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33 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4648
44 House bill No. 4642, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. May 15, 2024.
55 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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77 In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
88 (2023-2024)
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1010 An Act to provide for the future information technology needs of Massachusetts..
1111 Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
1212 provide forthwith for the information technology and security needs of the commonwealth and
1313 deploy broadband access to the citizens of the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to
1414 be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
1515 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
1616 of the same, as follows:
1717 1 SECTION 1. To provide for a program of capital investments for information technology
1818 2and data and cyber-security improvements to various state programs, services, agencies,
1919 3institutions and properties and to fund technology infrastructure, the sums set forth in sections
2020 42A, 2B and 2C of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this
2121 5act, are hereby made available through December 31, 2030, subject to the laws regulating the
2222 6disbursement of public funds, which sums shall be in addition to any other amounts previously
2323 7appropriated for these purposes; provided, that the amounts specified for a particular project may
2424 8be adjusted in order to facilitate projects authorized in this act.
2525 9 SECTION 2A.
2626 10 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY 2 of 12
2727 11 Office of the Secretary
2828 12 1790-3014For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make
2929 13improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for
3030 14the benefit of the public and the interactions between residents and state agencies and
3131 15instrumentalities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the
3232 16preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and
3333 17implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related
3434 18equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various
3535 19state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration
3636 20and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary
3737 21savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for
3838 22payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any federal
3939 23reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may
4040 24be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and
4141 25expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the
4242 26amounts appropriated in this item………………………………………………..…..$750,000,000
4343 27 1790-3015For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make
4444 28improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program to
4545 29support, improve, extend, secure or maintain technology or telecommunications infrastructure,
4646 30including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications,
4747 31purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology,
4848 32telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems,
4949 33intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth; 3 of 12
5050 34provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller
5151 35directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer
5252 36such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to
5353 37those projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in
5454 38connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the
5555 39executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the
5656 40project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
5757 41item………………………………………………………………………………...$200,000,000
5858 42 1790-3016For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans
5959 43and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of
6060 44information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware,
6161 45software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies and public
6262 46instrumentalities of the commonwealth to mitigate, avoid or respond to risks to the security of
6363 47the commonwealth’s technology and telecommunications infrastructure or operations; provided,
6464 48that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or
6565 49indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such
6666 50revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those
6767 51projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in
6868 52connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the
6969 53executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the
7070 54project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
7171 55item……….…………………………………………………………………….……$200,000,000 4 of 12
7272 56 1790-3017For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans
7373 57and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of
7474 58information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware,
7575 59software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the
7676 60commonwealth, including, but not limited to, executing strategic initiatives, improving business
7777 61intelligence and modernizing governmental functions; provided, that for projects the secretary of
7878 62administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state
7979 63revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to
8080 64the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any
8181 65federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this
8282 66item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and
8383 67security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition
8484 68to the amounts appropriated in this item…………………………………………..…$250,000,000
8585 69 SECTION 2B.
8686 70 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
8787 71 Office of the Secretary
8888 72 1100-2519For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to the
8989 73quality, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for the benefit of the public and the
9090 74interactions between residents and state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth,
9191 75including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications,
9292 76purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of artificial intelligence and
9393 77machine learning systems for the various state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that 5 of 12
9494 78such initiatives, projects and expenditures shall be in accordance with enterprise security policies
9595 79and other applicable administrative directives issued under section 3 of chapter 7D of the
9696 80General Laws and approved by the executive office of technology services and security;
9797 81provided further, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the
9898 82comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller
9999 83shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service
100100 84related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state
101101 85agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or
102102 86the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of this
103103 87project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
104104 88item……………………………………………………………………………………$25,000,000
105105 89 1599-1953For a competitive, matching grant program to be administered by the
106106 90executive office for administration and finance, in consultation with the secretary of technology
107107 91services and security, to assist municipalities and tribal governments with the construction of
108108 92fiber broadband infrastructure and related projects and expenditures; provided, that priority for
109109 93grants shall be given to completely unserved premises …………………………...…$30,000,000
110110 94 SECTION 2C.
111111 95 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
112112 96 Office of the Secretary
113113 97 1100-2518For capital funding for eligible cities, towns, regional organizations,
114114 98including regional school districts and regional vocational technical high schools, whose
115115 99membership is exclusively composed of municipal governments, tribes, local governmental 6 of 12
116116 100agencies, authorities or subdivisions, quasi-state agencies, public authorities and institutions and
117117 101similar governmental agencies, for purposes, including, but not limited to, addressing threats to
118118 102information systems, managing and reducing systemic risk, improving security of critical
119119 103technology infrastructure and improving resilience; provided, that investments may include, but
120120 104shall not be limited to, planning and studies, improvement to government efficiency and
121121 105effectiveness, preparation of plans and specifications, asset modernization, information
122122 106technology equipment and technical assistance.………………………………....…..$150,000,000
123123 107 Department of Revenue
124124 108 1201-0003For the division of local services within the department of revenue, for
125125 109grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program established in
126126 110conjunction with executive order 554…………………………………………………$25,000,000
127127 111 SECTION 2D.
128128 112 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
129129 113 Office of the Secretary
130130 114 1599-1954For local information technology projects; provided, that not less than
131131 115$300,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for Gloucester city hall in the
132132 116city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of
133133 117Worcester’s division of inspectional services to administer the online fire safety, health code and
134134 118rental registry programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the
135135 119city of Worcester to study and implement software improvements to operate the electrical
136136 120distribution gear at the municipal water treatment facility; provided further, that not less than 7 of 12
137137 121$100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to procure technology and electronic
138138 122security improvement upgrades at the Park avenue and Webster square fire stations; provided
139139 123further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools to study
140140 124and implement electronic security improvement upgrades at schools that service students in the
141141 125Main South neighborhood; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for
142142 126the city of Worcester to modernize traffic signal systems to improve the flow of traffic and
143143 127increase safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists; provided further, that not less than $750,000
144144 128shall be expended to and disbursed equally among the town of Canton, the town of Stoughton
145145 129and the town of Avon for information technology upgrades; provided further, that not less than
146146 130$43,000 shall be expended to the Medford fire department for the purchase of headset
147147 131communication devices; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the
148148 132city of Medford for the payment portal to increase accessibility to city services; provided further,
149149 133that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Leicester to procure and install
150150 134workstations and data servers for use by municipal and public safety departments that are
151151 135compliant with updated data security standards; provided further, that not less than $200,000
152152 136shall be expended to the city of Medford for improvement and renovation of the network
153153 137infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of
154154 138Leicester for a more user-friendly customer service portal to facilitate compliance with business,
155155 139planning and zoning ordinances; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended
156156 140for data center modernization upgrades in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less
157157 141than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for the South Shore Regional
158158 142Emergency Communications Center to run fiber optic cable for emergency dispatch
159159 143communications and to replace aging dispatch work stations; provided further, that not less than 8 of 12
160160 144$150,000 shall be expended for the incorporation of artificial intelligence into business processes
161161 145in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $17,000 shall be expended for
162162 146improvements to the Frances Perkins Library in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not
163163 147less than $200,000 shall be expended for municipal fiber and communications improvements to
164164 148municipal buildings in the town of West Boylston; provided further, that not less than $500,000
165165 149shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the city known as the town of
166166 150Braintree; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information
167167 151technology upgrades for the town of Holbrook; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall
168168 152be expended for the city of Worcester’s Regional Emergency Communications Center to install
169169 153audio-visual gate and access controls to improve security by offering visual confirmation of
170170 154access requests to both the building and site, as well as automated entry on the site; provided
171171 155further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s Meade street
172172 156office building to acquire door access controls and cameras; provided further, that not less than
173173 157$250,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester information technology department to
174174 158develop a data lake and data warehouse model to improve local operations and efficacy;
175175 159provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools
176176 160for the purchase of software for the tracking of facilities master plans and deferred maintenance
177177 161projects to allow for the development of 5-year capital plans, maintenance spending and major
178178 162renovation or replacement projects; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
179179 163expended for the Worcester public schools to upgrade their database servers to the latest version
180180 164to better deliver services and maintain security protocols; provided further, that not less than
181181 165$6,000 shall be expended for purchase of a new server in the town of Plympton; provided
182182 166further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hull to upgrade the 9 of 12
183183 167communications and technology infrastructure to outfit its new location; provided further, that
184184 168not less than $55,000 shall be expended for website upgrades and to allow for acceptance of
185185 169online payments in the town of Kingston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
186186 170expended for website upgrades and digitization of records for public viewing in the town of
187187 171Halifax; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to the town of Wayland
188188 172to improve its cybersecurity and resiliency posture through improvements in their endpoint
189189 173security systems, development of both a comprehensive incident response plan and disaster
190190 174recovery plan and implementation of off-site disaster recovery infrastructure; provided further,
191191 175that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to the town of Lincoln to reconfigure and separate
192192 176the Lincoln public safety department’s information technology network so that it meets the
193193 177department of criminal justice information services’ security requirements; provided further, that
194194 178not less than $125,000 shall be expended to the town of Sudbury for information technology
195195 179improvements for the Sudbury public schools; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall
196196 180be expended to the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. Resource Center, Inc. in the city of Springfield for
197197 181technology resources that provide support services to families who have been impacted by gun
198198 182violence; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to New North Citizens
199199 183Council, Inc. in the city of Springfield for information technology infrastructure in the Barbara
200200 184Rivera Community Center to enable its delivery of community support services; provided
201201 185further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Springfield Commonwealth Academy
202202 186in the city of Springfield for resources that provide technology and financial education to inner-
203203 187city residents; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information
204204 188technology upgrades and digitization of records for the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American
205205 189Archives at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than 10 of 12
206206 190$250,000 shall be expended for internet upgrades including wi-fi for the New Bedford free
207207 191public library; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for information
208208 192technology upgrades at Fitchburg city hall in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less
209209 193than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Lunenburg for cybersecurity improvements for
210210 194the Lunenburg public schools; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for
211211 195municipal technology upgrades to accommodate remote work in the town of Blackstone;
212212 196provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for increasing security and
213213 197detection measures to prevent identity-driven breaches in the town of Arlington; provided
214214 198further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for network upgrades to increase access
215215 199and connectivity for public meetings and events in the town of Arlington; provided further, that
216216 200not less than $100,000 shall be expended for information technology improvements in the city of
217217 201West Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $43,000 shall be expended for
218218 202electronic voting technology upgrades in the town of Sharon……………………..$7,499,000
219219 203 LEGISLATURE
220220 204 House of Representatives
221221 205 9600-2024For necessary information technology upgrades for the house of
222222 206representatives.................................................................................................................$5,000,000
223223 207 SECTION 3. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
224224 208section 2DDDDDD the following section:-
225225 209 Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the
226226 210commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Information
227227 211Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of 11 of 12
228228 212technology services and security. The secretary shall expend money in the fund for information
229229 213technology projects related to the commonwealth’s health and human services. There shall be
230230 214credited to the fund: (i) amounts equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed
231231 215and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from this fund or from
232232 216eligible expenditures made in direct connection with eligible expenditures made from this fund;
233233 217and (ii) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be
234234 218expended without further appropriation.
235235 219 (b) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related
236236 220expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent
237237 221revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this
238238 222section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General
239239 223Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
240240 224 SECTION 4. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out sections 2A and 2B, the
241241 225state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in
242242 226an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
243243 227$1,055,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
244244 228their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
245245 229exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
246246 230Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
247247 231than June 30, 2039.
248248 232 SECTION 5. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2C, the state
249249 233treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an 12 of 12
250250 234amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
251251 235$175,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
252252 236their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
253253 237exceeding 30 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
254254 238Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
255255 239than June 30, 2059.
256256 240 SECTION 6. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2D, the state
257257 241treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an
258258 242amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
259259 243$12,499,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
260260 244their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
261261 245exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
262262 246Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
263263 247than June 30, 2039.