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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - STATE FUNDS

     Introduced By: Senator Michael J. McCaffrey

     Date Introduced: March 26, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Judiciary)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds"

is hereby amended to read as follows:

     35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts.

     Indirect cost recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from all

restricted-receipt accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general fund. However, there

shall be no transfer from cash receipts with restrictions received exclusively: (1) From contributions

from nonprofit charitable organizations; (2) From the assessment of indirect cost-recovery rates on

federal grant funds; or (3) Through transfers from state agencies to the department of administration

for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to all accounts,

unless prohibited by federal law or regulation, court order, or court settlement. The following

restricted receipt accounts shall not be subject to the provisions of this section:

     Executive Office of Health and Human Services

     Organ Transplant Fund

     HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates

     Health System Transformation Project

     Department of Human Services

     Veterans' home -- Restricted account

     Veterans' home -- Resident benefits

     Pharmaceutical Rebates Account

     Demand Side Management Grants

     Veteran's Cemetery Memorial Fund

     Donations -- New Veterans' Home Construction

     Department of Health

     Pandemic medications and equipment account

     Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits

     State Loan Repayment Match

     Healthcare Information Technology

     Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

     Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account

     Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts

     RICLAS Group Home Operations

     Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

     Emergency and public communication access account

     Department of Environmental Management

     National heritage revolving fund

     Environmental response fund II

     Underground storage tanks registration fees

     De Coppet Estate Fund

     Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

     Historic preservation revolving loan fund

     Historic Preservation loan fund -- Interest revenue

     Department of Public Safety

     E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System

     Forfeited property -- Retained

     Forfeitures -- Federal

     Forfeited property -- Gambling

     Donation -- Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training

     Rhode Island State Firefighter's League Training Account

     Fire Academy Training Fees Account

     Attorney General

     Forfeiture of property

     Federal forfeitures

     Attorney General multi-state account

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     Forfeited property -- Gambling

     Department of Administration

     OER Reconciliation Funding

     Health Insurance Market Integrity Fund

     RI Health Benefits Exchange

     Information Technology Investment Fund

     Restore and replacement -- Insurance coverage

     Convention Center Authority rental payments

     Investment Receipts -- TANS

     OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account

     Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share

     Executive Office of Commerce

     Housing Resources Commission Restricted Account

     Department of Revenue

     DMV Modernization Project

     Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund

     Legislature

     Audit of federal assisted programs

     Department of Children, Youth and Families

     Children's Trust Accounts -- SSI

     Military Staff

     RI Military Family Relief Fund

     RI National Guard Counterdrug Program

     Treasury

     Admin. Expenses -- State Retirement System

     Retirement -- Treasury Investment Options

     Defined Contribution -- Administration - RR

     Violent Crimes Compensation -- Refunds

     Treasury Research Fellowship

     Business Regulation

     Banking Division Reimbursement Account

     Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account

     Securities Division Reimbursement Account

     Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account

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     Insurance Division Reimbursement Account

     Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account

     Judiciary

     Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account

     Third-Party Grants

     RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account

     Indirect Cost Recovery - Supreme Court

     Victims' Rights Information

     RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel

     Small Claims Mediation

     Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

     Statewide Student Transportation Services Account

     School for the Deaf Fee-for-Service Account

     School for the Deaf -- School Breakfast and Lunch Program

     Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account

     Davies -- National School Breakfast & Lunch Program

     School Construction Services

     Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

     Higher Education and Industry Center

     Department of Labor and Training

     Job Development Fund

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - STATE FUNDS

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     This act would add the Judiciary's Indirect Cost Recovery - Supreme Court, Victims' Rights

Information, RI Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel and Small Claims Mediation accounts to the

list of restricted receipt accounts which are not subject to indirect cost recovery.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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