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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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2. RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2027

   
   

3. SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter contained in

   
   

4. this act, the following general revenue amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the

   
   

5. treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

   
   

6. The amounts identified for federal funds and restricted receipts shall be made available pursuant to

   
   

7. § 35-4-22 and chapter 41 of title 42. For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state

8. controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw the state controller’s orders upon the general

   
   

9. treasurer for the payment of such sums or such portions thereof as may be required from time to

   
   

10. time upon receipt by the state controller of properly authenticated vouchers.

    
    

11. Administration

    
    

12. Central Management

13. General Revenues 4,006,929

    
    

14. Restricted Receipts 853,701

    
    

15. Total - Central Management 4,860,630

    
    

16. Legal Services

    
    

17. General Revenues 2,998,750

    
    

18. Accounts and Control

19. General Revenues 650,061

    
    

20. Restricted Receipts

    
    

21. OPEB Board Administration 100,000

    
    

22. Grants Management Administration 1,726,550

    
    

23. Total - Accounts and Control 2,476,611

24. Office of Management and Budget

    
    

25. General Revenues 11,156,879

    
    

26. Federal Funds

    
    

27. Federal Funds 151,778

    
    

28. Federal Funds – Capital Projects Fund

29. CPF Administration 669,389

    
    

30. Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

1. Sixty percent (60%) of the first $1,000,000 appropriated for airport impact aid shall be

2. distributed to each airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers based upon its percentage of the

   
   

3. total passengers served by all airports serving more than 1,000,000 passengers. Forty percent (40%)

   
   

4. of the first $1,000,000 shall be distributed based on the share of landings during calendar year 2026

   
   

5. at North Central Airport, Newport-Middletown Airport, Block Island Airport, Quonset Airport,

   
   

6. T.F. Green International Airport and Westerly Airport, respectively. The Rhode Island commerce

7. corporation shall make an impact payment to the towns or cities in which the airport is located

   
   

8. based on this calculation. Each community upon which any part of the above airports is located

   
   

9. shall receive at least $25,000.

1. Workforce Development Services

   
   

2. General Revenues 884,194

1. Provided that $600,000 of these funds shall be used for enhanced training for direct care

2. and support services staff to improve resident quality of care and address the changing health care

   
   

3. needs of nursing facility residents due to higher acuity and increased cognitive impairments

   
   

4. pursuant to § 23-17.5-36.

   
   

5. Federal Funds

   
   

6. Rural Health Transformation Program 7,033,505

   
   

7. Restricted Receipts 18,984,326

8. Provided that at least $150,000 of these funds shall be used to provide hospitality industry

   
   

9. workforce training grants including, but not limited to, certified food and alcohol safety training

   
   

10. programs offered in multiple languages.

1. Secretary of State

   
   

2. Administration

   
   

3. General Revenues 6,097,668

4. Provided that $100,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Council for the

   
   

5. Humanities for grant making to civic and cultural organizations, and $50,000 to support Rhode

   
   

6. Island’s participation in the We the People Civics Challenge.

   
   

7. Corporations

   
   

8. General Revenues 2,794,958

   
   

9. State Archives

10. General Revenues 475,184

    
    

11. Restricted Receipts 393,474

    
    

12. Total - State Archives 868,658

    
    

13. Elections and Civics

    
    

14. General Revenues 3,238,148

15. Federal Funds 2,000,000

    
    

16. Total - Elections and Civics 5,238,148

    
    

17. State Library

    
    

18. General Revenues 680,710

    
    

19. Provided that $125,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Historical Society and

20. $18,000 be allocated to support the Newport Historical Society, pursuant to §§ 29-2-1 and 29-2-2,

    
    

21. and $25,000 be allocated to support the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.

    
    

22. Office of Public Information

    
    

23. General Revenues 674,705

    
    

24. Receipted Receipts 25,000

    
    

25. Total - Office of Public Information 699,705

26. Grand Total - Secretary of State 16,379,847

    
    

27. General Treasurer

    
    

28. Treasury

    
    

29. General Revenues 3,465,294

    
    

30. Federal Funds 365,991

31. Other Funds

    
    

32. Temporary Disability Insurance Fund 252,905

    
    

33. Tuition Savings Program - Administration 377,716

    
    

34. Total - Treasury 4,461,906

    
    

    1 State Retirement System
    2 Restricted Receipts
    3 Admin Expenses - State Retirement System	13,397,239
    4 Retirement - Treasury Investment Operations	3,108,665
    5 Defined Contribution - Administration	263,124
    6 Total - State Retirement System	16,769,028
    7 Unclaimed Property
    8 Restricted Receipts	3,437,867
    9 Crime Victim Compensation
    10 General Revenues	952,526
    11 Federal Funds	467,993
    12 Restricted Receipts	228,827
    13 Total - Crime Victim Compensation	1,649,346
    14 Grand Total - General Treasurer	26,318,147
    15 Board of Elections
    16 General Revenues	9,147,157
    17 Rhode Island Ethics Commission
    18 General Revenues	2,556,898
    19 Office of Governor
    20 General Revenues
    21 General Revenues	9,480,312
    22 Contingency Fund	150,000
    23 Grand Total - Office of Governor	9,630,312
    24 Commission for Human Rights
    25 General Revenues	2,358,433
    26 Federal Funds	443,446
    27 Grand Total - Commission for Human Rights	2,801,879
    28 Public Utilities Commission
    29 Federal Funds	759,025
    30 Restricted Receipts	15,258,327
    31 Grand Total - Public Utilities Commission	16,017,352
    32 Office of Inspector General
    33 General Revenues	1,300,000
    34 Executive Office of Health and Human Services

    1. Central Management

       
       

    2. General Revenues

       
       

    3. General Revenues 39,226,230

    4. Provided that of this amount, $900,000 will be for mobile response and stabilization

       
       

    5. services for uninsured and underinsured child and youth and cover services and costs not otherwise

       
       

    6. reimbursed; and $1,600,000 is for the Newport Birthing Center.

1. Provided that $2.0 million of this amount shall be used solely for infrastructure and

2. capacity building activities necessary to comply with Medicaid transformation requirements. The

   
   

3. department shall establish a methodology to award funds based on demonstrated need and

   
   

4. documented costs, and shall utilize federal match for these expenses to the greatest extent possible.

   
   

5. Any unexpended or unencumbered balances as of June 30, 2027, are hereby reappropriated to the

1. General Revenues 217,664,953

   
   

2. Federal Funds 90,225,437

   
   

3. Restricted Receipts 61,261

4. Total - Child Welfare 307,951,651

   
   

5. Higher Education Incentive Grants

   
   

6. General Revenues 200,000

   
   

7. Provided that these funds and any unexpended or unencumbered previous years’ funding

   
   

8. are to be used exclusively to fund awards to eligible youth.

   
   

9. Grand Total - Children, Youth and Families 410,009,342

10. Health

    
    

11. Central Management

    
    

12. General Revenues

    
    

13. General Revenues 2,175,312

    
    

14. Of this amount, $50,000 is to support the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource

15. Foundation and the organization’s new survivorship and well-being center in Lincoln, RI.

    
    

16. Psychiatry Resource Network 1,200,278

    
    

17. Federal Funds 4,545,892

    
    

18. Restricted Receipts 21,700,832

    
    

19. Total - Central Management 29,622,314

20. Community Health and Equity

    
    

21. General Revenues 2,452,952

    
    

22. Federal Funds 89,157,519

    
    

23. Restricted Receipts 63,187,377

    
    

24. Total - Community Health and Equity 154,797,848

    
    

25. Environmental Health

26. General Revenues 7,058,661

    
    

27. Federal Funds 14,034,394

    
    

28. Restricted Receipts 1,011,757

    
    

29. Total - Environmental Health 22,104,812

    
    

30. Health Laboratories

31. General Revenues 10,704,871

    
    

32. Federal Funds 2,627,831

    
    

33. Other Funds

    
    

34. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

1. Provided that $400,000 of this amount and its corresponding federal match is used for loan

2. repayment assistance specifically for primary care physicians and pediatricians through the Health

   
   

3. Professional Loan Repayment Program authorized by § 23-14.1.

   
   

4. Federal Funds

1. Of this amount, $400,000 is to support the domestic violence prevention fund to provide

   
   

2. direct services through the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, $25,000 is for the Center for

   
   

3. Southeast Asians, $450,000 is to support Project Reach activities provided by the RI Alliance of

1. Boys and Girls Clubs, $300,000 is for outreach and supportive services through Day One,

   
   

2. $1,950,000 is for food collection and distribution through the Rhode Island Community Food Bank

   
   

3. of which $250,000 will be utilized to provide sub awards to other community food organizations,

4. $500,000 is for services provided to the homeless at Crossroads Rhode Island, $600,000 is for the

   
   

5. Community Action Fund, $250,000 is for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence’s

   
   

6. Reduction Strategy, $300,000 is to provide operational support to the United Way’s 211 system,

   
   

7. $150,000 is to support services provided to the immigrant and refugee population through Higher

   
   

8. Ground International, $50,000 is for services provided to refugees through the Refugee Dream

   
   

9. Center, $150,000 is for the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI, $25,000

10. is for services provided by Oasis International, $25,000 is for services provided by New Bridges

    
    

11. for Haitian Success and $200,000 is for Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s Bonus Bucks program.

    
    

12. Federal Funds 8,020,512

    
    

13. Of this amount, $3.0 million is to sustain Early Head Start and Head Start programs.

    
    

14. Restricted Receipts 470,000

15. Total - Central Management 16,575,043

    
    

16. Child Support Enforcement

    
    

17. General Revenues 4,616,756

    
    

18. Federal Funds 9,447,431

    
    

19. Restricted Receipts 4,107,870

20. Total - Child Support Enforcement 18,172,057

    
    

21. Individual and Family Support

    
    

22. General Revenues 45,895,483

    
    

23. Federal Funds 118,750,234

    
    

24. Restricted Receipts 115,000

    
    

25. Other Funds

26. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

    
    

27. Blind Vending Facilities 165,000

    
    

28. Total - Individual and Family Support 164,925,717

    
    

29. Office of Veterans Services

    
    

30. General Revenues 37,094,041

31. Of this amount, $200,000 is to provide support services through veterans’ organizations,

    
    

32. $50,000 is to support Operation Stand Down, and $100,000 is to support the Veterans Services

    
    

33. Officers (VSO) program through the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

    
    

34. Federal Funds 15,980,199

1. Diocese of Providence; $100,000 is for ombudsman services provided by the Alliance for Long

2. Term Care in accordance with chapter 66.7 of title 42; and $1,800,000 is for Senior Services

   
   

3. Support and $730,000 is for elderly nutrition, of which $680,000 is for Meals on Wheels.

1. The Office shall reimburse the Rhode Island public transit authority for the elderly/disabled

   
   

2. transportation program expenses no later than fifteen (15) days of the authority’s submission of a

   
   

3. request for payment.

1. Provided that $500,000 from the opioid stewardship fund is distributed equally to the seven

   
   

2. regional substance abuse prevention task forces to fund priorities determined by each task force.

3. Total - Behavioral Healthcare Services 42,307,121

   
   

4. Hospital and Community Rehabilitative Services

   
   

5. General Revenues 49,203,513

   
   

6. The department shall report monthly on the hospital census by campus and the number of

   1. patients. The report shall include the total number of patients with coverage through Medicaid,

      
      

   2. Medicare, commercial or private pay, with each group reported separately. The report shall also

      
      

   3. include total funding collected from each source, including Medicare, private pay, and/or other

1. Provided that this will be used for home modification and accessibility enhancements to

2. construct, retrofit, and/or renovate residences to allow individuals to remain in community settings.

   
   

3. This will be in consultation with the executive office of health and human services. All unexpended

   
   

4. or unencumbered balances, at the end of the fiscal year, shall be reappropriated to the ensuing fiscal

   
   

5. year, and made immediately available for the same purpose.

1. Federal Funds 340,092

   
   

2. Restricted Receipts 67,190

   
   

3. Grand Total - Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 1,831,276

4. Office of the Mental Health Advocate

   
   

5. General Revenues 1,111,709

   
   

6. Elementary and Secondary Education

   
   

7. Administration of the Comprehensive Education Strategy

   
   

8. General Revenues 36,688,221

   
   

9. Provided that $90,000 be allocated to support the hospital school at Hasbro Children’s

10. Hospital pursuant to § 16-7-20; $395,000 be allocated to support child opportunity zones through

    
    

11. agreements with the department of elementary and secondary education to strengthen education,

    
    

12. health and social services for students and their families as a strategy to accelerate student

    
    

13. achievement; $450,000 and 3.0 full-time equivalent positions be allocated to support a special

    
    

14. education function to facilitate individualized education program (IEP) and 504 services; and

15. further provided that $130,000 be allocated to City Year for the Whole School Whole Child

    
    

16. Program, which provides individualized support to at-risk students.

    
    

17. Provided further that $2,000,000 shall be allocated for the Learn365RI program, of which

    
    

18. $100,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Afterschool Network; $100,000 shall be allocated

    
    

19. to Teach for America Ignite; and $100,000 shall be allocated to Onward We Learn.

20. Provided further that $684,000 shall be allocated to the Paul V. Sherlock Center on

    
    

21. Disabilities to support the Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program.

    
    

22. Federal Funds

    
    

23. Federal Funds 258,048,406

    
    

24. Rural Health Transformation Program 4,838,988

    
    

25. Restricted Receipts

26. Restricted Receipts 1,839,203

    
    

27. HRIC Adult Education Grants 3,500,000

    
    

28. Other Funds

    
    

29. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

    
    

30. Norwell Academy Facility Feasibility Study 150,000

31. Total - Admin. of the Comprehensive Ed. Strategy 305,064,818

    
    

32. Davies Career and Technical School

    
    

33. General Revenues 21,093,905

    
    

34. Federal Funds 954,525

1. Provided that the criteria for the allocation of early childhood funds shall prioritize pre-

   
   

2. kindergarten seats and classrooms for four-year-olds whose family income is at or below one

3. hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines and who reside in communities

   
   

   27 with higher concentrations of low performing schools.
   28 Restricted Receipts	49,781,920
   29 Total - Education Aid	1,364,859,242
   30 Central Falls School District
   31 General Revenues	55,246,303
   32 School Construction Aid
   33 General Revenues	122,128,556
   34 Teachers' Retirement

   
   

   1 General Revenues	130,236,201
   2 Grand Total - Elementary and Secondary Education	2,056,944,740
   3 Public Higher Education
   4 Office of Postsecondary Commissioner
   5 General Revenues	36,251,979

   
   

   1. Provided that $455,000 shall be allocated to Onward We Learn pursuant to § 16-70-5,

      
      

   2. $75,000 shall be allocated to Best Buddies Rhode Island to support its programs for children with

      
      

   3. developmental and intellectual disabilities. It is also provided that $8,141,437 shall be allocated to

      
      

   4. the Rhode Island promise scholarship program, $151,410 shall be used to support Rhode Island’s

   5. membership in the New England Board of Higher Education, $7,062,826 shall be allocated to the

      
      

   6. Rhode Island hope scholarship program, and $100,000 shall be allocated to the Rhode Island

      
      

   7. School for Progressive Education to support access to higher education opportunities for teachers

1. Provided that in order to leverage federal funding and support economic development,

   
   

2. $700,000 shall be allocated to the small business development center, $155,000 shall be allocated

   
   

3. to the Institute for Labor Studies & Research, and $50,000 shall be allocated to Special Olympics

   
   

4. Rhode Island to support its mission of providing athletic opportunities for individuals with

   
   

5. intellectual and developmental disabilities.

6. Debt Service 32,853,856

   
   

7. RI State Forensics Laboratory 2,436,958

   
   

8. URI Medical School Planning 5,000,000

   
   

9. Other Funds

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

2. of June 30, 2027 relating to the university of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year

   
   

3. 2028.

   
   

4. Rhode Island College

   
   

5. General Revenues

   
   

6. General Revenues 72,723,265

7. Debt Service 9,159,563

   
   

8. Rhode Island Vision Education and Services Program 1,800,000

   
   

9. Other Funds

   
   

10. University and College Funds 135,027,602

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

   
   

2. of June 30, 2027, relating to Rhode Island college are hereby reappropriated to fiscal year 2028.

3. Community College of Rhode Island

   
   

4. General Revenues

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-3-15, all unexpended or unencumbered balances as

2. of June 30, 2027, relating to the community college of Rhode Island are hereby reappropriated to

   
   

3. fiscal year 2028.

1. Federal Funds 1,160,576

   
   

2. Other Funds

   
   

3. Art for Public Facilities 742,000

4. Grand Total - RI State Council on the Arts 4,513,141

   
   

5. RI Atomic Energy Commission

   
   

6. General Revenues 1,316,004

   
   

7. Restricted Receipts 25,036

   
   

8. Other Funds

   
   

9. URI Sponsored Research 335,818

10. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

    
    

11. Asset Protection 50,000

    
    

12. Grand Total - RI Atomic Energy Commission 1,726,858

    
    

13. RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

    
    

14. General Revenues 1,856,433

15. Provided that $30,000 support the operational costs of the Fort Adams Trust’s restoration

    
    

16. activities and that $25,000 shall be allocated to Rhode Island Slave History Medallions.

    
    

17. Federal Funds 893,987

    
    

18. Restricted Receipts 511,827

    
    

19. Other Funds

20. RIDOT Project Review 148,449

    
    

21. Grand Total - RI Historical Preservation and Heritage Comm. 3,410,696

    
    

22. Attorney General

    
    

23. Criminal

    
    

24. General Revenues 24,153,594

    
    

25. Federal Funds 3,089,426

26. Restricted Receipts 1,821,874

    
    

27. Total - Criminal 29,064,894

    
    

28. Civil

    
    

29. General Revenues 6,672,679

    
    

30. Federal Funds 132,429

31. Restricted Receipts 4,939,129

    
    

    32 Total - Civil 11,744,237

    
    

    1. Bureau of Criminal Identification

       
       

    2. General Revenues 2,563,440

    
    

    1 Restricted Receipts	1,344,780
    2 Total - Bureau of Criminal Identification	3,908,220
    3 General
    4 General Revenues	5,979,584
    5 Other Funds
    6 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    7 Building Renovations and Repairs	2,675,000
    8 Total - General	8,654,584
    9 Grand Total - Attorney General	53,371,935
    10 Corrections
    11 Central Management
    12 General Revenues	26,874,592
    13 Parole Board
    14 General Revenues	1,668,186
    15 Custody and Security
    16 General Revenues	187,294,597
    17 Federal Funds	1,067,867
    18 Other Funds
    19 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    20 Intake Service Center HVAC	19,800,000
    21 Total - Custody and Security	208,162,464
    22 Institutional Support
    23 General Revenues	39,460,059
    24 Other Funds
    25 Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds
    26 Asset Protection	6,200,000
    27 Total - Institutional Support	45,660,059
    28 Institutional Based Rehab/Population Management
    29 General Revenues	15,076,622
    30 Provided that $1,050,000 be allocated to	Crossroads Rhode Island for sex offender
    31 discharge planning.

    
    

32. The director of the department of corrections shall provide to the speaker of the house and

    
    

33. president of the senate at least every ninety (90) days beginning September 1, 2022, a report on

    
    

34. efforts to modernize the correctional industries program. The report shall, at minimum, provide

1. data on the past ninety (90) days regarding program participation; changes made in programming

   
   

2. to more closely align with industry needs; new or terminated partnerships with employers,

   
   

3. nonprofits, and advocacy groups; current program expenses and revenues; and the employment

4. status of all persons on the day of discharge from department care who participated in the

   
   

5. correctional industries program.

   
   

6. Federal Funds 449,585

   
   

7. Restricted Receipts 1,250,000

1. Provided however, that no more than $1,393,545 in combined total shall be offset to the

   
   

2. public defender’s office, the attorney general’s office, the department of corrections, the department

   
   

3. of children, youth and families, and the department of public safety for square-footage occupancy

   
   

4. costs in public courthouses and further provided that $500,000 be allocated to the Rhode Island

   
   

5. Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the domestic abuse court advocacy project pursuant to §

   
   

6. 12-29-7 and that $90,000 be allocated to Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. to provide housing and

7. eviction defense to indigent individuals.

1. Central Management

   
   

2. General Revenues 2,858,706

   
   

3. Provided that $760,000 shall be allocated to support the Family Service of Rhode Island’s

4. GO Team program of on-scene support to children who are victims of violence and other traumas.

1. Provided that of this amount $75,000 shall be for administrative, information technology,

   
   

2. and operating expenses incurred by the Rhode Island Police Officers Commission on Standards

1. Of this general revenue amount, $180,000 is appropriated to the conservation districts and

   
   

2. $100,000 is appropriated to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island for a

   
   

3. veterinarian at the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island.

4. Federal Funds 376,495

   
   

5. Restricted Receipts 7,343,683

1. Infrastructure Engineering

   
   

2. Federal Funds

   
   

3. Federal Funds 765,084,339

4. Federal Funds – State Fiscal Recovery Fund

   
   

5. Washington Bridge Project 74,583

   
   

6. Restricted Receipts 4,459,559

   
   

7. Other Funds

   
   

8. Gasoline Tax 79,261,623

   
   

9. Provided that of this amount, $10,000,000 is appropriated to the Municipal Roads Grant

10. Program known as RhodeRestore to provide funding to municipalities for the construction and

    
    

11. maintenance of roads, sidewalks, and bridges. Provided that twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds

    
    

12. shall be distributed equally to each city and town, and seventy-five percent (75%) shall be allocated

    
    

13. proportionally based on each municipality’s share of municipally maintained road miles, as

    
    

14. determined by the most recent data available from the Rhode Island department of transportation.

15. Provided further that each municipality is required to provide a sixty-seven percent (67%) match.

    
    

16. Provided further that, at the discretion of the department, a portion of these funds may be used for

    
    

17. state sidewalk projects identified by the municipality and prioritized in collaboration with the

    
    

18. department, subject to a matching requirement to be established by the department.

    
    

19. Provided further that of this amount, sufficient funds from the Rhode Island public transit

20. authority’s share of gasoline tax proceeds shall be allocated to the state paratransit program,

    
    

21. including the expansion pilot program known as ride anywhere to ensure statewide paratransit

    
    

22. services are maintained.

    
    

23. Land Sale Revenue 6,113,850

    
    

24. Tolling Revenue 20,000,000

    
    

25. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

26. Highway Improvement Program 46,250,000

    
    

27. RIPTA - Kingston Station Mobility Hub 840,000

    
    

28. RIPTA - Pawtucket Bus Hub 63,428

    
    

29. RIPTA - Bus Shelter Renovation and Replacement 3,000,000

    
    

30. Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000

31. RIPTA - Land and Buildings 1,590,125

    
    

32. Total - Infrastructure Engineering 927,137,507

    
    

33. Infrastructure Maintenance

    
    

34. Other Funds

    1. Gasoline Tax 54,501,743

       
       

    2. The department of transportation will establish a municipal roadway database, which will

       
       

    3. include information concerning the name, condition, length, roadway infrastructure, and pedestrian

    4. features of each municipal roadway, updated annually by municipalities. The database will serve

       
       

    5. as a comprehensive and transparent list of municipal roadway conditions.

       
       

    6. Rhode Island Highway Maintenance Account 129,125,003

       
       

    7. Rhode Island Capital Plan Funds

       
       

    8. Maintenance Capital Equipment Replacement 1,800,000

       
       

    9. Maintenance Facilities Improvements 500,000

    10. Welcome Center 150,000

        
        

    11. Salt Storage Facilities 1,150,000

        
        

    12. Train Station Asset Protection 3,750,000

        
        

    13. Total - Infrastructure Maintenance 190,976,746

        
        

    14. Grand Total - Transportation 1,146,366,232

    15. Statewide Totals

        
        

    16. General Revenues 6,073,163,638

        
        

    17. Federal Funds 5,734,688,897

        
        

    18. Restricted Receipts 464,730,558

        
        

    19. Other Funds 2,964,731,268

    20. Statewide Grand Total 15,237,314,361

        
        

    21. SECTION 2. Each line appearing in section 1 of this article shall constitute an

        
        

    22. appropriation.

        
        

    23. SECTION 3. Upon the transfer of any function of a department or agency to another

        
        

    24. department or agency, the governor is hereby authorized by means of executive order to transfer or

        
        

    25. reallocate, in whole or in part, the appropriations and the full-time equivalent limits affected

    26. thereby; provided, however, in accordance with § 42-6-5, when the duties or administrative

        
        

    27. functions of government are designated by law to be performed within a particular department or

        
        

    28. agency, no transfer of duties or functions and no re-allocation, in whole or part, or appropriations

        
        

    29. and full-time equivalent positions to any other department or agency shall be authorized.

        
        

    30. SECTION 4. From the appropriation for contingency shall be paid such sums as may be

    31. required at the discretion of the governor to fund expenditures for which appropriations may not

        
        

    32. exist. Such contingency funds may also be used for expenditures in the several departments and

        
        

    33. agencies where appropriations are insufficient, or where such requirements are due to unforeseen

        
        

    34. conditions or are non-recurring items of an unusual nature. Said appropriations may also be used

1. for the payment of bills incurred due to emergencies or to any offense against public peace and

   
   

2. property, in accordance with the provisions of titles 11 and 45, as amended. All expenditures and

   
   

3. transfers from this account shall be approved by the governor.

4. SECTION 5. The general assembly authorizes the state controller to establish the internal

   
   

5. service accounts shown below, and no other, to finance and account for the operations of state

   
   

6. agencies that provide services to other agencies, institutions and other governmental units on a cost

   
   

7. reimbursed basis. The purpose of these accounts is to ensure that certain activities are managed in

   
   

8. a businesslike manner; promote efficient use of services by making agencies pay the full costs

   
   

9. associated with providing the services; and allocate the costs of central administrative services

10. across all fund types, so that federal and other non-general fund programs share in the costs of

    
    

11. general government support. The controller is authorized to reimburse these accounts for the cost

    
    

12. of work or services performed for any other department or agency subject to the following

    
    

13. expenditure limitations:

    
    

14. Account Expenditure Limit

15. Accounts and Control Internal Service Fund 17,696,064

    
    

16. State Assessed Fringe Benefit Internal Service Fund 37,347,585

    
    

17. Administration Central Utilities Internal Service Fund 30,366,642

    
    

18. State Central Mail Internal Service Fund 9,226,608

    
    

19. State Telecommunications Internal Service Fund 3,489,512

20. State Automotive Fleet Internal Service Fund 21,689,836

    
    

21. Surplus Property Internal Service Fund 44,789

    
    

22. Health Insurance Internal Service Fund 377,363,571

    
    

23. Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund 41,748,856

    
    

24. Capitol Police Internal Service Fund 1,894,861

    
    

25. Corrections Central Distribution Center Internal Service Fund 8,819,385

26. Correctional Industries Internal Service Fund 8,587,104

    
    

27. Secretary of State Record Center Internal Service Fund 1,167,703

    
    

28. Human Resources Internal Service Fund 14,804,445

    
    

29. DCAMM Facilities Internal Service Fund 41,508,177

    
    

30. Information Technology Internal Service Fund 64,137,258

31. SECTION 6. The director of the department of administration shall exercise his powers

    
    

32. under chapter 11 of title 42 to centralize state fleet operations under the department as it relates to

    
    

33. light and medium duty vehicle management, in accordance with best practices.

    
    

34. SECTION 7. Legislative Intent - The general assembly may provide a written "statement

    1. of legislative intent" signed by the chairperson of the house finance committee and by the

       
       

    2. chairperson of the senate finance committee to show the intended purpose of the appropriations

       
       

    3. contained in section 1 of this article. The statement of legislative intent shall be kept on file in the

    4. house finance committee and in the senate finance committee.

       
       

    5. At least twenty (20) days prior to the issuance of a grant or the release of funds, which

       
       

    6. grant or funds are listed on the legislative letter of intent, all department, agency, and corporation

       
       

    7. directors shall notify in writing the chairperson of the house finance committee and the chairperson

       
       

    8. of the senate finance committee of the approximate date when the funds are to be released or

       
       

    9. granted.

    10. SECTION 8. Appropriation of Temporary Disability Insurance Funds -- There is hereby

        
        

    11. appropriated pursuant to §§ 28-39-5 and 28-39-8 all funds required to be disbursed for the benefit

        
        

    12. payments from the temporary disability insurance fund and temporary disability insurance reserve

        
        

    13. fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

        
        

    14. SECTION 9. Appropriation of Employment Security Funds -- There is hereby appropriated

    15. pursuant to § 28-42-19 all funds required to be disbursed for benefit payments from the employment

        
        

    16. security fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

        
        

    17. SECTION 10. Appropriation of Lottery Division Funds -- There is hereby appropriated to

        
        

    18. the lottery division any funds required to be disbursed by the lottery division for the purposes of

        
        

    19. paying commissions or transfers to the prize fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

    20. SECTION 11. Appropriation of CollegeBoundSaver Funds - There is hereby appropriated

        
        

    21. to the office of the general treasurer designated funds received under the collegeboundsaver

        
        

    22. program for transfer to the division of higher education assistance within the office of the

        
        

    23. postsecondary commissioner to support student financial aid for the fiscal year ending June 30,

        
        

    24. 2027.

        
        

    25. SECTION 12. Departments and agencies listed below may not exceed the number of full-

    26. time equivalent (FTE) positions shown below in any pay period. Full-time equivalent positions do

        
        

    27. not include limited period positions or, seasonal or intermittent positions whose scheduled period

        
        

    28. of employment does not exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks or whose scheduled hours do not

        
        

    29. exceed nine hundred and twenty-five (925) hours, excluding overtime, in a one-year period. Nor

        
        

    30. do they include individuals engaged in training, the completion of which is a prerequisite of

    31. employment. Provided, however, that the governor or designee, speaker of the house of

        
        

    32. representatives or designee, and the president of the senate or designee may authorize an adjustment

        
        

    33. to any limitation. Prior to the authorization, the state budget officer shall make a detailed written

        
        

    34. recommendation to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate. A copy

1. of the recommendation and authorization to adjust shall be transmitted to the chairman of the house

   
   

2. finance committee, senate finance committee, the house fiscal advisor, and the senate fiscal advisor.

   
   

3. State employees whose funding is from non-state general revenue funds that are time

4. limited shall receive limited term appointment with the term limited to the availability of non-state

   
   

5. general revenue funding source.

   
   

6. FY 2027 FTE POSITION AUTHORIZATION

   
   

7. Departments and Agencies Full-Time Equivalent

8. Administration 657.6

9. Provided that no more than 442.1 of the total authorization would be limited to positions

10. that support internal service fund programs.

1. Provided that 18.0 of the total authorization would be limited to independent facilitator

   
   

2. positions to comply with the Consent Decree Addendum.

   
   

3. Office of the Child Advocate 13.0

4. Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 4.0

   
   

5. Governor’s Commission on Disabilities 5.0

   
   

6. Office of the Mental Health Advocate 6.0

7. Elementary and Secondary Education 156.1

8. Provided that 3.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

9. supported by the healthy environments advance learning grant at the school building authority.

10. School for the Deaf 61.0

    
    

11. Davies Career and Technical School 125.0

    
    

12. Office of Postsecondary Commissioner 48.0

    
    

13. Provided that 1.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

    
    

14. supported by third-party funds, 12.0 would be available only for positions at the state’s higher

15. education centers located in Woonsocket and Westerly, 10.0 would be available only for positions

    
    

16. at the nursing education center, and 9.0 would be available for the longitudinal data systems

    
    

17. program.

    
    

18. University of Rhode Island 2,871.0

    
    

19. Provided that 378.8 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

20. supported by third-party funds, and 450.0 would be available only for positions that support

    
    

21. auxiliary operations.

22. Rhode Island College 899.2

23. Provided that 76.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

24. supported by third-party funds.

25. Community College of Rhode Island 809.1

26. Provided that 89.0 of the total authorization would be available only for positions that are

27. supported by third-party funds.

    
    

28. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 10.0

29. RI Atomic Energy Commission 8.6

30. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission 14.0

31. Office of the Attorney General 268.1

32. Corrections 1,411.0

33. Judicial 752.3

34. Military Staff 93.0

1. Emergency Management Agency 38.0

2. Public Safety 638.0

3. Office of the Public Defender 105.0

4. Environmental Management 440.0

5. Coastal Resources Management Council 32.0

6. Transportation 722.0

7. Total 15,995.2

8. No agency or department may employ contracted employee services where contract

9. employees would work under state employee supervisors without determination of need by the

10. director of administration acting upon positive recommendations by the budget officer and the

11. personnel administrator and fifteen (15) days after a public hearing.

12. Nor may any agency or department contract for services replacing work done by state

13. employees at that time without determination of need by the director of administration acting upon

14. the positive recommendations of the state budget officer and the personnel administrator and thirty

15. (30) days after a public hearing.

16. SECTION 13. The amounts reflected in this article include the appropriation of Rhode

17. Island capital plan funds for fiscal year 2027 and supersede appropriations provided for FY 2027

18. within Pub. L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 1, § 13.

19. The following amounts are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State’s Rhode

20. Island capital plan fund not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal years ending

21 June 30, 2028, June 30, 2029, June 30, 2030, and June 30, 2031. These amounts supersede

1. appropriations provided within Pub. L. 2025, ch. 278, art. 1, § 13.

2. For the purposes and functions hereinafter mentioned, the state controller is hereby

3. authorized and directed to draw the controller's orders upon the general treasurer for the payment

4. of such sums and such portions thereof as may be required by the controller upon receipt of properly

5. authenticated vouchers.

6. FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending FY Ending

1. DEM – Recreational Facilities Improvements 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,000,000

   
   

2. DOT – Highway Improvement Program 22,200,000 22,200,000 22,200,000 22,200,000

   
   

3. DOT – Bike Path Asset Protection 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000

4. DOT – Maintenance Capital Equipment

   
   

5. Replacement 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000

   
   

6. DOT – Salt Storage Facilities 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000

   
   

7. DOT – RIPTA - Bus Shelter Renovation and

   
   

8. Replacement 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

   
   

9. DOT – RIPTA - Land and Buildings 1,310,125 560,000 500,000 500,000

10. SECTION 14. Reappropriation of Funding for Rhode Island capital plan fund projects.

    
    

11. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds from Rhode Island capital plan fund project

    
    

12. appropriations shall be reappropriated in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same

    
    

13. purpose. However, any such reappropriations are subject to final approval by the general assembly

    
    

14. as part of the supplemental appropriations act. Any unexpended funds of less than five hundred

15. dollars ($500) shall be reappropriated at the discretion of the state budget officer.

    
    

16. SECTION 15. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2027, the Rhode Island housing and

    
    

17. mortgage finance corporation shall provide from its resources such sums as appropriate in support

    
    

18. of the Neighborhood Opportunities Program. The corporation shall provide a report detailing the

    
    

19. amount of funding provided to this program, as well as information on the number of units of

20. housing provided as a result to the director of administration, the secretary of housing, the chair of

    
    

21. the house finance committee, the chair of the senate finance committee, and the state budget officer.

    
    

22. SECTION 16. Appropriation of Economic Activity Taxes in accordance with the city of

    
    

23. Pawtucket downtown redevelopment statute -- There is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year

    
    

24. ending June 30, 2027, all state economic activity taxes to be collected pursuant to § 45-33.4-4, as

    
    

25. amended (including, but not limited to, the amount of tax revenues certified by the commerce

26. corporation in accordance with § 45-33.4-1(13)), for the purposes of paying debt service on bonds,

    
    

27. funding debt service reserves; paying costs of infrastructure improvements in and around the

    
    

28. ballpark district, arts district, and the growth center district; funding future debt service on bonds;

    
    

29. and funding a redevelopment revolving fund established in accordance with § 45-33-1.

    
    

30. SECTION 17. The appropriations from federal funds contained in section 1 shall not be

31. construed to mean any federal funds or assistance appropriated, authorized, allocated or

    
    

32. apportioned to the State of Rhode Island from the state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects

    
    

33. fund enacted pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 for fiscal year 2027

    
    

34. except for those instances specifically designated.

    1. The State fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund appropriations herein shall be made

       
       

    2. in support of the following projects:

       
       

    3. Federal Funds - State Fiscal Recovery Fund

    4. Department of Administration (DOA)

       
       

    5. DOA- Pandemic Recovery Office. These funds shall be allocated to finance the pandemic

       
       

    6. recovery office established within the department of administration.

       
       

    7. Department of Public Safety (DPS)

       
       

    8. DPS – Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence. These funds shall be allocated to invest

       
       

    9. in the nonprofit community to provide additional housing, clinical and mental health services to

    10. victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. This includes increased investments for therapy

        
        

    11. and counseling, housing assistance, job training, relocation aid and case management.

        
        

    12. Department of Transportation (DOT)

        
        

    13. DOT - Washington Bridge Project. These funds shall support the non-federal share or

        
        

    14. matching requirement on federal funds for priority transportation projects, including but not limited

    15. to the Washington Bridge project.

        
        

    16. Federal Funds - Capital Projects Fund

        
        

    17. Department of Administration (DOA)

        
        

    18. DOA - CPF Administration. These funds shall be allocated to the department of

        
        

    19. administration to oversee the implementation of the capital projects fund award from the American

    20. Rescue Plan Act.

        
        

    21. SECTION 18. Reappropriation of Funding for State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Capital

        
        

    22. Projects Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of general law, any unexpended and unencumbered

        
        

    23. federal funds from the state fiscal recovery fund and capital projects fund shall be reappropriated

        
        

    24. in the ensuing fiscal year and made available for the same purposes. However, any such

        
        

    25. reappropriations are subject to final approval by the general assembly as part of the supplemental

    26. appropriations act.

        
        

    27. SECTION 19. The pandemic recovery office shall monitor the progress and performance

        
        

    28. of all programs financed by the state fiscal recovery fund and the capital projects fund. On or before

29 October 31, 2023 through April 30, 2025, the office shall provide a report to the speaker of the

1. house and senate president, with copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance

2. committees, on a quarterly basis and biannually thereafter until and including October 31, 2026,

   
   

3. identifying programs that are at risk of significant underspending or noncompliance with federal or

   
   

4. state requirements. The report, at a minimum must include an assessment of how programs that are

   
   

5. at risk can be remedied. In the event that any state fiscal recovery fund program underspends its

1. appropriation or receives program income as defined by U.S. Treasury and would put the state at

   
   

2. risk of forfeiture of federal funds, the governor may propose to reclassify unspent funds or program

   
   

3. income from the at-risk program to other eligible uses as determined by U.S. Treasury. This

4. proposal shall be referred to the general assembly. For a state fiscal recovery fund program, if the

   
   

5. amount of the underspend or receipt of program income is less than or equal to one million dollars

   
   

6. ($1,000,000) and less than or equal to twenty percent (20%) of its total appropriation, the

   
   

7. governor’s proposed reclassification shall take effect immediately. For a state fiscal recovery fund

   
   

8. program, if the amount of the underspend or receipt of program income is greater than one million

   
   

9. dollars ($1,000,000) or greater than twenty percent (20%) of its total appropriation, the governor’s

10. proposed reclassification shall go into effect thirty (30) days after its referral to the general

    
    

11. assembly by the governor, unless rejected by formal action of the house and senate acting

    
    

12. concurrently within that time.

    
    

13. SECTION 20. The executive office of health and human services shall report on programs

    
    

14. supported by Rural Health Transformation program federal funds. Starting January 1, 2027, the

15. executive office shall provide a report to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate,

    
    

16. with copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, on a quarterly basis

    
    

17. identifying the separate programs, progress made towards reaching the program goals, and

    
    

18. identifying any that are at risk of significant underspending or noncompliance with federal

    
    

19. requirements.

20. SECTION 21. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2026, except as otherwise provided

    
    

21. herein.

    
    

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    2. RELATING TO STATE FUNDS

       
       

    3. SECTION 1. Section 23-82-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-82 entitled

       
       

    4. "Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act" is hereby amended to read as

       
       

    5. follows:

       
       

    6. 23-82-6. Use of auction or sale proceeds.

       
       

    7. (a) The proceeds from the auction or sale of the allowances shall be used for the benefit of

    8. energy consumers through investment in the most cost-effective available projects that can reduce

       
       

    9. long-term consumer energy demands and costs. Such proceeds may be used only for the following

       
       

    10. purposes, in a proportion to be determined annually by the office in consultation with the council

        
        

    11. and the board:

        
        

    12. (1) Promotion of cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation in order to achieve the

13 purposes of § 39-1-27.7;

1. (2) Promotion of cost-effective renewable non-carbon emitting energy technologies in

   
   

2. Rhode Island as defined in § 39-26-5 and to achieve the purposes of chapter 26 of title 39 entitled

   
   

3. “Renewable Energy Standard”;

   
   

4. (3) Cost-effective direct rate relief for consumers;

   
   

5. (4) Direct rate relief for low-income consumers;

6. (5) Reasonable compensation to an entity selected to administer the auction or sale;

   
   

7. (6) Reasonable costs of the department of environmental management and office of energy

   
   

8. resources in administering this program, as well as other climate change, energy efficiency, and

   
   

9. renewable program efforts of the department of environmental management and office of energy

   
   

10. resources, which shall not in any year exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or ten

11. percent (10%) of the proceeds from sale or auction of the allowances, whichever is greater.

    
    

12. Administrative funds not expended in any fiscal year shall remain in the administrative account to

    
    

13. be used as needed in subsequent years. The office of energy resources shall have the ability to apply

    
    

14. administrative funds not used in a fiscal year to achieve the purpose of this section. The funds

    
    

15. deposited into the administrative funds account shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery

16. provisions of § 35-4-27;

    
    

17. (7) For fiscal year 2023 only, the office of energy resources shall transfer three million

    1. dollars ($3,000,000) from unallocated auction proceeds to the executive climate change

       
       

    2. coordinating council restricted receipt account to maintain funding for the existing electric vehicle

       
       

    3. and electric bicycle incentive programs and to support other projects; and

    4. (8) Provided however, effective for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter, sale of allowances

       
       

    5. yielding in excess of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) per auction shall be

       
       

    6. transferred to the Rhode Island office of energy resources, on behalf of the executive climate change

       
       

    7. coordinating council, for climate change related initiatives. The executive climate change

       
       

    8. coordinating council shall have exclusive authority to direct the use of these funds pursuant to §

       
       

    9. 42-6.2-3.1. The office of energy resources may act on behalf of the executive climate change

    10. coordinating council to disburse these funds. Provided further, that any transfer of allowances in a

        
        

    11. single fiscal year, pursuant to this section shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand

        
        

    12. dollars ($1,500,000).

        
        

    13. (b) Any interest earned on the funds so generated must be credited to the fund. Funds not

        
        

    14. spent in any fiscal year shall remain in the fund to be used for future energy efficiency and carbon

    15. reduction programs.

        
        

    16. (c) Annually, the office, in consultation with the council and board, shall prepare a draft

        
        

    17. proposal on how the proceeds from the allowances shall be allocated. The draft proposal shall be

        
        

    18. designed to augment and coordinate with existing energy efficiency and renewable energy

        
        

    19. programs, and shall not propose use of auction proceeds for projects already funded under other

    20. programs. The proposal for allocation of proceeds in subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) shall be one

        
        

    21. that best achieves the purposes of the law, namely, lowering carbon emissions and minimizing costs

        
        

    22. to consumers over the long term. The office shall hold a public hearing and accept public comment

        
        

    23. on the draft proposal in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 (the “Administrative Procedures

        
        

    24. Act”). Once the proposal is final, the office shall authorize the disbursement of funds in accordance

        
        

    25. with the final plan.

    26. Effective for fiscal year 2027 and thereafter, as part of the allocation process, the office is

        
        

    27. hereby authorized and directed to consult annually and coordinate with the Rhode Island public

        
        

    28. transit authority in determining the total funding required to match federal funds to purchase zero-

        
        

    29. emission buses with zero tailpipe emissions. Of the agreed-upon amount, fifty percent (50%) shall

        
        

    30. be allocated from the auction proceeds, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be from

    31. authority sources.

        
        

    32. (d) The office shall prepare, in consultation with the council and board, a report by April

        
        

    33. 15 of each year describing the implementation and operation of RGGI, the revenues collected and

        
        

    34. the expenditures, including funds that were allocated to the energy efficiency and renewable energy

1. programs, and the individuals, businesses, and vendors that received funding, made under this

   
   

2. section, the statewide energy efficiency and carbon reduction programs, and any recommendations

   
   

3. for changes to law relating to the state’s energy conservation or carbon reduction efforts. The report

4. shall be made public and be posted electronically on the website of the office of energy resources

   
   

5. and shall also be submitted to the general assembly.

   
   

6. SECTION 2. Section 35-4-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 35-4 entitled "State Funds"

   
   

7. is hereby amended to read as follows:

   
   

8. 35-4-27. Indirect cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts.

   
   

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

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

    
    

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

    
    

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

    
    

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

    
    

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

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

    
    

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

    
    

17. Executive Office of Health and Human Services

    
    

18. HIV Care Grant Drug Rebates

    
    

19. Health System Transformation Project

20. Rhode Island Statewide Opioid Abatement Account

    
    

21. HCBS Support-ARPA

    
    

22. HCBS Admin Support-ARPA

    
    

23. Department of Human Services

    
    

24. Organ Transplant Fund

    
    

25. Veterans’ home — Restricted account

26. Veterans’ home — Resident benefits

    
    

27. Pharmaceutical Rebates Account

    
    

28. Demand Side Management Grants

    
    

29. Veteran’s Cemetery Memorial Fund

    
    

30. Donations — New Veterans’ Home Construction

31. Commodity Supplemental Food Program-Claims

    
    

32. Department of Health

    
    

33. Pandemic medications and equipment account

    
    

34. Miscellaneous Donations/Grants from Non-Profits

1. State Loan Repayment Match

   
   

2. Healthcare Information Technology

   
   

3. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

4. Eleanor Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account

   
   

5. Hospital Medicare Part D Receipts

   
   

6. RICLAS Group Home Operations

   
   

7. Group Home Facility Improvement Fund

   
   

8. Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

   
   

9. Emergency and public communication access account

10. Department of Environmental Management

    
    

11. National heritage revolving fund

    
    

12. Environmental response fund II

    
    

13. Underground storage tanks registration fees

    
    

14. De Coppet Estate Fund

15. Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission

    
    

16. Historic preservation revolving loan fund

    
    

17. Historic Preservation loan fund — Interest revenue

    
    

18. Department of Public Safety

    
    

19. E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System

20. Forfeited property — Retained

    
    

21. Forfeitures — Federal

    
    

22. Forfeited property — Gambling

    
    

23. Donation — Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training

    
    

24. Rhode Island State Firefighter’s League Training Account

    
    

25. Fire Academy Training Fees Account

26. Attorney General

    
    

27. Forfeiture of property

    
    

28. Federal forfeitures

    
    

29. Attorney General multi-state account

    
    

30. Forfeited property — Gambling

31. Department of Administration

    
    

32. Health Insurance Market Integrity Fund

    
    

33. RI Health Benefits Exchange

    
    

34. Information Technology restricted receipt account

1. Restore and replacement — Insurance coverage

   
   

2. Convention Center Authority rental payments

   
   

3. Investment Receipts — TANS

4. OPEB System Restricted Receipt Account

   
   

5. Grants Management Administration

   
   

6. Office of Energy Resources

   
   

7. OER Reconciliation Funding

   
   

8. RGGI Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council Projects

   
   

9. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Operating and Maintenance Account

10. Clean Transportation Programs

    
    

11. Department of Housing

    
    

12. Housing Resources and Homelessness Restricted Receipt Account

    
    

13. Housing Production Fund

    
    

14. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund

15. Department of Revenue

    
    

16. Car Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share

    
    

17. DMV Modernization Project

    
    

18. Jobs Tax Credit Redemption Fund

    
    

19. Legislature

20. Audit of federal assisted programs

    
    

21. Department of Children, Youth and Families

    
    

22. Children’s Trust Accounts — SSI

    
    

23. Military Staff

    
    

24. RI Military Family Relief Fund

    
    

25. RI National Guard Counterdrug Program

26. Treasury

    
    

27. Admin. Expenses — State Retirement System

    
    

28. Retirement — Treasury Investment Options

    
    

29. Defined Contribution — Administration - RR

    
    

30. Violent Crimes Compensation — Refunds

31. Treasury Research Fellowship

    
    

32. Business Regulation

    
    

33. Banking Division Reimbursement Account

    
    

34. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account

1. Securities Division Reimbursement Account

   
   

2. Commercial Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account

   
   

3. Insurance Division Reimbursement Account

4. Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account

   
   

5. Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission

   
   

6. Marijuana Trust Fund

   
   

7. Social Equity Assistance Fund

   
   

8. Judiciary

   
   

9. Arbitration Fund Restricted Receipt Account

10. Third-Party Grants

    
    

11. RI Judiciary Technology Surcharge Account

    
    

12. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

    
    

13. Statewide Student Transportation Services Account

    
    

14. School for the Deaf Fee-for-Service Account

15. School for the Deaf — School Breakfast and Lunch Program

    
    

16. Davies Career and Technical School Local Education Aid Account

    
    

17. Davies — National School Breakfast & Lunch Program

    
    

18. School Construction Services

    
    

19. Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

20. Tuition Savings Program Fund

    
    

21. Higher Education and Industry Center

    
    

22. IGT STEM Scholarships

    
    

23. Department of Labor and Training

    
    

24. Job Development Fund

    
    

25. Contractor Training Restricted Receipt Account

26. Workers’ Compensation Administrative Account

    
    

27. Rhode Island Uninsured Protection Fund

    
    

28. Rhode Island Council on the Arts

    
    

29. Governors’ Portrait Donation Fund

    
    

30. Statewide records management system account

31. SECTION 3. Section 39-18.1-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18.1 entitled

    
    

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

    
    

33. 39-18.1-5. Allocation of funds.

    
    

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

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

       
       

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

       
       

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

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

       
       

    5. improvement program.

       
       

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

       
       

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

       
       

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

       
       

    9. infrastructure.

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

        
        

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

        
        

    12. to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

        
        

    13. (d) Provided, that beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, ten percent (10%) of

        
        

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

    15. to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

        
        

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

        
        

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

        
        

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

        
        

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

    20. coronavirus relief funds.

        
        

    21. (f) Provided, further that beginning July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, twenty-five

        
        

    22. percent (25%) of available proceeds in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be

        
        

    23. allocated annually to the Rhode Island public transit authority for operating expenditures.

        
        

    24. SECTION 4. This article shall take effect upon passage, except Section 2 which shall take

        
        

    25. effect retroactively as of July 1, 2025.

        
        

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           art.003/4/003/3/003/2/003/1

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        2. RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM AND REORGANIZATION

           
           

        3. SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND

           
           

        4. GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:

           
           

        5. CHAPTER 9.4

           
           

        6. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

           
           

        7. 42-9.4-1. Purpose and establishment of office of the inspector general.

        8. (a)(1) There is hereby established an office of the inspector general (the "office") that shall

           
           

        9. be an independent and nonpartisan administrative agency whose purpose shall be to investigate the

           
           

        10. management and operation of agencies as it relates to the prevention and detection of fraud, waste,

            
            

        11. abuse and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds that harms the public interest.

            
            

        12. (2) The jurisdiction, authorization, powers, and duties granted to the office pursuant to this

        13. chapter shall be in addition to, and not in contravention of, any and all jurisdiction, authorization,

            
            

        14. powers, and duties of the office of attorney general, any other state or local law enforcement

            
            

        15. agency, or the auditor general.

            
            

        16. (3) The general assembly shall make adequate appropriations to the office of inspector

            
            

        17. general to enable effective operation and independence.

            
            

        18. (b) The inspector general shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent

        19. of the senate in accordance with § 42-9.4-4 and shall direct and supervise the work of the office as

            
            

        20. follows:

            
            

        21. (1) The inspector general shall establish the organizational structure appropriate to carry

            
            

        22. out the functions and duties of the office and shall have the power to employ, promote, and remove

            
            

        23. such deputies, assistants, employees, and personnel as deemed necessary for the efficient and

        24. effective administration of the office.

            
            

        25. (2) The inspector general may hire the necessary support staff, and designate a deputy

            
            

        26. inspector general and other qualified staff with education or experience in relevant areas, such as

            
            

        27. investigations, evidence collection, audits, compliance with laws and other requirements, or other

            
            

        28. forms of oversight, enforcement, or government evaluation. Provided, further, the inspector general