马萨诸塞州参议院预算委员会10月29日送出补充预算案：布里斯托尔县警长办公室2025财年费用上限近992万美元、11月5日交全院表决
马萨诸塞州参议院预算委员会10月29日向全院送出一份补充预算案，其中为布里斯托尔县警长办公室2025财年已发生费用设定了9917965美元的上限，这笔钱是众议院上周通过的版本中没有列入的，参议院定于11月5日审议该法案。
法案编号为参议院第3290号，其中第1599-8925项为全州14个县警长办公室2025财年费用设立了共计1亿1020万美元的准备金，布里斯托尔县的上限在其中排第四，前三位分别是汉普登县约2710万美元、萨福克县约2230万美元和普利茅斯县约1680万美元。
法案同时还为各县警长办公室2026财年费用增设了1亿3460万美元准备金，并要求各警长办公室提交支出计划，说明如何在预算内运转。布里斯托尔县警长保罗·赫鲁在法案送出后成为关注焦点，该办公室按现行预算本周一前须向州政府提交三份报告。
补充预算案的走向将直接决定布里斯托尔县警长办公室能否用这笔准备金冲抵2025财年的历史欠账，也关系到全州县级执法机构今后两个财年的经费安排，参议院全院表决结果值得继续跟进。
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Massachusetts Senate Budget Committee Sends Supplemental Bill to the Floor: Bristol County Sheriff Fiscal 2025 Cap Set at Nearly $9.92 Million, Full Senate Vote on November 5
Massachusetts — The state Senate's budget committee on October 29 sent the full Senate a supplemental spending bill that sets a cap of $9,917,965 on fiscal 2025 costs already incurred by the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, money the House left out of its version passed last week. The Senate is scheduled to take up the bill on November 5.
The bill, Senate No. 3290, sets aside a $110.2 million reserve in item 1599-8925 for fiscal 2025 costs of the state's 14 county sheriffs' offices. Bristol County's cap ranks fourth, behind Hampden County at about $27.1 million, Suffolk County at about $22.3 million and Plymouth County at about $16.8 million.
The bill also adds a $134.6 million reserve for sheriffs' fiscal 2026 costs and requires each office to submit a spending plan showing how it will operate within its budget. Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux is in focus after the bill advanced; under the current budget his office must file three reports with the state by Monday.
The bill's fate will decide whether the Bristol County Sheriff's Office can use the reserve to cover its fiscal 2025 shortfall, and it affects funding arrangements for county law enforcement statewide over the next two fiscal years. The full Senate vote bears watching.
Source: GSM America
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