programs | |
24 | Department of Children, Youth and Families | |
25 | Children's Trust Accounts – SSI | |
26 | Military Staff | |
27 | RI Military Family Relief Fund | |
28 | RI National Guard Counterdrug Program | |
29 | Treasury | |
30 | Admin. Expenses – State Retirement System | |
31 | Retirement – Treasury Investment Options | |
32 | Defined Contribution – Administration - RR | |
33 | Violent Crimes Compensation – Refunds | |
34 | Treasury Research Fellowship | |
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1 | Business Regulation | |
2 | Banking Division Reimbursement Account | |
3 | Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account | |
4 | Securities Division Reimbursement Account | |
5 | Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account | |
6 | Insurance Division Reimbursement Account | |
7 | Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account. | |
8 | Judiciary | |
9 | Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account | |
10 | Third-Party Grants | |
11 | RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account | |
12 | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
13 | Statewide Student Transportation Services Account | |
14 | School for the Deaf Fee for Service Account | |
15 | Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account | |
16 | Davies – National School Breakfast & Lunch Program | |
17 | Office of the Post-Secondary Commissioner | |
18 | Westerly Higher Education and Industry Center | |
19 | Department of Labor and Training | |
20 | Job Development Fund | |
21 | Department of Transportation | |
22 | Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account | |
23 | SECTION 3. Section 39-26.6-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-26.6 entitled "The | |
24 | Renewable Energy Growth Program" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
25 | 39-26.6-4. Continuation of board. | |
26 | (a) The distributed generation standard contract board shall remain fully constituted and | |
27 | authorized as provided in chapter 26.2 of title 39; provided, however, that the name shall be | |
28 | changed to the "distributed-generation board". Additional purposes of the board shall be to: | |
29 | (1) Evaluate and make recommendations to the commission regarding ceiling prices and | |
30 | annual targets, the make-up of renewable-energy classifications eligible under the distributed- | |
31 | generation growth program, the terms of the tariffs, and other duties as set forth in this chapter; | |
32 | (2) Provide consistent, comprehensive, informed, and publicly accountable involvement | |
33 | by representatives of all interested stakeholders affected by, involved with, or knowledgeable about | |
34 | the development of distributed-generation projects that are eligible for performance-based | |
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1 | incentives under the distributed-generation growth program; and | |
2 | (3) Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the distributed-generation growth program. | |
3 | (b) The office, in consultation with the board, shall be authorized to hire, or to request the | |
4 | electric-distribution company to hire, the services of qualified consultants to perform ceiling price | |
5 | studies subject to commission approval that shall be granted or denied within sixty (60) days of | |
6 | receipt of such request from the office. The cost of such studies shall be recoverable through the | |
7 | rate-reconciliation provisions of the electric-distribution company set forth in § 39-26.6-25, subject | |
8 | to commission approval. In addition, the office, in consultation with the board, may request the | |
9 | commission to approve other costs incurred by the board, office, or the electric-distribution | |
10 | company to utilize consultants for annual programmatic services or to perform any other studies | |
11 | and reports, subject to the review and approval of the commission, that shall be granted or denied | |
12 | within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of such request from the office, and that shall be | |
13 | recoverable through the same reconciliation provisions. | |
14 | (c) Revenues generated through the rate reconciliation process to finance the expenses | |
15 | incurred as outlined in subsection (b) shall be transferred to the office and deposited in a restricted | |
16 | receipt account within the general fund. The restricted receipt account shall be exempt from the | |
17 | indirect cost recovery assessment under §35-4-27. | |
18 | SECTION 4. Chapter 42.17.1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Environmental | |
19 | Management" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: | |
20 | 42-17.1-27. Eisenhower House – Rental fees. | |
21 | (a) There is hereby established within the department of environmental management a | |
22 | restricted receipt account entitled "Eisenhower house". All proceeds from rental fees for the use of | |
23 | the Eisenhower house and its surrounding grounds shall be deposited into this account and used for | |
24 | reinvestment and maintenance of the facility. The rental fees for the use of Eisenhower house and | |
25 | surrounding grounds shall be established by regulation. The department of environmental | |
26 | management may require certain attendants to be present during rental hours, and may require the | |
27 | lessees to reimburse the cost of such service provided to reflect the actual cost to the department. | |
28 | The department may also require reasonable amounts of liability insurance to be obtained by the | |
29 | lessee. | |
30 | (b) The department of environmental management and the state shall not be civilly liable | |
31 | for the acts or omissions of the lessees of the Eisenhower house. | |
32 | SECTION 5. Chapter 42-28 of the General Laws entitled "State Police" is hereby amended | |
33 | by adding thereto the following section: | |
34 | 42-28-49.1. Non-state agency reimbursements. | |
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1 | There is hereby established within the general fund a restricted receipt account to be known | |
2 | as the "state police non-state agency reimbursements" account. All revenues deposits into the | |
3 | account from non-state agencies shall be used to reimburse the state police for costs incurred in | |
4 | support of non-state agency programs and activities. All funds deposited into the account shall be | |
5 | exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of §35-4-27. | |
6 | SECTION 6. Section 42-45-12 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Historical | |
7 | Preservation and Heritage Commission" is hereby repealed. | |
8 | 42-45-12. Eisenhower House – Rental fees. | |
9 | (a) The historical preservation and heritage commission is hereby authorized to collect | |
10 | rental fees for use of the Eisenhower House and surrounding grounds. The rental fees shall be | |
11 | established by regulation. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited as general | |
12 | revenues. The historical preservation and heritage commission may require certain attendants to be | |
13 | present during rental hours and may require the lessees to reimburse the cost of such service | |
14 | provided such cost reflect the actual cost of the commission. The commission may also require | |
15 | reasonable amounts of liability insurance to be obtained by the lessee. | |
16 | (b) The historical preservation and heritage commission and the state shall not be civilly | |
17 | liable for the acts or omissions of the lessees of the Eisenhower House. | |
18 | SECTION 7. Chapter 42-72 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Children, Youth | |
19 | and Families" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: | |
20 | 42-72-36.4. Foundation grants. | |
21 | All grant funds from nonprofit charitable organizations accepted by the department of | |
22 | children, youth and families with formally established agreements with an approved budget for | |
23 | their use, shall be deposited as restricted receipts. | |
24 | SECTION 8. Section 42-75-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-75 entitled "Council on | |
25 | the Arts" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
26 | 42-75-13. Appropriation. | |
27 | (a) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, the state lottery division within the | |
28 | department of revenue shall conduct, pursuant to chapter 62.61 of the general laws, an instant game | |
29 | to be known as the "Arts Lottery Game." The net revenue from the first three (3) months of the | |
30 | running of the "Arts Lottery Game" shall be deposited in a restricted revenue account to be used | |
31 | by the Rhode Island Council on the Arts for the support and improvement of the arts in this state. | |
32 | The provisions of this section shall prevail over any inconsistent provisions of chapter 42-61. | |
33 | (b) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the The Rhode Island Council on the Arts | |
34 | shall deposit any funds received from the Rhode Island Foundation in a restricted receipt account | |
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1 | to be used for the support and improvement of the arts in this state. All such funds deposited shall | |
2 | be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-7 §35-24-27. | |
3 | SECTION 9. Section 35-3-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3 entitled "State Budget" | |
4 | is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
5 | 35-3-7. Submission of budget to general assembly -- Contents. | |
6 | (a) On or before the third Thursday in January in each year of each January session of the | |
7 | general assembly, the governor shall submit to the general assembly a budget containing a complete | |
8 | plan of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures, with a personnel supplement detailing the | |
9 | number and titles of positions of each agency and the estimates of personnel costs for the next fiscal | |
10 | year, and with the inventory required by § 35-1.1-3(b)(4). Provided, however, in those years that a | |
11 | new governor is inaugurated, the new governor shall submit the budget on or before the first | |
12 | Thursday in February. In the budget the governor may set forth in summary and detail: | |
13 | (1) Estimates of the receipts of the state during the ensuing fiscal year under laws existing | |
14 | at the time the budget is transmitted and also under the revenue proposals, if any, contained in the | |
15 | budget, and comparisons with the estimated receipts of the state during the current fiscal year, as | |
16 | well as actual receipts of the state for the last two (2) completed fiscal years. | |
17 | (2) Estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary in the governor's judgment | |
18 | for the support of the state government for the ensuing fiscal year, and comparisons with | |
19 | appropriations for expenditures during the current fiscal year, as well as actual expenditures of the | |
20 | state for the last two (2) complete fiscal years; provided, further, in the event the budget submission | |
21 | includes any transfers of resources from public corporations to the general fund, the budget | |
22 | submission shall also include alternatives to said transfers. | |
23 | (3) Financial statements of the: | |
24 | (i) Condition of the treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year; | |
25 | (ii) The estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and | |
26 | (iii) Estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the ensuing fiscal year if the financial | |
27 | proposals contained in the budget are adopted. | |
28 | (4) All essential facts regarding the bonded and other indebtedness of the state. | |
29 | (5) A report indicating those program revenues and expenditures whose funding source is | |
30 | proposed to be changed from state appropriations to restricted receipts, or from restricted receipts | |
31 | to other funding sources. | |
32 | (6) Such other financial statements and data as in the governor's opinion are necessary or | |
33 | desirable. | |
34 | (b) Any other provision of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the proposed | |
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1 | appropriations submitted by the governor to the general assembly for the next ensuing fiscal year | |
2 | should not be more than five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of total state appropriations, | |
3 | excluding any estimated supplemental appropriations, enacted by the general assembly for the | |
4 | fiscal year previous to that for which the proposed appropriations are being submitted; provided | |
5 | that the increased state-share provisions required to achieve fifty percent (50%) state financing of | |
6 | local school operations as provided for in P.L. 1985, ch. 182, shall be excluded from the definition | |
7 | of total appropriations. | |
8 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
9 | assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, not later than the fourth (4th) Thursday | |
10 | in January 2005. | |
11 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
12 | assembly a supplemental budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and/or a budget for the | |
13 | fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, not later than Thursday, January 26, 2006. | |
14 | (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
15 | assembly a supplemental budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and/or a budget for the | |
16 | fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, not later than Wednesday, January 31, 2007. | |
17 | (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
18 | assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, not later than Thursday, March 10, | |
19 | 2011. | |
20 | (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
21 | assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, not later than Tuesday, January 31, | |
22 | 2012. | |
23 | (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7(a), the governor shall submit to the general | |
24 | assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, not later than Thursday, March 12, | |
25 | 2015. | |
26 | SECTION 10. Chapter 35-5 of the General Laws entitled "Rotary Funds" is hereby | |
27 | amended by adding thereto the following section: | |
28 | 35-5-10. Reimbursement of rotary funds for services provided to state agencies. | |
29 | Notwithstanding the provisions of §35-5-5, any rotary or rotating fund established for | |
30 | centralized services under the control of the department of administration, including information | |
31 | technology, capital asset management and maintenance and human resources, shall consist of, in | |
32 | addition to such sums as may be provided by appropriation for that purpose, the receipts and | |
33 | reimbursements accruing to the fund. Any state department or agency receiving or drawing | |
34 | services, goods, wares, or merchandise from these programs, or receiving benefits therefrom, shall | |
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1 | reimburse the rotary fund for the cost. The reimbursement of the rotary fund shall be made by each | |
2 | department or agency at the close of each calendar month through a process established by the state | |
3 | controller to the order of the respective rotary fund. The state controller shall charge payments to | |
4 | the proper appropriation for the operation and maintenance of the benefitting department or agency. | |
5 | On or before October 15, 2017, and quarterly thereafter, the director of the department of | |
6 | administration shall provide a report to the speaker of the house and senate president, with copies | |
7 | to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, detailing the fund activity for the | |
8 | previous quarter, including a breakdown of the fund activity of each department or agency. | |
9 | SECTION 11. Section 37-2-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-2 entitled "State | |
10 | Purchases" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
11 | 37-2-12. Centralization of the procurement authority. | |
12 | (a) All rights, powers, duties, and authority relating to the procurement of supplies, | |
13 | services, and construction, and the management, control, warehousing, sale, and disposal of | |
14 | supplies, services, and construction now vested in or exercised by any state agency under the | |
15 | several statutes relating thereto are hereby transferred to the chief purchasing officer as provided | |
16 | in this chapter, subject to the provisions of § 37-2-54. A public agency does not have to utilize the | |
17 | centralized purchasing of the state but the public agency, through its existing internal purchasing | |
18 | function, shall adhere to the general principles, policies and practices set forth in this chapter. | |
19 | (b) The chief purchasing officer, as defined in §37-2-7(3)(i), may establish, charge and | |
20 | collect from state contractors, listed on master price agreements, a statewide contract administrative | |
21 | fee not to exceed one percent (1%) of the total value of the annual spend against a contract awarded | |
22 | to a state contractor. All statewide contract administrative fees collected pursuant to this subsection | |
23 | shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account within the general fund designated as the | |
24 | "division of purchases administrative fee account" and shall be used for the purposes of | |
25 | implementing technology for the submission and processing of bids, online vendor registration, bid | |
26 | notification, and other costs related to state procurement. On or before January 15, 2019, and | |
27 | annually thereafter on or before January 15, the chief purchasing officer or designee shall file a | |
28 | report with the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate detailing: | |
29 | (i) The total amount of funds collected and deposited into the division of purchases | |
30 | administrative fee account for the most recently completed fiscal year; | |
31 | (ii) The account balance as of the date of the report; | |
32 | (iii) An itemization of all expenditures and other uses of said funds from said account for | |
33 | the most recently completed fiscal year; and | |
34 | (iv) An annual evaluation as to the appropriateness of the amount of the contract | |
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1 | administrative fee on master price agreements. | |
2 | (c) Subject to the approval of the director of the department of administration, the state | |
3 | controller is authorized to offset any currently recorded outstanding liability on the part of | |
4 | developmental disability organizations (DDOs) to repay previously authorized startup capital | |
5 | advances against the proceeds from the sale of group homes within a fiscal year prior to any sale | |
6 | proceeds being deposited into the information technology investment fund. | |
7 | SECTION 12. Section 37-7-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-7 entitled "Management | |
8 | and Disposal of Property" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
9 | 37-7-15. Sale of state-owned land, buildings and improvements thereon and other real | |
10 | property. | |
11 | (a) Total annual proceeds from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements | |
12 | thereon, and other real property title to which is vested in the State of Rhode Island or title to which | |
13 | will be vested in the state upon completion of any condemnation or other proceedings, shall be | |
14 | transferred to and made available for the purposes outlined in § 42-11-2.5 of the general laws, | |
15 | unless otherwise prohibited by federal law. | |
16 | (b) Provided, however, this shall not include proceeds from the sale of any land and the | |
17 | buildings and improvements thereon that will be created by the relocation of interstate route 195 | |
18 | which is sometimes collectively referred to as the "I-195 Surplus Land" which land is identified in | |
19 | the "Rhode Island Interstate 195 Relocation Surplus Land: Redevelopment and Market Analysis" | |
20 | prepared by CKS Architecture & Urban Design dated 2009, and such term means those certain | |
21 | tracts or parcels of land situated in the city of Providence, county of Providence, State of Rhode | |
22 | Island, delineated on that certain plan of land captioned "Improvements to Interstate Route 195, | |
23 | Providence, Rhode Island, Proposed Development Parcel Plans 1 through 10, Scale: 1" | |
24 | (c) Subject to the approval of the director of the department of administration, the state | |
25 | controller is authorized to offset any currently recorded outstanding liability on the part of | |
26 | developmental disability organizations (DDOs) to repay previously authorized startup capital | |
27 | advances against the proceeds from the sale of group homes within a fiscal year prior to any sale | |
28 | proceeds being deposited into the information technology investment fund. | |
29 | SECTION 13. Section 42-11-2.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled | |
30 | "Department of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
31 | 42-11-2.5. Information technology investment fund. | |
32 | (a) All sums from the sale of any land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and | |
33 | other real property title to which is vested in the state except as provided in subsection §§37-7- | |
34 | 15(b) and 37-7-15(c) shall be transferred to an Information Technology Investment Fund restricted | |
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1 | receipt account that is hereby established. This fund shall consist of such sums from the sale of any | |
2 | land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and other real property title to which is vested | |
3 | in the state except as provided in subsection §§37-7-15(b) and 37-7-15(c), as well as a share of E- | |
4 | 911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System surcharge revenues collected under the provisions of | |
5 | § 39-21.1-14. This fund may also consist of such sums as the state may from time to time | |
6 | appropriate, as well as money received from the disposal of information technology equipment, | |
7 | loan, interest and service charge payments from benefiting state agencies, as well as interest | |
8 | earnings, money received from the federal government, gifts, bequest, donations, or to otherwise | |
9 | from any public or private source. Any such funds shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery | |
10 | provisions of § 35-4-27. | |
11 | (b) This fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring information technology | |
12 | improvements, including, but not limited to, hardware, software, consulting services, and ongoing | |
13 | maintenance and upgrade contracts for state departments and agencies. | |
14 | (c) The division of information technology of the Rhode Island department of | |
15 | administration shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this chapter and | |
16 | chapter 35 of title 42, in order to provide for the orderly and equitable disbursement of funds from | |
17 | this account. | |
18 | SECTION 14. Section 5-65-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-65 entitled "Contractors' | |
19 | Registration and Licensing Board" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
20 | 5-65-9. Registration fee. | |
21 | (a) Each applicant shall pay to the board: | |
22 | (1) For original registration or renewal of registration, a fee of two hundred dollars ($200). | |
23 | (2) A fee for all changes in the registration, as prescribed by the board, other than those | |
24 | due to clerical errors. | |
25 | (b) All fees and fines collected by the board shall be deposited as general revenues to | |
26 | support the activities set forth in this chapter until June 30, 2008. Beginning July 1, 2008, all fees | |
27 | and fines collected by the board shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account for the exclusive | |
28 | use of supporting programs established by this chapter. | |
29 | (c) On or before January 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the board shall file a report with | |
30 | the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate, with copies to the chairpersons of the | |
31 | house and senate finance committees, detailing: | |
32 | (1) The total number of fines issued broken down by category, including the number of | |
33 | fines issued for a first violation and the number of fines issued for a subsequent violation; | |
34 | (2) The total dollar of amount of fines levied; | |
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1 | (3) The total amount of fees, fines, and penalties collected and deposited for the most | |
2 | recently completed fiscal year; and | |
3 | (4) The account balance as of the date of the report. | |
4 | (c)(d) Each year, the executive director shall prepare a proposed budget to support the | |
5 | programs approved by the board. The proposed budget shall be submitted to the board for its | |
6 | review. A final budget request shall be submitted to the legislature as part of the capital projects | |
7 | and property management annual request. | |
8 | (d)(e) New or renewal registrations may be filed online or with a third-party approved by | |
9 | the board, with the additional cost incurred to be borne by the registrant. | |
10 | SECTION 15. Sections 1 through 10 of the article shall take effect upon passage. The | |
11 | remainder of the Sections in the article shall take effect on July 1, 2017. | |
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