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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS

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     SECTION 1. Effective retroactively to July 1, 2025, section 35-4-27 of the General Laws

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in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds” is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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     Indirect cost recoveries of fifteen percent (15%) of cash receipts shall be transferred from

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

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

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contributions from nonprofit charitable organizations; (2) From the assessment of indirect cost-

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recovery rates on federal grant funds; or (3) Through transfers from state agencies to the department

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of administration for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost recoveries shall be applied to

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

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

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     Executive Office of Health and Human Services

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     HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates

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     Health System Transformation Project

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     Rhode Island Statewide Opioid Abatement Account

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     HCBS Support-ARPA

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     HCBS Admin Support-ARPA

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     Department of Human Services

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     Organ Transplant Fund

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     Veterans’ home — Restricted account

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     Veterans’ home — Resident benefits

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     Pharmaceutical Rebates Account

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     Demand Side Management Grants

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     Veteran’s Cemetery Memorial Fund

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     Donations — New Veterans’ Home Construction

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     Commodity Supplemental Food Program-Claims

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     Department of Health

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     Pandemic medications and equipment account

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     Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits

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     State Loan Repayment Match

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     Healthcare Information Technology

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     Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

 

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     Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account

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     Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts

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     RICLAS Group Home Operations

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     Group Home Facility Improvement Fund

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     Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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     Emergency and public communication access account

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     Department of Environmental Management

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     National heritage revolving fund

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     Environmental response fund II

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     Underground storage tanks registration fees

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     De Coppet Estate Fund

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     Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

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     Historic preservation revolving loan fund

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     Historic Preservation loan fund — Interest revenue

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     Department of Public Safety

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     E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System

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     Forfeited property — Retained

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     Forfeitures — Federal

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     Forfeited property — Gambling

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     Donation — Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training

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     Rhode Island State Firefighter’s League Training Account

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     Fire Academy Training Fees Account

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     Attorney General

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     Forfeiture of property

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     Federal forfeitures

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     Attorney General multi-state account

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     Forfeited property — Gambling

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     Department of Administration

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     Health Insurance Market Integrity Fund

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     RI Health Benefits Exchange

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     Information Technology restricted receipt account

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     Restore and replacement — Insurance coverage

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     Convention Center Authority rental payments

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     Investment Receipts — TANS

 

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     OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account

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     Grants Management Administration

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     Office of Energy Resources

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     OER Reconciliation Funding

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     RGGI Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council Projects

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     Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Operating and Maintenance Account

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     Clean Transportation Programs

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     Department of Housing

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     Housing Resources and Homelessness Restricted Receipt Account

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     Housing Production Fund

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     Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund

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     Department of Revenue

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     Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share

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     DMV Modernization Project

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     Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund

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     Legislature

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     Audit of federal assisted programs

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     Department of Children, Youth and Families

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     Children’s Trust Accounts — SSI

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     Military Staff

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     RI Military Family Relief Fund

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     RI National Guard Counterdrug Program

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     Treasury

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     Admin. Expenses — State Retirement System

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     Retirement — Treasury Investment Options

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     Defined Contribution — Administration - RR

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     Violent Crimes Compensation — Refunds

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     Treasury Research Fellowship

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     Business Regulation

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     Banking Division Reimbursement Account

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     Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account

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     Securities Division Reimbursement Account

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     Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account

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     Insurance Division Reimbursement Account

 

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     Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account

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     Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission

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     Marijuana Trust Fund

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     Social Equity Assistance Fund

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     Judiciary

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     Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account

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     Third-Party Grants

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     RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account

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     Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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     Statewide Student Transportation Services Account

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     School for the Deaf Fee-for-Service Account

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     School for the Deaf — School Breakfast and Lunch Program

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     Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account

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     Davies — National School Breakfast & Lunch Program

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     School Construction Services

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     Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

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     Tuition Savings Program Fund

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     Higher Education and Industry Center

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     IGT STEM Scholarships

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     Department of Labor and Training

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     Job Development Fund

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     Contractor Training Restricted Receipt Account

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     Workers’ Compensation Administrative Account

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     Rhode Island Uninsured Protection Fund

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     Rhode Island Council on the Arts

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     Governors’ Portrait Donation Fund

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     Statewide records management system account

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     SECTION 2. Section 39-18.1-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18.1 entitled

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"Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011” is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     39-18.1-5. Allocation of funds.

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     (a) The monies in the highway maintenance fund to be directed to the department of

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transportation pursuant to § 39-18.1-4(b)(1) — (b)(3) shall be allocated through the transportation

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improvement program process to provide the state match for federal transportation funds, in place

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of borrowing, as approved by the state planning council. The expenditure of moneys in the highway

 

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maintenance fund shall only be authorized for projects that appear in the state’s transportation

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improvement program.

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     (b) Provided, however, that beginning with fiscal year 2015 and annually thereafter, the

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department of transportation will allocate necessary funding to programs that are designed to

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eliminate structural deficiencies of the state’s bridge, road, and maintenance systems and

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infrastructure.

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     (c) Provided, that beginning July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2025, five percent (5%) of

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available proceeds in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be allocated annually

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to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

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     (d) Provided, that beginning July 1, 2025, ten percent (10%) of available proceeds in the

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Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be allocated annually to the Rhode Island public

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transit authority for operating expenditures.

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     (e) Provided, further, that from July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter through June 30, 2026,

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in addition to the amount above, the Rhode Island public transit authority shall receive an amount

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of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) each fiscal year, except for the period July 1, 2019,

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through June 30, 2022, during which such amount or a portion thereof may come from federal

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coronavirus relief funds. Provided, further, that beginning July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, in

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addition to the amount above, the Rhode Island public transit authority shall receive an amount of

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not less than fourteen million three hundred thousand dollars ($14,300,000) each fiscal year.

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     SECTION 3. This article shall take effect upon passage, except Section 1 which shall take

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effect retroactively as of July 1, 2025.

 

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