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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
0340-0900	Bristol District Attorney For the Bristol district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the purpose of establishing a pilot program for the provision of classroom- based educational programs in schools within Bristol county to prevent relationship violence and to be administered by the Bristol county district attorney	6,695,993	7,137,953

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	4,787	4,811	5,001	5,722	5,950
Pensions & Benefits	109	106	99	107	112
Operating Expenses	918	1,015	1,101	1,088	1,076
TOTAL	5,814	5,931	6,200	6,916	7,138

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Relationship Violence Program	150,000