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ARTICLE 1 |
RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021
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SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in |
this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the |
treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. |
The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to |
section § 35-4-22 and Chapter chapter 41 of Title title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws. For |
the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby authorized and |
directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sums or such |
portions thereof as may be required from time to time upon receipt by him or her of properly |
authenticated vouchers. |
Administration |
Central Management |
General Revenues 2,067,998 |
Legal Services |
General Revenues 1,978,549 |
Accounts and Control |
General Revenues 4,795,477 |
Federal Funds 347,447 |
Restricted Receipts – OPEB Board Administration 140,188 |
Total – Accounts and Control 5,283,112 |
Office of Management and Budget |
General Revenues 7,479,409 |
Federal Funds 726,930 |
Restricted Receipts 300,000 |
Other Funds 1,037,546 |
Total – Office of Management and Budget 9,543,885 |
Purchasing |
General Revenues 3,591,871 |
Restricted Receipts 462,694 |
Other Funds 472,160 |
Total – Purchasing 4,526,725 |
Human Resources |
General Revenues 389,142 |
Personnel Appeal Board |
General Revenues 125,298 |
Information Technology |
General Revenues 1,297,418 |
Federal Funds 114,000 |
Restricted Receipts 9,549,630 |
Total – Information Technology 10,961,048 |
Library and Information Services |
General Revenues 1,605,551 |
Federal Funds 1,368,914 |
Restricted Receipts 1,404 |
Total – Library and Information Services 2,975,869 |
Planning |
General Revenues 1,114,044 |
Federal Funds 15,448 |
Other Funds |
Air Quality Modeling 24,000 |
Federal Highway – PL Systems Planning 4,431,153 |
State Transportation Planning Match 473,224 |
FTA – Metro Planning Grant 1,234,666 |
Total – Planning 7,292,535 |
General |
General Revenues |
Miscellaneous Grants/Payments 130,000 |
Provided that this amount be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child |
Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students. |
Torts – Courts/Awards 400,000 |
Resource Sharing and State Library Aid 9,562,072 |
Library Construction Aid 2,702,866 |
Restricted Receipts 700,000 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Security Measures State Buildings 588,719 |
Energy Efficiency Improvements 194,329 |
Cranston Street Armory 37,396 |
State House Renovations 1,510,696 |
Zambarano Utilities & Infrastructure 250,000 |
Replacement of Fueling Tanks 300,000 |
Environmental Compliance 182,280 |
Big River Management Area 100,000 |
Shepard Building 500,000 |
Pastore Center Water Tanks & Pipes 100,000 |
RI Convention Center Authority 1,000,000 |
Pastore Center Power Plant Rehabilitation 932,503 |
Accessibility – Facility Renovations 1,057,621 |
DoIT Enterprise Operations Center 736,171 |
BHDDH MH & Community Facilities – Asset Protection 200,000 |
BHDDH DD & Community Homes – Fire Code 1,619,702 |
BHDDH DD Regional Facilities – Asset Protection 300,000 |
BHDDH Substance Abuse Asset Protection 250,000 |
BHDDH Group Homes 500,000 |
Statewide Facility Master Plan 165,138 |
Cannon Building 500,000 |
Old State House 1,519,815 |
State Office Building 100,000 |
State Office Reorganization & Relocation 1,952,765 |
William Powers Building 760,587 |
Pastore Center Utilities Upgrade 436,760 |
Pastore Center Non-Medical Buildings Asset Protection 2,314,240 |
Washington County Government Center 427,467 |
Chapin Health Laboratory 550,000 |
Medical Examiner New Facility 500,000 |
Total – General 33,081,127 |
Debt Service Payments |
General Revenues 156,032,478 |
Out of the general revenue appropriations for debt service, the General Treasurer general |
treasurer is authorized to make payments for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission |
redevelopment district commission loan up to the maximum debt service due in accordance with |
the loan agreement. |
Other Funds |
Transportation Debt Service 37,878,336 |
Investment Receipts – Bond Funds 100,000 |
Total - Debt Service Payments 194,010,814 |
Energy Resources |
Federal Funds 979,019 |
Restricted Receipts 7,504,706 |
Total – Energy Resources 8,483,725 |
Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange |
General Revenues 1,369,654 |
Restricted Receipts 20,175,138 |
Total – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange 21,544,792 |
Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity |
General Revenues 1,335,476 |
Other Funds 112,354 |
Total – Office of Diversity, Equity & Opportunity 1,447,830 |
Capital Asset Management and Maintenance |
General Revenues 10,870,867 |
Statewide |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 16,165,000 |
Provided that this amount is for expenses in support of the state’s COVID-19 response after |
December 30, 2020. |
Transfer to RICAP 90,000,000 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 202,300,000 |
Total – Statewide 308,465,000 |
Grand Total – Administration 623,048,316 |
Business Regulation |
Central Management |
General Revenues 4,536,139 |
Federal Funds 891,638 |
Total – Central Management 5,427,777 |
Banking Regulation |
General Revenues 1,573,138 |
Restricted Receipts 75,000 |
Total – Banking Regulation 1,648,138 |
Securities Regulation |
General Revenues 691,321 |
Federal Funds 206,735 |
Restricted Receipts 15,000 |
Total – Securities Regulation 913,056 |
Insurance Regulation |
General Revenues 3,650,200 |
Federal Funds 222,500 |
Restricted Receipts 2,009,654 |
Total – Insurance Regulation 5,882,354 |
Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner |
General Revenues 1,710,887 |
Federal Funds 132,983 |
Restricted Receipts 491,623 |
Total – Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner 2,335,493 |
Board of Accountancy |
General Revenues 5,883 |
Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing |
General Revenues 1,008,450 |
Restricted Receipts 942,967 |
Total – Commercial Licensing and Gaming and Athletics Licensing 1,951,417 |
Building, Design and Fire Professionals |
General Revenues 4,293,409 |
Federal Funds 1,788,608 |
Restricted Receipts 2,021,893 |
Other Funds |
Quonset Development Corporation 73,013 |
Total – Building, Design and Fire Professionals 8,176,923 |
Office of Cannabis Regulation |
Restricted Receipts 1,413,888 |
Grand Total – Business Regulation 27,754,929 |
Executive Office of Commerce |
Central Management |
General Revenues 1,695,037 |
Federal Funds 262,882 |
Total – Central Management 1,957,919 |
Housing and Community Development |
General Revenues 1,380,228 |
Federal Funds 28,389,425 |
Restricted Receipts 4,741,765 |
Total – Housing and Community Development 34,511,418 |
Quasi–Public Appropriations |
General Revenues |
Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 7,431,022 |
Airport Impact Aid 1,010,036 |
Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be |
distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the |
total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%) |
of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2020 |
at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport, |
T.F. Green Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation |
commerce corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which the airport |
is located based on this calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above airports is |
located shall receive at least $25,000. |
STAC Research Alliance 900,000 |
Innovative Matching Grants/Internships 1,000,000 |
I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 761,000 |
Polaris Manufacturing Grant 350,000 |
East Providence Waterfront Commission 50,000 |
Urban Ventures 140,000 |
Chafee Center at Bryant 476,200 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 510,000 |
Total – Quasi–Public Appropriations 12,628,258 |
Economic Development Initiatives Fund |
General Revenues |
Innovation Initiative 1,000,000 |
Rebuild RI Tax Credit Fund 22,500,000 |
Competitive Cluster Grants 100,000 |
Small Business Promotion 300,000 |
Federal Funds 141,300,000 |
Total – Economic Development Initiatives Fund 165,200,000 |
Commerce Programs |
General Revenues |
Wavemaker Fellowship 1,200,000 |
Grand Total – Executive Office of Commerce 215,497,595 |
Labor and Training |
Central Management |
General Revenues 676,044 |
Restricted Receipts 196,424 |
Total – Central Management 872,468 |
Workforce Development Services |
General Revenues 704,517 |
Federal Funds 26,230,098 |
Other Funds 39,780 |
Total – Workforce Development Services 26,974,395 |
Workforce Regulation and Safety |
General Revenues 3,103,811 |
Income Support |
General Revenues 3,811,689 |
Federal Funds 973,404,843 |
Restricted Receipts 1,593,110 |
Other Funds |
Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 212,141,303 |
Employment Security Fund 415,075,000 |
Total – Income Support 1,606,025,945 |
Injured Workers Services |
Restricted Receipts 11,960,047 |
Labor Relations Board |
General Revenues 374,938 |
Governor’s Workforce Board |
General Revenues 5,450,000 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 45,000,000 |
Restricted Receipts 12,585,898 |
Total – Governor’s Workforce Board 63,035,898 |
Grand Total – Labor and Training 1,712,347,502 |
Department of Revenue |
Director of Revenue |
General Revenues 1,945,426 |
Office of Revenue Analysis |
General Revenues 884,638 |
Lottery Division |
Other Funds 434,567,292 |
Municipal Finance |
General Revenues 2,125,828 |
Taxation |
General Revenues 31,562,909 |
Federal Funds 1,495,230 |
Restricted Receipts 1,164,098 |
Other Funds |
Motor Fuel Tax Evasion 155,000 |
Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 1,103,794 |
Total – Taxation 35,481,031 |
Registry of Motor Vehicles |
General Revenues 29,288,918 |
Federal Funds 85,174 |
Restricted Receipts 3,400,411 |
Total – Registry of Motor Vehicles 32,774,503 |
State Aid |
General Revenues |
Distressed Communities Relief Fund 2,580,095 |
Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties 19,203,960 |
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Payments 37,728,006 |
Property Revaluation Program 1,118,610 |
Provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the appropriations for Distressed |
Communities Relief Fund, Payment in Lieu of Tax Exempt Properties, and Motor Vehicle Excise |
Tax Payments shall not exceed the amounts set forth above and shall be allocated to municipalities |
in the amounts already distributed as of the date of budget enactment, except for fire districts and |
the Town of Exeter which shall receive an allocation pursuant to chapter 44-34.1. |
Federal Funds – Municipal COVID Relief Fund 136,528,120 |
Provided that $11,250,000 of this funding shall be distributed among cities and towns in |
proportion with allocations calculated pursuant to Rhode Island General law, Section § 45-13-12; |
and further provided that $31,500,000 of this funding shall be distributed among cities and towns |
in proportion with allocations calculated pursuant to Rhode Island General law, Section § 45-13- |
5.1; and further provided that $86,028,120 of this funding shall be distributed among cities and |
towns, with the exception of the Town town of Exeter, in proportion with allocations calculated |
pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Sections §§ 44-34-11 and 44-34.1-1; and further provided |
that $7,750,000 of this funding shall be distributed to cities and towns in proportion with the |
population of each according to the latest available federal census data; and further provided that |
the director of the department of revenue shall distribute no less than $35,000,000 to cities and |
towns within ten days of the enactment of this legislation, and may distribute the remainder of the |
funds provided under this section in one or more installments; and further provided that cities and |
towns shall comply with all federal laws, regulations, and terms and conditions applicable to the |
receipt of federal funds under this section, along with any other terms and conditions that the |
director of the department of revenue may require; and further provided that the director of the |
department of revenue may require cities and towns to submit, at such times as the director may |
require, all appropriate, and necessary documentation to document that the use of funds provided |
under this section complies with all applicable federal laws and regulations governing the use of |
funds under Section 5001 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116- |
136; and further provided if the federal government recoups funds from the state based on a city or |
town’s use of the funds provided hereunder in a manner not in compliance with Section 5001 of |
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, the director of the |
department of revenue may recover any such recouped amount from such city or town through an |
assessment or a reduction from any periodic local aid distributions to such city or town made under |
titles 44 or 45 of the general laws. |
Restricted Receipts 995,120 |
Total – State Aid 198,153,911 |
Collections |
General Revenues 790,223 |
Grand Total – Revenue 706,722,852 |
Legislature |
General Revenues 44,283,435 |
Restricted Receipts 1,839,182 |
Grand Total – Legislature 46,122,617 |
Lieutenant Governor |
General Revenues 1,145,231 |
Secretary of State |
Administration |
General Revenues 4,013,532 |
Corporations |
General Revenues 2,470,702 |
State Archives |
General Revenues 185,503 |
Restricted Receipts 517,410 |
Total – State Archives 702,913 |
Elections and Civics |
General Revenues 4,416,794 |
Federal Funds 2,266,929 |
Total – Elections and Civics 6,683,723 |
State Library |
General Revenues 716,227 |
Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society |
pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section § 29-2-1 and $18,000 be allocated to support the |
Newport Historical Society, pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section § 29-2-2. |
Office of Public Information |
General Revenues 486,575 |
Receipted Receipts 25,000 |
Total – Office of Public Information 511,575 |
Grand Total – Secretary of State 15,098,672 |
General Treasurer |
Treasury |
General Revenues 2,589,787 |
Federal Funds 320,096 |
Other Funds |
Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 281,131 |
Tuition Savings Program – Administration 359,293 |
Total –Treasury 3,550,307 |
State Retirement System |
Restricted Receipts |
Admin Expenses – State Retirement System 10,937,624 |
Retirement – Treasury Investment Operations 1,910,622 |
Defined Contribution – Administration 204,427 |
Total – State Retirement System 13,052,673 |
Unclaimed Property |
Restricted Receipts 25,763,925 |
Crime Victim Compensation Program |
General Revenues 396,407 |
Federal Funds 690,946 |
Restricted Receipts 1,062,984 |
Total – Crime Victim Compensation Program 2,150,337 |
Grand Total – General Treasurer 44,517,242 |
Board of Elections |
General Revenues 3,972,921 |
Rhode Island Ethics Commission |
General Revenues 1,900,201 |
Office of Governor |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 6,309,015 |
Contingency Fund 150,000 |
Grand Total – Office of Governor 6,459,015 |
Commission for Human Rights |
General Revenues 1,348,206 |
Federal Funds 521,166 |
Grand Total – Commission for Human Rights 1,869,372 |
Public Utilities Commission |
Federal Funds 175,174 |
Restricted Receipts 11,573,219 |
Grand Total – Public Utilities Commission 11,748,393 |
Office of Health and Human Services |
Central Management |
General Revenues 34,993,486 |
Federal Funds 130,188,039 |
Restricted Receipts 16,244,858 |
Total – Central Management 181,426,383 |
Medical Assistance |
General Revenues |
Managed Care 311,503,420 |
Hospitals 88,768,531 |
Nursing Facilities 150,808,350 |
Home and Community Based Services 35,313,250 |
Other Services 113,184,882 |
Pharmacy 65,644,661 |
Rhody Health 174,728,606 |
Federal Funds |
Managed Care 483,696,580 |
Hospitals 109,469,985 |
Nursing Facilities 212,191,650 |
Home and Community Based Services 49,686,750 |
Other Services 656,124,478 |
Pharmacy (712,710) |
Rhody Health 243,471,394 |
Other Programs 85,122,580 |
Restricted Receipts 23,215,000 |
Total – Medical Assistance 2,802,217,407 |
Grand Total – Office of Health and Human Services 2,983,643,790 |
Children, Youth, and Families |
Central Management |
General Revenues 9,096,210 |
Federal Funds 3,712,151 |
Total – Central Management 12,808,361 |
Children's Behavioral Health Services |
General Revenues 5,958,010 |
Federal Funds 6,343,659 |
Total – Children's Behavioral Health Services 12,301,669 |
Juvenile Correctional Services |
General Revenues 18,395,931 |
Federal Funds 2,810,243 |
Restricted Receipts 22,384 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Training School Asset Protection 470,614 |
Training School Generators 717,000 |
Total – Juvenile Correctional Services 22,416,172 |
Child Welfare |
General Revenues 137,210,160 |
Federal Funds 67,728,308 |
Restricted Receipts 2,057,253 |
Total – Child Welfare 206,995,721 |
Higher Education Incentive Grants |
General Revenues 200,000 |
Grand Total – Children, Youth, and Families 254,721,923 |
Health |
Central Management |
General Revenues 3,177,680 |
Federal Funds 4,883,956 |
Restricted Receipts 7,536,135 |
Total – Central Management 15,597,771 |
Community Health and Equity |
General Revenues 527,012 |
Federal Funds 68,079,218 |
Restricted Receipts 37,524,771 |
Total – Community Health and Equity 106,131,001 |
Environmental Health |
General Revenues 2,649,946 |
Federal Funds 10,506,420 |
Restricted Receipts 427,916 |
Total – Environmental Health 13,584,282 |
Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner |
General Revenues 8,329,909 |
Federal Funds 8,032,796 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Health Laboratories & Medical Examiner Equipment 200,000 |
Total – Health Laboratories and Medical Examiner 16,562,705 |
Customer Services |
General Revenues 6,416,479 |
Federal Funds 6,858,070 |
Restricted Receipts 1,218,379 |
Total – Customer Services 14,492,928 |
Policy, Information and Communications |
General Revenues 839,975 |
Federal Funds 3,059,870 |
Restricted Receipts 1,106,599 |
Total – Policy, Information and Communications 5,006,444 |
Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & Emergency Services |
General Revenues 88,313,083 |
Provided that of this amount, $86,750,000 is for expenses in support of the state’s COVID- |
19 response after December 30, 2020. |
Federal Funds |
Federal Funds 13,216,199 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 305,725,000 |
Total – Preparedness, Response, Infectious Disease & |
Emergency Services 407,254,282 |
Grand Total - Health 578,629,413 |
Human Services |
Central Management |
General Revenues 4,619,609 |
Of this amount, $300,000 is to support the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund to provide |
direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $250,000 to support Project |
Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, $217,000 is for outreach and |
supportive services through Day One, $175,000 is for food collection and distribution through the |
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, $500,000 for services provided to the homeless at Crossroads |
Rhode Island, $600,000 for the Community Action Fund and $200,000 is for the Institute for the |
Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s Reduction Strategy. |
Federal Funds 9,616,363 |
Total – Central Management 14,235,972 |
Child Support Enforcement |
General Revenues 3,102,821 |
Federal Funds 7,779,604 |
Restricted Receipts 3,476,000 |
Total – Child Support Enforcement 14,358,425 |
Individual and Family Support |
General Revenues 33,076,543 |
Federal Funds 126,131,313 |
Restricted Receipts 591,905 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Blind Vending Facilities 68,382 |
Total – Individual and Family Support 159,868,143 |
Office of Veterans Services |
General Revenues 18,039,632 |
Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services through Veterans veterans’ |
organizations. |
Federal Funds 24,768,085 |
Restricted Receipts 1,286,672 |
Total – Office of Veterans Services 44,094,389 |
Health Care Eligibility |
General Revenues 7,780,604 |
Federal Funds 12,002,058 |
Total – Health Care Eligibility 19,782,662 |
Supplemental Security Income Program |
General Revenues 18,558,000 |
Rhode Island Works |
General Revenues 8,981,094 |
Federal Funds 75,811,692 |
Total – Rhode Island Works 84,792,786 |
Other Programs |
General Revenues 908,960 |
Of this appropriation, $90,000 shall be used for hardship contingency payments. |
Federal Funds 296,172,324 |
Total – Other Programs 297,081,284 |
Office of Healthy Aging |
General Revenues 10,707,745 |
Of this amount, $325,000 is to provide elder services, including respite, through the |
Diocese of Providence, $40,000 for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long Term |
Care in accordance with Rhode Island General Laws, Chapter chapter 42-66.7, of title 42, $85,000 |
for security for housing for the elderly in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section § |
42-66.1-3, $800,000 for Senior Services Support, and $580,000 for elderly nutrition, of which |
$530,000 is for Meals on Wheels. |
Federal Funds 18,810,127 |
Restricted Receipts 177,582 |
Other Funds |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund 4,428,478 |
Total – Office of Healthy Aging 34,123,932 |
Grand Total – Human Services 686,895,593 |
Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals |
Central Management |
General Revenues 3,971,436 |
Federal Funds 1,604,685 |
Total – Central Management 5,576,121 |
Hospital and Community System Support |
General Revenues 2,840,854 |
Federal Funds 298,644 |
Restricted Receipts 299,584 |
Total – Hospital and Community System Support 3,439,082 |
Services for the Developmentally Disabled |
General Revenues 124,786,530 |
Federal Funds 177,721,767 |
Restricted Receipts 1,410,300 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
DD Residential Development 100,000 |
Total – Services for the Developmentally Disabled 304,018,597 |
Behavioral Healthcare Services |
General Revenues 2,537,473 |
Federal Funds 38,592,858 |
Restricted Receipts 1,997,281 |
Total – Behavioral Healthcare Services 43,127,612 |
Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services |
General Revenues 114,719,440 |
Federal Funds 14,900,823 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Hospital Equipment 300,000 |
Total - Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services 129,920,263 |
Grand Total – Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental |
Disabilities, and Hospitals 486,081,675 |
Office of the Child Advocate |
General Revenues 1,005,223 |
Federal Funds 228,165 |
Grand Total – Office of the Child Advocate 1,233,388 |
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
General Revenues 507,816 |
Restricted Receipts 142,454 |
Grand Total – Comm. On Deaf and Hard of Hearing 650,270 |
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 543,713 |
Livable Home Modification Grant Program 528,295 |
Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to |
construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings. |
This will be in consultation with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services executive |
office of health and human services. |
Federal Funds 400,000 |
Restricted Receipts 111,163 |
Total – Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,583,171 |
Office of the Mental Health Advocate |
General Revenues 630,982 |
Elementary and Secondary Education |
Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy |
General Revenues 21,621,645 |
Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s |
Hospital pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, Section § 16-7-20 and that $395,000 be allocated |
to support child opportunity zones through agreements with the Department of Elementary and |
Secondary Education department of elementary and secondary education to strengthen |
education, health and social services for students and their families as a strategy to accelerate |
student achievement. |
Federal Funds 289,817,342 |
Restricted Receipts |
Restricted Receipts 2,646,610 |
HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000 |
Total – Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 317,585,597 |
Davies Career and Technical School |
General Revenues 13,726,982 |
Federal Funds 1,030,667 |
Restricted Receipts 4,809,260 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Davies School HVAC 500,000 |
Davies School Asset Protection 150,000 |
Davies School Healthcare Classroom Renovations 500,000 |
Total – Davies Career and Technical School 20,716,909 |
RI School for the Deaf |
General Revenues 6,718,335 |
Federal Funds 545,023 |
Restricted Receipts 474,337 |
Other Funds |
School for the Deaf Transformation Grants 59,000 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
School for the Deaf Asset Protection 250,000 |
Total – RI School for the Deaf 8,046,695 |
Metropolitan Career and Technical School |
General Revenues 9,342,007 |
Federal Funds 379,184 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
MET School Asset Protection 250,000 |
Total – Metropolitan Career and Technical School 9,971,191 |
Education Aid |
General Revenues 987,621,657 |
Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize |
prekindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one |
hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities |
with higher concentrations of low performing schools. |
Federal Funds 44,115,018 |
Restricted Receipts 31,449,533 |
Other Funds |
Permanent School Fund 300,000 |
Total – Education Aid 1,063,486,208 |
Central Falls School District |
General Revenues 45,109,045 |
Federal Funds 1,888,744 |
Total – Central Falls School District 46,997,789 |
School Construction Aid |
General Revenues |
School Housing Aid 79,130,193 |
School Building Authority Capital Fund 869,807 |
Total – School Construction Aid 80,000,000 |
Teachers' Retirement |
General Revenues 118,375,402 |
Grand Total – Elementary and Secondary Education 1,665,179,791 |
Public Higher Education |
Office of Postsecondary Commissioner |
General Revenues 16,793,746 |
Provided that $355,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island College Crusade pursuant to |
the Rhode Island General Law, Section § 16-70-5 and that $75,000 shall be allocated to Best |
Buddies Rhode Island to support its programs for children with developmental and intellectual |
disabilities. It is also provided that $7,233,864 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Promise |
Scholarship program and $147,000 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s membership in the New |
England Board of Higher Education. |
Federal Funds |
Federal Funds 3,953,488 |
Guaranty Agency Administration 400,000 |
Provided that an amount equivalent to not more than ten (10) percent of the guaranty |
agency operating fund appropriated for direct scholarship and grants in fiscal year 2021 shall be |
appropriated for guaranty agency administration in fiscal year 2021. This limitation |
notwithstanding, final appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for guaranty agency administration may |
also include any residual monies collected during fiscal year 2021 that relate to guaranty agency |
operations, in excess of the foregoing limitation. |
Guaranty Agency Operating Fund – Scholarships & Grants 4,000,000 |
Restricted Receipts 2,307,236 |
Other Funds |
Tuition Savings Program – Dual Enrollment 2,300,000 |
Tuition Savings Program – Scholarships and Grants 5,595,000 |
Nursing Education Center – Operating 3,154,580 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 341,000 |
Higher Education Centers 2,000,000 |
Provided that the state fund no more than 50.0 percent of the total project cost. |
Total – Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 40,845,050 |
University of Rhode Island |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 76,843,790 |
Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development, |
$350,000 shall be allocated to the Small Business Development Center and that $50,000 shall be |
allocated to Special Olympics Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic |
opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
Debt Service 31,380,282 |
RI State Forensics Laboratory 1,309,006 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 14,000,000 |
Other Funds |
University and College Funds 706,291,345 |
Debt – Dining Services 983,687 |
Debt – Education and General 4,894,005 |
Debt – Health Services 787,110 |
Debt – Housing Loan Funds 12,765,579 |
Debt – Memorial Union 320,156 |
Debt – Ryan Center 2,359,093 |
Debt – Alton Jones Services 103,097 |
Debt – Parking Authority 1,090,069 |
Debt – Restricted Energy Conservation 789,816 |
Debt – URI Energy Conservation 3,317,597 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 2,455,280 |
Fine Arts Center 2,008,672 |
Total – University of Rhode Island 861,698,584 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2021, relating to the University of Rhode Island are hereby |
reappropriated to fiscal year 2022. |
Rhode Island College |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 52,172,385 |
Debt Service 5,706,171 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 4,000,000 |
Other Funds |
University and College Funds 131,892,892 |
Debt – Education and General 877,841 |
Debt – Housing 366,667 |
Debt – Student Center and Dining 154,297 |
Debt – Student Union 208,800 |
Debt – G.O. Debt Service 1,644,301 |
Debt – Energy Conservation 655,575 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 4,213,120 |
Infrastructure Modernization 959,015 |
Total – Rhode Island College 202,851,064 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all unexpended or |
unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2021, relating to Rhode Island College are hereby |
reappropriated to fiscal year 2022. |
Community College of Rhode Island |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 52,258,866 |
Debt Service 1,486,945 |
Federal Funds – COVID Relief 5,000,000 |
Restricted Receipts 655,700 |
Other Funds |
University and College Funds 104,977,414 |
CCRI Debt Service – Energy Conservation 804,063 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 737,857 |
Knight Campus Renewal 1,555,817 |
Knight Campus Lab Renovation 1,599,080 |
Data, Cabling, and Power Infrastructure 303,000 |
Total – Community College of RI 169,378,742 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of section § 35-3-15 of the general laws, all |
unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2021, relating to the Community College of |
Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2022. |
Grand Total – Public Higher Education 1,274,773,440 |
RI State Council on the Arts |
General Revenues |
Operating Support 837,026 |
Grants 1,165,000 |
Provided that $375,000 be provided to support the operational costs of WaterFire |
Providence art installations. |
Federal Funds 828,776 |
Restricted Receipts 15,000 |
Other Funds |
Art for Public Facilities 602,750 |
Grand Total – RI State Council on the Arts 3,448,552 |
RI Atomic Energy Commission |
General Revenues 1,059,645 |
Federal Funds 7,936 |
Restricted Receipts 99,000 |
Other Funds |
URI Sponsored Research 299,276 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
RINSC Asset Protection 50,000 |
Grand Total – RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,515,857 |
RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission |
General Revenues 1,562,984 |
Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration |
activities. |
Federal Funds 544,043 |
Restricted Receipts 422,100 |
Other Funds |
RIDOT Project Review 146,624 |
Grand Total – RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 2,675,751 |
Attorney General |
Criminal |
General Revenues 17,629,585 |
Federal Funds 2,890,200 |
Restricted Receipts 365,305 |
Total – Criminal 20,885,090 |
Civil |
General Revenues 6,031,523 |
Restricted Receipts 780,991 |
Total – Civil 6,812,514 |
Bureau of Criminal Identification |
General Revenues 1,814,266 |
General |
General Revenues 4,106,493 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Building Renovations and Repairs 177,791 |
Total – General 4,284,284 |
Grand Total – Attorney General 33,796,154 |
Corrections |
Central Management |
General Revenues 16,482,004 |
Federal Funds 434,871 |
Restricted Receipts 50,000 |
Total – Central Management 16,966,875 |
Parole Board |
General Revenues 1,434,820 |
Federal Funds 74,536 |
Total – Parole Board 1,509,356 |
Custody and Security |
General Revenues 74,341,951 |
Federal Funds 72,326,003 |
Total – Custody and Security 146,667,954 |
Institutional Support |
General Revenues 20,623,117 |
Federal Funds 1,365,355 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 3,126,642 |
Correctional Facilities – Renovations 6,765,166 |
Total – Institutional Support 31,880,280 |
Institutional Based Rehab./Population Management |
General Revenues 12,482,524 |
Provided that $1,050,000 be allocated to Crossroads Rhode Island for sex offender |
discharge planning. |
Federal Funds 826,469 |
Restricted Receipts 48,600 |
Total – Institutional Based Rehab/Population Mgt. 13,357,593 |
Healthcare Services |
General Revenues 20,527,893 |
Federal Funds 4,962,511 |
Restricted Receipts 846,628 |
Total – Healthcare Services 26,337,032 |
Community Corrections |
General Revenues 17,354,335 |
Federal Funds 651,467 |
Restricted Receipts 14,854 |
Total – Community Corrections 18,020,656 |
Grand Total – Corrections 254,739,746 |
Judiciary |
Supreme Court |
General Revenues |
General Revenues 29,004,598 |
Provided however, that no more than $1,451,527 in combined total shall be offset to the |
Public Defender’s Office public defender’s office, the Attorney General’s Office attorney |
general’s office, the Department of Corrections department of corrections, the Department of |
Children, Youth, and Families department of children, youth, and families, and the Department |
of Public Safety department of public safety for square- footage occupancy costs in public |
courthouses and further provided that $230,000 be allocated to the Rhode Island Coalition Against |
Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy project pursuant to Rhode Island General |
Law, Section § 12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to |
provide housing and eviction defense to indigent individuals. |
Defense of Indigents 5,079,035 |
Federal Funds 117,123 |
Restricted Receipts 3,603,601 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Judicial Complexes - HVAC 1,000,000 |
Judicial Complexes Asset Protection 521,648 |
Licht Judicial Complex Restoration 761,721 |
Noel Shelled Courtroom Building Out 40,366 |
Total - Supreme Court 40,128,092 |
Judicial Tenure and Discipline |
General Revenues 154,779 |
Superior Court |
General Revenues 23,332,817 |
Federal Funds 104,076 |
Restricted Receipts 325,000 |
Total – Superior Court 23,761,893 |
Family Court |
General Revenues 22,805,368 |
Federal Funds 3,235,689 |
Total – Family Court 26,041,057 |
District Court |
General Revenues 14,140,491 |
Restricted Receipts 60,000 |
Total - District Court 14,200,491 |
Traffic Tribunal |
General Revenues 8,966,306 |
Workers' Compensation Court |
Restricted Receipts 8,874,787 |
Grand Total – Judiciary 122,127,405 |
Military Staff |
General Revenues 3,275,354 |
Federal Funds 40,291,970 |
Restricted Receipts |
RI Military Family Relief Fund 55,000 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Asset Protection 752,330 |
Bristol Readiness Center 192,000 |
Joint Force Headquarters Building 1,595,566 |
Grand Total – Military Staff 46,162,220 |
Public Safety |
Central Management |
General Revenues 892,435 |
Federal Funds 10,104,768 |
Restricted Receipts 79,963 |
Total – Central Management 11,077,166 |
E-911 Emergency Telephone System |
Federal Funds 2,763,814 |
Restricted Receipts 4,799,266 |
Total – E-911 Emergency Telephone System 7,563,080 |
Security Services |
General Revenues 15,340,704 |
Federal Funds 11,011,316 |
Total – Security Services 26,352,020 |
Municipal Police Training Academy |
General Revenues 310,456 |
Federal Funds 506,487 |
Total – Municipal Police Training Academy 816,943 |
State Police |
General Revenues 50,887,042 |
Federal Funds 32,185,028 |
Restricted Receipts 791,000 |
Other Funds |
Airport Corporation Assistance 149,570 |
Road Construction Reimbursement 1,755,588 |
Weight and Measurement Reimbursement 400,000 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
DPS Asset Protection 752,449 |
Training Academy Upgrades 535,160 |
Headquarters Roof Replacement 588,120 |
Facilities Master Plan 37,566 |
Total–State Police 88,081,523 |
Grand Total – Public Safety 133,890,732 |
Office of Public Defender |
General Revenues 12,680,653 |
Federal Funds 75,665 |
Grand Total – Office of Public Defender 12,756,318 |
Emergency Management Agency |
General Revenues 2,713,353 |
Federal Funds 40,506,062 |
Restricted Receipts 553,132 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
RI Statewide Communications Network 1,494,414 |
Grand Total – Emergency Management Agency 45,266,961 |
Environmental Management |
Office of the Director |
General Revenues 7,197,864 |
Of this general revenue amount, $50,000 is appropriated to the Conservation Districts. |
Federal Funds 1,496 |
Restricted Receipts 3,914,384 |
Total – Office of the Director 11,113,744 |
Natural Resources |
General Revenues 22,708,134 |
Federal Funds 25,364,409 |
Restricted Receipts 4,605,884 |
Other Funds |
DOT Recreational Projects 762,000 |
Blackstone Bikepath Design 1,000,000 |
Transportation MOU 10,286 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Fort Adams Rehabilitation 553,618 |
Recreational Facilities Improvements 1,004,217 |
Recreation Facility Asset Protection 250,000 |
Galilee Piers Upgrade 9,344,239 |
Newport Pier Upgrades 300,000 |
Blackstone Park Improvements 1,094,191 |
State Building Demolition 54,942 |
Total – Natural Resources 67,051,920 |
Environmental Protection |
General Revenues 12,863,971 |
Federal Funds 10,145,096 |
Restricted Receipts 8,038,936 |
Other Funds |
Transportation MOU 72,499 |
Total – Environmental Protection 31,120,502 |
Grand Total – Environmental Management 109,286,166 |
Coastal Resources Management Council |
General Revenues 2,580,300 |
Federal Funds 2,283,202 |
Restricted Receipts 250,000 |
Other Funds |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Green Hill Pond 2,159 |
Narragansett Bay SAMP 89,151 |
Grand Total – Coastal Resources Mgmt. Council 5,204,812 |
Transportation |
Central Management |
Federal Funds |
Other Funds 10,062,731 |
Gasoline Tax 7,524,138 |
Total – Central Management 17,586,869 |
Management and Budget |
Other Funds |
Gasoline Tax 4,774,747 |
Infrastructure Engineering |
Federal Funds 329,329,472 |
Restricted Receipts 2,711,328 |
Other Funds |
Gasoline Tax 65,894,036 |
Toll Revenue 46,946,000 |
Land Sale Revenue 3,280,000 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Bike Path Facilities Maintenance 38,406 |
RIPTA - Land and Buildings 661,363 |
RIPTA – Providence Transit Connector 40,215 |
RIPTA – Pawtucket Bus Hub & Transit Connector 713,180 |
RIPTA - Warwick Bus Hub 120,000 |
Total - Infrastructure Engineering 449,734,000 |
Infrastructure Maintenance |
Other Funds |
Gasoline Tax 17,177,978 |
Non-Land Surplus Property 50,000 |
Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account 116,659,663 |
Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds |
Maintenance Facilities Improvements 468,746 |
Welcome Center 176,208 |
Salt Storage Facilities 386,860 |
Train Station Maintenance and Repairs 327,932 |
Total – Infrastructure Maintenance 135,247,387 |
Grand Total – Transportation 607,343,003 |
Statewide Totals |
General Revenues 4,153,269,709 |
Federal Funds 5,812,927,486 |
Restricted Receipts 322,268,722 |
Other Funds 2,441,976,054 |
Statewide Grand Total 12,730,441,971 |
SECTION 2. Each line appearing in Section 1 of this Article shall constitute an |
appropriation. |
SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another |
department or agency, the Governor governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to |
transfer or reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits |
affected thereby; provided, however, in accordance with Rhode Island General Law, Section § 42- |
6-5, when the duties or administrative functions of government are designated by law to be |
performed within a particular department or agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re- |
allocation, in whole or part, or appropriations and full-time equivalent positions to any other |
department or agency shall be authorized. |
SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be |
required at the discretion of the Governor governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations |
may not exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments |
and agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to |
unforeseen conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may |
also be used for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public |
peace and property, in accordance with the provisions of Titles 11 and 45 of the General Laws of |
1956, as amended. All expenditures and transfers from this account shall be approved by the |
Governor governor. |
SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal |
service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state |
agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost |
reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in |
a businesslike manner, promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs |
associated with providing the services, and allocate the costs of central administrative services |
across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of |
general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost |
of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following |
expenditure limitations: |
Account Expenditure Limit |
State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,505,032 |
Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 27,426,989 |
State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 6,583,197 |
State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,552,053 |
State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 12,743,810 |
Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 3,000 |
Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 273,639,595 |
State Fleet Revolving Loan Fund 264,339 |
Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 63,858,483 |
Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,429,798 |
Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 6,868,331 |
Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,231,177 |
Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,086,670 |
Human Resources Internal Service Fund 14,237,328 |
DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 42,849,110 |
Information Technology Internal Service Fund 49,488,621 |
SECTION 6. Legislative Intent - The General Assembly general assembly may provide a |
written "statement of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the House Finance Committee |
house finance committee and by the chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee senate finance |
committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations contained in Section section 1 of |
this Article article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the House Finance |
Committee and in the Senate Finance Committee house finance committee and in the senate |
finance committee. |
At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which |
grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency and corporation |
directors, shall notify in writing the chairperson of the House Finance Committee house finance |
committee and the chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee senate finance committee of the |
approximate date when the funds are to be released or granted. |
SECTION 7. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby |
appropriated pursuant to sections §§ 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 of the Rhode Island General Laws all |
funds required to be disbursed for the benefit payments from the Temporary Disability Insurance |
Fund and Temporary Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 8. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated |
pursuant to section § 28-42-19 of the Rhode Island General Laws all funds required to be disbursed |
for benefit payments from the Employment Security Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 9. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to |
the Lottery Division any funds required to be disbursed by the Lottery Division for the purposes of |
paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 10. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds – There is hereby appropriated |
to the Office of the General Treasurer office of the general treasurer designated funds received |
under the CollegeBoundSaver program for transfer to the Division of Higher Education Assistance |
division of higher education assistance within the Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner |
office of the postsecondary commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year |
ending June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 11. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full- |
time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do |
not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period |
of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not |
exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor |
do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of |
employment. Provided, however, that the Governor governor or designee, Speaker of the House |
of Representatives speaker of the house of representatives or designee, and the President of the |
Senate president of the senate or designee may authorize an adjustment to any limitation. Prior to |
the authorization, the State Budget Officer state budget officer shall make a detailed written |
recommendation to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate |
governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. A copy of the |
recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the House |
Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal |
Advisor house finance committee, senate finance committee, the house fiscal advisor and the |
senate fiscal advisor. |
State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time |
limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state |
general revenue funding source. |
FY 2021 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION |
Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent |
Administration 647.7 |
Provided that no more than 417.0 of the total authorization would be limited to positions |
that support internal service fund programs. |
Business Regulation 161.0 |
Executive Office of Commerce 14.0 |
Labor and Training 425.7 |
Revenue 602.5 |
Legislature 298.5 |
Office of the Lieutenant Governor 8.0 |
Office of the Secretary of State 59.0 |
Office of the General Treasurer 89.0 |
Board of Elections 13.0 |
Rhode Island Ethics Commission 12.0 |
Office of the Governor 45.0 |
Commission for Human Rights 14.5 |
Public Utilities Commission 52.0 |
Office of Health and Human Services 192.0 |
Children, Youth, and Families 617.5 |
Health 513.6 |
Human Services 755.0 |
Office of Veterans Services 252.1 |
Office of Healthy Aging 31.0 |
Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals 1,188.4 |
Office of the Child Advocate 10.0 |
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 4.0 |
Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 4.0 |
Office of the Mental Health Advocate 4.0 |
Elementary and Secondary Education 139.1 |
School for the Deaf 60.0 |
Davies Career and Technical School 126.0 |
Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 31.0 |
Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
supported by third-party funds, 8.0 would be available only for positions at the State’s Higher |
Education Centers state’s higher education centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, and |
10.0 would be available only for positions at the Nursing Education Center. |
University of Rhode Island 2,555.0 |
Provided that 357.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
supported by third-party funds. |
Rhode Island College 949.2 |
Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
supported by third-party funds. |
Community College of Rhode Island 849.1 |
Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are |
supported by third-party funds. |
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 8.6 |
RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6 |
Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 15.6 |
Office of the Attorney General 239.1 |
Corrections 1,411.0 |
Judicial 726.3 |
Military Staff 92.0 |
Emergency Management Agency 32.0 |
Public Safety 593.6 |
Office of the Public Defender 96.0 |
Environmental Management 394.0 |
Coastal Resources Management Council 30.0 |
Transportation 755.0 |
Total 15,124.7 |
No agency or department may employ contracted employees or employee services where |
contract employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need |
by the Director of Administration director of administration acting upon positive |
recommendations of the Budget Officer and the Personnel Administrator budget officer and the |
personnel administrator and 15 days after a public hearing. |
Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state |
employees at that time without determination of need by the Director director of Administration |
administration acting upon the positive recommendations of the Budget Officer budget officer |
and the Personnel Administrator personnel administrator and 30 days after a public hearing. |
SECTION 12. The amounts reflected in this Article include the appropriation of Rhode |
Island Capital Plan funds for fiscal year 2021 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2021 |
within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 088 of the P.L. of 2019.. |
The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode |
Island Capital Plan Fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending |
June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. These amounts supersede |
appropriations provided within Section 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 088 of the P.L. of 2019 P.L. |
2019, ch. 088, art. 1, § 12 . |
In the event that a capital project appropriated in the budget year is overspent, the |
department may utilize future fiscal year’s funding as listed in this section below providing that the |
project in total does not exceed the limits set forth for each project. |
For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the State Controller state controller |
is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the General Treasurer general |
treasurer for the payment of such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by him or |
her upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. |
FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending |
Project 06/30/2022 06/30/2023 06/30/2024 06/30/2025 |
DOA – 560 Jefferson Boulevard 150,000 150,000 100,000 100,000 |
DOA – Accessibility 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 |
DOA – Arrigan Center 197,500 825,000 125,000 50,000 |
DOA – Substance Abuse Facilities 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 |
DOA – Big River Management 250,000 180,000 130,000 130,000 |
DOA – Cannon Building 2,000,000 4,000,000 2,750,000 3,000,000 |
DOA – Chapin Health Lab 500,000 500,000 0 0 |
DOA – Convention Center |
Authority 2,000,000 4,250,000 5,250,000 3,500,000 |
DOA – Cranston Street Armory 900,000 2,150,000 3,150,000 0 |
DOA – BHDDH MH Facilities 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 |
DOA – BHDDH Group Homes |
Fire Protection 325,000 325,000 325,000 0 |
DOA – BHDDH DD Facilities 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 |
DOA – BHDDH Group Homes 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
DOA – Zambarano Utilities & |
Infrastructure 350,000 300,000 500,000 0 |
DOA – DoIT Enterprise |
Operations Center 800,000 2,250,000 2,000,000 1,100,000 |
DOA – Dunkin Donuts Center 1,500,000 1,650,000 1,000,000 970,000 |
DOA – Environmental |
Compliance 300,000 300,000 200,000 0 |
DOA – Energy Efficiency 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 |
DOA – Old State House 100,000 100,000 100,000 0 |
DOA – Statewide Facilities |
Master Plan 650,000 760,000 0 0 |
DOA – Pastore Building |
Demolition 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 |
DOA – Pastore Center |
Medical Buildings |
Asset Protection 0 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 |
DOA – Pastore Center |
Non-Medical Buildings |
Asset Protection. 3,000,000 6,250,000 5,500,000 6,500,000 |
DOA – Pastore Electrical Utilities 175,000 200,000 200,000 350,000 |
DOA – Pastore Utilities Water 100,000 280,000 280,000 280,000 |
DOA – Security Measures |
/State Buildings 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
DOA – Shepard Building 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 0 |
DOA – State House Renovations 928,000 2,100,000 1,400,000 629,000 |
DOA – State Office Building 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 |
DOA – State Office |
Reorganization & Relocation 750,000 250,000 0 0 |
DOA – Replacement of |
Fuel Tanks 800,000 730,000 430,000 330,000 |
DOA – Veterans Auditorium 285,000 765,000 100,000 75,000 |
DOA – Washington County |
Gov. Center 500,000 650,000 650,000 650,000 |
DOA – William Powers Building 3,750,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 |
DOA – Medical Examiner New Facility 4,500,000 0 0 0 |
DBR – State Fire Marshal |
Asset Protection 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 |
EOC – I-195 Commission 578,000 0 0 0 |
EOC – Quonset Industrial Park 6,000,000 0 0 0 |
Sec. of State – Election Equipment 0 170,000 0 0 |
DCYF – Training School |
Asset Protection 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 |
DOH – Laboratory Equipment 600,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 |
DHS – Blind Vending Facilities 330,000 165,000 165,000 165,000 |
DHS – Veterans Home |
Asset Protection 350,000 400,000 500,000 500,000 |
BHDDH – Residential Support 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 |
BHDDH – Hospital Equipment 300,000 300,000 0 0 |
EL SEC – Davies School HVAC 900,000 900,000 0 0 |
EL SEC – Davies School |
Asset Protection 150,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
EL SEC – Davies School |
Healthcare Classroom |
Renovations 4,500,000 0 0 0 |
EL SEC – Met School |
Asset Protection 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 |
EL SEC – Met School |
Roof Replacement 0 550,000 1,750,000 1,750,000 |
EL SEC – School for the Deaf |
Asset Protection 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 |
OPC – Higher Education Centers 1,932,500 0 0 0 |
URI – Asset Protection 9,900,000 11,350,000 11,494,395 9,276,000 |
RIC – Asset Protection 4,733,000 5,518,000 5,431,657 4,538,000 |
RIC – Infrastructure |
Modernization 4,550,000 4,900,000 4,900,000 4,500,000 |
CCRI – Asset Protection 3,037,615 3,246,000 3,245,124 2,719,452 |
CCRI – Data, Cabling and |
Power Infrastructure 0 5,900,000 7,250,000 0 |
CCRI – Flanagan Campus |
Renewal 4,000,000 6,000,000 2,500,000 0 |
CCRI – Knight Campus |
Lab Renovation 1,300,000 0 0 0 |
CCRI – Knight Campus Renewal 2,750,000 750,000 0 0 |
CCRI – Renovation |
and Modernization 0 5,000,000 9,000,000 14,000,000 |
Atomic Energy – |
Asset Protection 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 |
Attorney General – |
Asset Protection 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 |
DOC – Asset Protection 5,125,000 5,125,000 4,100,000 4,100,000 |
Judiciary – Garrahy Courthouse 0 0 2,250,000 2,250,000 |
Judiciary – Asset Protection 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,200,000 |
Judiciary – Complex HVAC 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 500,000 |
Judiciary – Licht Judicial Complex |
Restoration 750,000 750,000 750,000 750,000 |
Judiciary – McGrath HVAC 0 225,000 0 0 |
Judiciary – Fan Coils 750,000 750,000 500,000 500,000 |
Judiciary – Murray Courtroom |
Restoration 700,000 0 0 0 |
Judiciary – Garrahy Courtroom |
Restoration 250,000 750,000 750,000 0 |
Military Staff – |
Aviation Readiness 535,263 535,263 126,166 574,183 |
Military Staff – |
Asset Protection 930,000 750,000 600,000 600,000 |
EMA – Emergency Management Bldg. 250,000 0 0 0 |
EMA – RI Statewide |
Communications Network 1,643,855 1,643,855 1,643,855 1,643,855 |
DPS – Asset Protection 791,000 425,000 300,000 300,000 |
DPS – Training Academy Asset |
Protection 750,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 |
DEM – Dam Repair 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 |
DEM – Facilities Asset |
Protection 750,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
DEM – Recreational Facilities |
Improvements 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,100,000 3,100,000 |
DEM – Fort Adams Trust 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 |
DEM – Galilee Piers/Bulkhead 1,420,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 |
DEM – Natural Resources |
Office & Visitor’s Center 0 2,000,000 3,000,000 0 |
CRMC – Coastal Storm Risk Study 475,000 0 0 0 |
DOT – Maintenance Facility |
Improv. 900,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 |
DOT – Highway Improvement |
Program 34,951,346 27,700,000 27,200,000 27,200,000 |
DOT – Bike Path Facilities |
Maintenance 600,000 600,000 400,000 400,000 |
DOT – Salt Storage Facilities |
Improv. 2,500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 |
DOT – Train Station |
Maintenance 450,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 |
DOT – Maintenance – |
Capital Equipment Replacement 2,250,000 2,250,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 |
DOT – Welcome Center 150,000 200,000 200,000 150,000 |
DOT – RIPTA – |
Land and Building |
Enhancements 600,000 600,000 500,000 600,000 |
DOT – RIPTA – URI Mobility 600,000 250,000 0 0 |
DOT – RIPTA – Warwick Bus Hub 140,000 0 0 0 |
SECTION 13. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund Projects. – |
Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund project |
appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same |
purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the General Assembly |
general assembly as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less |
than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the State Budget Officer |
state budget officer. |
SECTION 14. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2021, the Rhode Island Housing |
housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation mortgage finance corporation shall provide from its |
resources such sums as appropriate in support of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The |
Corporation corporation shall provide a report detailing the amount of funding provided to this |
program, as well as information on the number of units of housing provided as a result to the |
Director of Administration director of administration, the Chair chair of the Housing Resources |
Commission housing resources commission, the Chair chair of the House Finance Committee |
house finance committee, the Chair chair of the Senate Finance Committee senate finance |
committee and the State Budget Officer state budget officer. |
SECTION 15. For fiscal year 2021 only, upon the directive of the controller, with the |
consent of the auditor general, the budget officer is hereby authorized to convert any escrow |
liability account to a restricted receipt account whenever such conversion has been deemed prudent |
and appropriate by both the auditor general and the controller according to generally accepted |
governmental accounting principles and/or specific pronouncements of the governmental |
accounting standards board (GASB). |
SECTION 16. For fiscal year 2021 only, the budget officer is hereby authorized to create |
restricted receipt accounts entitled “opioid stewardship fund allocation” in any department or |
agency of state government wherein monies from the opioid stewardship fund are appropriated by |
the general assembly. |
SECTION 17. Relating to Borrowing in Anticipation of Receipts from Taxes. -- (a) The |
State state of Rhode Island is hereby authorized to borrow during its fiscal year ending June 30, |
2021, in anticipation of receipts from taxes and other sources such sum or sums, at such time or |
times and upon such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions and limitations of |
Section 17 of Article VI of the constitution of Rhode Island R.I. Const., art VI, § 17, as the general |
treasurer, with the advice of the Governor, shall deem for the best interests of the state, provided |
that the amounts so borrowed shall not exceed three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), at any |
time outstanding. The state is hereby further authorized to give its promissory note or notes or other |
evidences of indebtedness signed by the general treasurer and counter-signed by the secretary of |
state for the payment of any sum so borrowed. Any such proceeds shall be invested by the general |
treasurer until such time as they are needed. The interest income earned from such investments |
shall be used to pay the interest on the promissory note or notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, |
and any expense of issuing the promissory note or notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, with |
the balance remaining at the end of said fiscal year, if any, shall be used toward the payment of |
long-term debt service of the state, unless prohibited by federal law or regulation. |
(b) Notwithstanding any other authority to the contrary, duly authorized borrowing in |
anticipation of receipts of taxes and other sources during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, may |
be issued in the form of notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the state. In connection |
therewith, the state, acting through the general treasurer, may enter into agreements with banks, |
trust companies or other financial institutions within or outside the state or with the United States |
government and agencies of the United States government, whether in the form of letters or lines |
of credit, liquidity facilities, insurance or other support arrangements. Any notes or other evidences |
of indebtedness shall be issued in such amounts and bear such terms as the general treasurer, with |
the advice of the governor, shall determine, which may include provisions for prepayment at any |
time with or without premium or other prepayment fee at the option of the state. Such notes may |
be sold on a competitive or negotiated basis at a premium or discount, and may bear interest or not |
and, if interest bearing, may bear interest at one or more fixed rates or at such rate or rates variable |
from time to time as determined by such index, banking loan rate or other method specified in any |
agreement relating to the notes or other evidences of indebtedness. Any such agreement may also |
include such other covenants and provisions for protecting the rights, security and remedies of the |
noteholders or lenders as may, in the discretion of the general treasurer, be reasonable, legal and |
proper. The general treasurer may also enter into agreements with firms to facilitate the issuance |
of the notes or other evidences of indebtedness, including, but not limited to, trustees, paying |
agents, underwriters, broker-dealers or placement agents for the underwriting, placement, |
marketing or remarketing of any such notes or evidences of indebtedness of the state. |
(c) To the extent that notes or other evidences of indebtedness are issued pursuant to this |
Article article, the authorization to issue notes in the same amount pursuant to § 30-15-10 of the |
Rhode Island General Laws approved by a Resolution of the Disaster Emergency Funding Board |
adopted on March 26, 2020, shall be reduced and extinguished. |
SECTION 18. Section 35-3-20 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3 entitled "State Budget" |
is hereby amended to read as follows: |
35-3-20. State budget reserve and cash stabilization account. |
(a) There is hereby created within the general fund a state budget reserve and cash |
stabilization account, which shall be administered by the state controller and which shall be used |
solely for the purpose of providing such sums as may be appropriated to fund any unanticipated |
general revenue deficit caused by a general revenue shortfall. |
(b) In carrying out the provisions of § 35-3-20.1, the state controller shall, based on that |
fiscal years estimate, transfer the amounts needed to fund cash requirements during the fiscal year; |
the transfer shall be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year in order to conform to the requirements of |
§ 35-3-20.1. To the extent that funds so transferred are not needed by the Rhode Island Capital Plan |
fund the funds may be loaned back to the general fund. |
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, whenever the aggregate of the monies and |
securities held for the credit of the state budget reserve and cash stabilization account exceeds three |
and four tenths of one percent (3.4%) of total fiscal year resources, consisting of the aggregate of |
(1) actual revenues from taxes and other departmental general revenue sources; and (2) the general |
revenue balance available for appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year; the excess shall be |
transferred to the Rhode Island Capital Plan fund, to be used solely for capital projects. Provided |
further, the applicable percentage shall increase by four-tenths of one percent (.4%) for the |
succeeding four (4) fiscal years as follows: |
Fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 3.8% |
Fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 4.2% |
Fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 4.6% |
Fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, and thereafter 5.0% |
(d) At any time after the third quarter of a fiscal year, that it is indicated that total resources |
which are defined to be the aggregate of estimated general revenue, general revenue receivables, |
and available free surplus in the general fund will be less than the estimates upon which current |
appropriations were based, the general assembly may make appropriations from the state budget |
reserve and cash stabilization account for the difference between the estimated total resources and |
the original estimates upon which enacted appropriations were based, but only in the amount of the |
difference based upon the revenues projected at the latest state revenue estimating conference |
pursuant to chapter 16 of this title 35 as reported by the chairperson of that conference. |
(e) Whenever a transfer has been made pursuant to subsection (d), that transfer shall be |
considered as estimated general revenues for the purposes of determining the amount to be |
transferred to the Rhode Island Capital Plan fund for the purposes of subsection § 35-3-20.1(b). |
(f) Whenever a transfer has been made pursuant to subsection (d), the amount of the transfer |
shall be transferred to the Rhode Island Capital Plan fund from funds payable into the general |
revenue fund pursuant to § 35-3-20.1 in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the transfer |
was made, except that in fiscal year 2010 there shall be no repayment of the amount transferred, |
and the repayment shall be made in fiscal year 2011, and except that in fiscal year 2021, |
$90,000,000 of the repayment amount shall be transferred and the remainder of the repayment shall |
be made in fiscal year 2022. |
SECTION 19. Relating to Lease Approval for Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary |
Education, 25 West Independence Way, Kingston, RI. |
WHEREAS, The University of Rhode Island (the University university) has academic |
programs in Physical Therapy, Communicative Disorders physical therapy, communicative |
disorders, and Kinesiology kinesiology with teaching, research, and outreach that benefit Rhode |
Island adults and children with injuries and disabilities; and |
WHEREAS, The Independence Square Foundation (the Foundation foundation) is a non- |
profit corporation that develops and manages community center buildings, leasing space at |
affordable rates to not-for-profit operations, with a historical emphasis on operations supporting |
individuals with disabilities; and |
WHEREAS, The Foundation foundation promotes and fosters collaborative relationships |
between its non-profit tenants in the interest of enhancing the range and quality of services offered |
to these special populations, recognized at the National national level as a unique model to be |
emulated: and |
WHEREAS, In 1991, the University university and the Board of Governors board of |
governors for Higher Education/Council on Postsecondary education higher education/council |
on postsecondary education (the Board board), and the State Properties Committee state |
properties committee (the Properties Committee properties committee) approved a lease of land |
(Ground Lease ground lease), for ten years, with ten years renewable, for a parcel of land at 25 |
West Independence Way on the Kingston Campus of the University in Kingston, Rhode Island to |
the Foundation foundation, enabling Independence Square to build a 40,000-square-foot |
community center building for not-for-profit tenants; and |
WHEREAS, in 2007, the University university, the Board board, and the Properties |
Committee properties committee have approved a 25-year extension to the existing Ground Lease |
ground lease, the 25-year term extension, commencing as of the January 1, 2009, of the Ground |
Lease ground lease being a requirement of the Federal Government federal government for the |
commitment of Federal federal sources to the project; and |
WHEREAS, the University, the Board and the Properties Committee university, the |
board and the properties committee, at the same time, approved space lease (Lease lease) |
commencing as of the January 1, 2009, and terminating on January 31, 2034, wherein Landlord |
landlord leased to Tenant tenant approximately 16,368 rentable square feet of space located |
Building III for the University's Kinesiology university's kinesiology program within the new |
phase of building at 25 West Independence Way and that Program program, associated students |
and faculty have benefited from the quality, accessible, and well maintained facilities for the |
duration of that Lease lease; and |
WHEREAS, in 2012, the University, the Board and the Properties Committee university, |
the board and the properties committee approved a First Amendment to Lease (First |
Amendment) first amendment to lease (first amendment) commencing as of the 1st day of |
October, 2012, and terminating on December 1, 2033, wherein Landlord landlord leased to Tenant |
tenant approximately 512 rentable square feet of space located in Suite suite L of Building |
building III; and |
WHEREAS, in 2016, the University, the Board and the Properties Committee university, |
the board and the properties committee approved a Second Amendment to Lease (Second |
Amendment) second amendment to lease (second amendment) commencing as of the 17th day |
of August, 2016, and terminating on August 31, 2020, wherein Landlord leased to Tenant landlord |
leased to tenant approximately 2,269 rentable square feet of space located in Suite suite N of the |
Building building III; and |
WHEREAS, in 2019, the University, the Board and the Properties Committee university, |
the board and the properties committee approved a Third Amendment to Lease (Third |
Amendment) third amendment to lease (third amendment) commencing as of the 16th day of |
August, 2019, and terminating on August 31, 2020, wherein Landlord leased to Tenant landlord |
leased to tenant approximately 1,270 rentable square feet of space located in Suite suite M of the |
Building building III; and |
WHEREAS, in 2019, the University, the Board and the Properties Committee university, |
the board and the properties committee approved a Fourth Amendment to Lease (Fourth |
Amendment) fourth amendment to lease (fourth amendment) commencing as of the 1st day of |
January, 2020, and terminating on August 16, 2020, wherein Landlord leased to Tenant landlord |
leased to tenant approximately 2,868 rentable square feet of space located in Suite suite K of |
Building building III; and |
WHEREAS, in 2020, the University and the Board university and the board have |
approved a term extension for amendments 1-4 to bring them to be coterminous with the original |
lease, terminating on January 31, 2034; and |
WHEREAS it is in the best interest of the University university programs, associated |
students and faculty to have continued access to the quality, accessible, and well-maintained |
facilities for the duration of the Lease lease; and |
WHEREAS, The Lease Extension Agreement lease extension agreement requires the |
University university to pay an additional Base Rent base rent, plus the University's university's |
proportionate share of building operating expenses, including heating, cooling, lighting, and basic |
electrical service, such Base Rent base rent, for the extension period, in total, shall be |
$1,416,381.24. The proportionate share of building operating expenses are calculated on an |
annualized basis, this proportionate share of building operating expenses being subject to annual |
increases in operating expenses in future years; now, therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence |
Plantations general assembly of the state of Rhode Island hereby recognizes that the extension |
period payments of Additional Base Rent additional base rent will not exceed $1,416,381.24 for |
the duration of the Lease lease, plus the proportionate share of building operating expenses; and |
be it further |
RESOLVED, That this General Assembly general assembly hereby approves this Lease |
Agreement lease agreement and its associated Additional Base Rent additional base rent and |
proportionate operating; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That this Joint Resolution joint resolution shall take effect upon passage by |
this General Assembly general assembly. |
SECTION 20. Relating to Lease Approval lease approval for Rhode Island Council on |
Postsecondary Education council on postsecondary education, 95-117 Main Street, Woonsocket. |
WHEREAS, The Council on Postsecondary Education council on postsecondary |
education desires to lease approximately 14,700 rental square feet of space at the building located |
at 95-117 Main Street, Woonsocket owned by S-95 Main Street Woonsocket, LLC, for the purpose |
of developing and operating a northern Rhode Island and Woonsocket Education & Industry |
Center; and |
WHEREAS, The Council on Postsecondary Education council on postsecondary |
education currently does not run such a facility in northern Rhode Island or Woonsocket and there |
is no current rent or present lease in place for any such facility; and |
WHEREAS, The leased premises are in a desirable location because of its visibility on |
Main Street in the urban core of Woonsocket, as well as on a public bus route and access to parking |
providing easy access to the general public; and |
WHEREAS, The lease term in the lease agreement is 10 years; and |
WHEREAS, The rent in the lease agreement escalates by $7,371 annually starting in year |
1 at a rate not to exceed $180,600 and ending in year 10 at a rate not to exceed $247,000; and |
WHEREAS, The State Properties Committee state properties committee now |
respectfully requests the approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate house of |
representatives and the senate for the lease agreement between the Council on Postsecondary |
Education council on postsecondary education and S-95 Main Street Woonsocket, LLC for the |
property located at 95-117 Main Street, Woonsocket. |
NOW, THEREFORE, be it |
RESOLVED, That this General Assembly general assembly hereby approves the lease |
agreement, for a term not to exceed ten (10) years at a total cost not to exceed rent of $2,200,000; |
and be it further |
RESOLVED, That this Joint Resolution joint resolution shall take effect upon passage by |
the General Assembly general assembly; and it be further |
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State secretary of state is hereby authorized and |
directed to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Office of the Governor office of |
the governor, the Director of the Department of Administration director of the department of |
administration, the State Budget Officer state budget officer, the Chair of the State Properties |
Committee chair of the state properties committee, and the Executive Director of Higher |
Education & Industry Centers at the Council of Postsecondary Education executive director of |
higher education & industry centers at the council of postsecondary education. |
SECTION 21. Section 44-48.3-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-48.3 entitled “Rhode |
Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Act of 2015” is hereby amended as follows: |
44-48.3-14. Sunset. |
No credits shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after December 31, |
2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 22. Section 42-64.20-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.20 entitled |
"Rebuild Rhode Island Tax Credit" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
42-64.20-10. Sunset. |
No credits shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after December 31, |
2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 23. Section 42-64.21-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.21 entitled |
“Rhode Island Tax Increment Financing” is hereby amended to read as follows: |
42-64.21-9. Sunset. |
The commerce corporation shall enter into no agreement under this chapter after December |
31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 24. Section 42-64.22-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.22 entitled “Tax |
Stabilization Incentive” is hereby amended to read as follows: |
42-64.22-15. Sunset. |
The commerce corporation shall enter into no agreement under this chapter after December |
31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 25. Section 42-64.23-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.23 entitled “First |
Wave Closing Fund Act” is hereby amended to read as follows: |
42-64.23-8. Sunset. |
No financing shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after December 31, |
2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 26. Section 42-64.24-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.24 entitled “I-195 |
Redevelopment Project Fund Act” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.24-8. Sunset. |
No funding, credits, or incentives shall be authorized or authorized to be reserved pursuant |
to this chapter after December 31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 27. Section 42-64.25-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.25 entitled |
“Small Business Assistance Program Act” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.25.14. 42-64.25-14. Sunset. |
No grants, funding, or incentives shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after |
December 31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 28. Section 42-64.26-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.26 entitled "Stay |
Invested in RI Wavemaker Fellowship" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
42-64.26-12. Sunset. |
No incentives or credits shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after December 31, |
2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 29. Section 42-64.27-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.27 entitled “Main |
Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement Fund” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.27-6. Sunset. |
No incentives shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after December 31, 2020 June |
30, 2021. |
SECTION 30. Section 42-64.28-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.28 entitled |
“Innovation Initiative” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.28-10. Sunset. |
No vouchers, grants, or incentives shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after |
December 31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 31. Section 42-64.29-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.29 entitled |
“Industry Cluster Grants” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.29-8. Sunset. |
No grants or incentives shall be authorized to be reserved pursuant to this chapter after |
December 31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 32. Section 42-64.31-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.31 entitled “High |
School, College, and Employer Partnerships” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.31-4. Sunset. |
No grants shall be authorized pursuant to this chapter after December 31, 2020 June 30, |
2021. |
SECTION 33. Section 42-64.32-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.32 entitled “Air |
Service Development Fund” is hereby amended as follows: |
42-64.32-6. Sunset. |
No grants, credits, or incentives shall be authorized or authorized to be reserved pursuant |
to this chapter after December 31, 2020 June 30, 2021. |
SECTION 34. Sections 16-107-3 and 16-107-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-107 |
entitled "Rhode Island Promise Scholarship" are hereby amended as follows: |
16-107-3. Establishment of scholarship program. |
Beginning with the high school graduating class of 2017, it is hereby established the Rhode |
Island promise scholarship programs that will end with the high school graduating class of 2020 |
2021. The general assembly shall annually appropriate the funds necessary to implement the |
purposes of this chapter. Additional funds beyond the scholarships may be appropriated to support |
and advance the Rhode Island promise scholarship program. In addition to appropriation by the |
general assembly, charitable donations may be accepted into the scholarship program. |
16-107-6. Eligibility for scholarship. |
(a) Beginning with the students who enroll at the community college of Rhode Island in |
the fall of 2017 and ending with students who enroll at the community college of Rhode Island in |
the fall of 2020 2021, to be considered for the scholarship, a student: |
(1) Must qualify for in-state tuition and fees pursuant to the residency policy adopted by |
the council on postsecondary education, as amended, supplemented, restated, or otherwise modified |
from time to time ("residency policy"); provided, that, the student must have satisfied the high |
school graduation/equivalency diploma condition prior to reaching nineteen (19) years of age; |
provided, further, that in addition to the option of meeting the requirement by receiving a high |
school equivalency diploma as described in the residency policy, the student can satisfy the |
condition by receiving other certificates or documents of equivalent nature from the state or its |
municipalities as recognized by applicable regulations promulgated by the council on elementary |
and secondary education; |
(2) Must be admitted to, and must enroll and attend the community college of Rhode Island |
on a full-time basis by the semester immediately following high school graduation or the semester |
immediately following receipt of a high school equivalency diploma; |
(3) Must complete the FAFSA and any required FAFSA verification by the deadline |
prescribed by the community college of Rhode Island for each year in which the student seeks to |
receive funding under the scholarship program; |
(4) Must continue to be enrolled on a full-time basis; |
(5) Must maintain an average annual cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or |
greater, as determined by the community college of Rhode Island; |
(6) Must remain on track to graduate on time as determined by the community college of |
Rhode Island; |
(7) Must not have already received an award under this scholarship program; and |
(8) Must commit to live, work, or continue their education in Rhode Island after graduation. |
The community college of Rhode Island shall develop a policy that will secure this |
commitment from recipient students. |
(b) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirements under subsection (a) of this section |
("specified conditions"): |
(i) In the case of a recipient student who has an approved medical or personal leave of |
absence or is unable to satisfy one or more specified conditions because of the student's medical or |
personal circumstances, the student may continue to receive an award under the scholarship |
program upon resuming the student's education so long as the student continues to meet all other |
applicable eligibility requirements; and |
(ii) In the case of a recipient student who is a member of the national guard or a member |
of a reserve unit of a branch of the United States military and is unable to satisfy one or more |
specified conditions because the student is or will be in basic or special military training, or is or |
will be participating in a deployment of the student's guard or reserve unit, the student may continue |
to receive an award under the scholarship program upon completion of the student's basic or special |
military training or deployment. |
SECTION 35. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of |
Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year |
ending June 30 2021, all State Economic Activity Taxes state economic activity taxes to be |
collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4 of the Rhode Island General Laws, as amended (including, but |
not limited to, the amount of tax revenues certified by the Commerce Corporation commerce |
corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13) of the Rhode Island General Laws), for the |
purposes of paying debt service on bonds, funding debt service reserves, paying costs of |
infrastructure improvements in and around the ballpark district, arts district, and the growth center |
district, funding future debt service on bonds, and funding a redevelopment revolving fund |
established in accordance with § 45-33-1 of the Rhode Island General Laws. |
SECTION 36. Section 35-3-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-3 entitled "State Budget" |
is hereby amended to read as follows: |
35-3-7. Submission of budget to general assembly -- Contents. |
(a) On or before the third Thursday in January in each year of each January session of the |
general assembly, the governor shall submit to the general assembly a budget containing a complete |
plan of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures, with a personnel supplement detailing the |
number and titles of positions of each agency and the estimates of personnel costs for the next fiscal |
year, and with the inventory required by § 35-1.1-3(b)(4)(5). Provided, however, in those years that |
a new governor is inaugurated, the new governor shall submit the budget on or before the first |
Thursday in February. In the budget the governor may set forth in summary and detail: |
(1) Estimates of the receipts of the state during the ensuing fiscal year under laws existing |
at the time the budget is transmitted and also under the revenue proposals, if any, contained in the |
budget, and comparisons with the estimated receipts of the state during the current fiscal year, as |
well as actual receipts of the state for the last two (2) completed fiscal years. |
(2) Estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary in the governor's judgment |
for the support of the state government for the ensuing fiscal year, and comparisons with |
appropriations for expenditures during the current fiscal year, as well as actual expenditures of the |
state for the last two (2) complete fiscal years; provided, further, in the event the budget submission |
includes any transfers of resources from public corporations to the general fund, the budget |
submission shall also include alternatives to said transfers. |
(3) Financial statements of the: |
(i) Condition of the treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year; |
(ii) The estimated Estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; |
and |
(iii) Estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the ensuing fiscal year if the financial |
proposals contained in the budget are adopted. |
(4) All essential facts regarding the bonded and other indebtedness of the state. |
(5) A report indicating those program revenues and expenditures whose funding source is |
proposed to be changed from state appropriations to restricted receipts, or from restricted receipts |
to other funding sources. |
(6) Such other financial statements and data as in the governor's opinion are necessary or |
desirable. |
(b) Any other provision of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the proposed |
appropriations submitted by the governor to the general assembly for the next ensuing fiscal year |
should not be more than five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of total state appropriations, |
excluding any estimated supplemental appropriations, enacted by the general assembly for the |
fiscal year previous to that for which the proposed appropriations are being submitted; provided |
that the increased state-share provisions required to achieve fifty percent (50%) state financing of |
local school operations as provided for in P.L. 1985, ch. 182, shall be excluded from the definition |
of total appropriations. |
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection(a), the governor shall submit to |
the general assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, not later than the fourth |
(4th) Thursday in January 2005. |
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a supplemental budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, |
and/or a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, not later than Thursday, January 26, 2006. |
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a supplemental budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, |
and/or a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, not later than Wednesday, January 31, |
2007. |
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, not later |
than Thursday, March 10, 2011. |
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, not later |
than Tuesday, January 31, 2012. |
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, not later |
than Thursday, March 12, 2015. |
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-7 subsection (a) of this section, the governor |
shall submit to the general assembly a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, not later |
than Thursday, March 11, 2021. |
SECTION 37. Section 16-59-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-59 entitled "Council on |
Postsecondary Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is |
hereby amended to read as follows: |
16-59-9. Educational budget and appropriations. [Effective February 1, 2020.] |
(a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums it deems necessary for |
support and maintenance of higher education in the state and the state controller is authorized and |
directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the appropriations |
or so much of the sums that are necessary for the purposes appropriated, upon the receipt by him |
or her of proper vouchers as the council on postsecondary education may by rule provide. The |
council shall receive, review, and adjust the budget for the office of postsecondary commissioner |
and present the budget as part of the budget for higher education under the requirements of § 35-3- |
4. |
(b) The office of postsecondary commissioner and the institutions of public higher |
education shall establish working capital accounts. |
(c) Any tuition or fee increase schedules in effect for the institutions of public higher |
education shall be received by the council on postsecondary education for allocation for the fiscal |
year for which state appropriations are made to the council by the general assembly; provided that |
no further increases may be made by the board of education or the council on postsecondary |
education for the year for which appropriations are made. Except that these provisions shall not |
apply to the revenues of housing, dining, and other auxiliary facilities at the university of Rhode |
Island, Rhode Island college, and the community colleges including student fees as described in |
P.L. 1962, ch. 257 pledged to secure indebtedness issued at any time pursuant to P.L. 1962, ch. 257 |
as amended. |
(d) All housing, dining, and other auxiliary facilities at all public institutions of higher |
learning shall be self-supporting and no funds shall be appropriated by the general assembly to pay |
operating expenses, including principal and interest on debt services, and overhead expenses for |
the facilities, with the exception of the mandatory fees covered by the Rhode Island promise |
scholarship program as established by § 16-107-3. Any debt-service costs on general obligation |
bonds presented to the voters in November 2000 and November 2004 or appropriated funds from |
the Rhode Island capital plan for the housing auxiliaries at the university of Rhode Island and |
Rhode Island college shall not be subject to this self-supporting requirement in order to provide |
funds for the building construction and rehabilitation program. The institutions of public higher |
education will establish policies and procedures that enhance the opportunity for auxiliary facilities |
to be self-supporting, including that all faculty provide timely and accurate copies of booklists for |
required textbooks to the public higher educational institution's bookstore. |
(e) The additional costs to achieve self-supporting status shall be by the implementation of |
a fee schedule of all housing, dining, and other auxiliary facilities, including but not limited to, |
operating expenses, principal, and interest on debt services, and overhead expenses. |
(f) The board of education is authorized to establish a two (2) restricted-receipt account |
accounts for the higher education and industry centers established throughout the state: one to |
collect lease payments from occupying companies, and fees from room and service rentals, to |
support the operation and maintenance of the facilities.; and one to collect donations to support |
construction, operations and maintenance. All such revenues shall be deposited to the restricted- |
receipt account accounts. |
(g) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (d) of this section or any provisions of this title, to |
the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of any outstanding bonds issued by the Rhode |
Island health and educational building corporation or outstanding lease certificates of participation, |
in either case, issued for the benefit of the university of Rhode Island, the community college of |
Rhode Island, and/or Rhode Island college, to the extent necessary to comply with the provisions |
of any such bonds or certificates of participation, the general assembly shall annually appropriate |
any such sums it deems necessary from educational and general revenues (including, but not limited |
to, tuition) and auxiliary enterprise revenues derived from the university of Rhode Island, the |
community college of Rhode Island and Rhode Island college, to be allocated by the council on |
postsecondary education or by the board of trustees of the university of Rhode Island, as |
appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the contracts with such bondholders or certificate |
holders. |
(h) The board of education is authorized to establish a restricted-receipt account for income |
generated by the Rhode Island nursing education center through the rental of classrooms, |
laboratories, or other facilities located on the Providence campus of the nursing education center. |
All such revenues shall be deposited to the restricted receipt account. |
SECTION 38. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2020, except as otherwise provided |
herein. |