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Attorney General
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Attorney General
Attorney General
| DEPARTMENT | FY2011 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY2011 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY2011 Total Spending |
FY2011 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Attorney General | 37,890 | 2,535 | 40,425 | 22,189 |
| Victim and Witness Assistance Board | 1,298 | 6,944 | 8,243 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 39,189 | 9,479 | 48,668 | 22,189 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | 40,425,332 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 37,890,332 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 0810-0000 | Office of the Attorney General Administration
For the operation of the office of the attorney general |
22,787,339 |
| 0810-0004 | Compensation to Victims of Violent Crimes
For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws |
2,188,340 |
| 0810-0007 | Attorney General State Police Overtime
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general |
449,953 |
| 0810-0014 | Public Utilities Proceedings Unit
For the operation of the public utilities proceedings unit; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws shall equal the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item |
2,355,903 |
| 0810-0021 | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that expenditures from this item shall be federally reimbursable |
3,814,923 |
| 0810-0045 | Wage Enforcement Program
For the operation of the wage enforcement program |
3,380,426 |
| 0810-0201 | Insurance Proceedings Unit
For the costs incurred in administrative and judicial proceedings on insurance; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item may be expended for the purposes of items 0810-0338 and 0810-0399 |
1,540,486 |
| 0810-0338 | Automobile Insurance Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the costs of the automobile insurance fraud investigation and prosecution program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item |
438,506 |
| 0810-0399 | Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the costs of investigating and prosecuting workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, where appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers' compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth |
284,456 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 0810-0013 | False Claims Recovery Retained Revenue
For the office of the attorney general which may expend for a false claims program an amount not to exceed $650,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims law; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system |
650,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 1,000,000 | |
| 0810-0026 | Crime Victim Compensation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Compensation |
1,000,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 1,535,000 | |
| 0810-0033 | Local Consumer Aid Reimbursement | 1,400,000 |
| 0810-0414 | State Drug Forfeiture Funds | 110,000 |
| 0810-0416 | Attorney General Conferences | 20,000 |
| 0810-0444 | Federal Drug Forfeiture Funds | 5,000 |
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| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE BOARD | 8,242,853 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 1,298,417 | |
| 0840-0100 | Victim and Witness Assistance Board
For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board |
549,090 |
| 0840-0101 | Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program
For the operation of the safety assistance for every person leaving abuse now advocacy program |
749,327 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 6,930,936 | |
| 0840-0109 | ARRA-Victims of Crime Act Funds
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ARRA-Victims of Crime Act Funds |
310,000 |
| 0840-0110 | Victims of Crime Assistance Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Victims of Crime Assistance Program |
6,620,936 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 13,500 | |
| 0840-0115 | Victim Witness Assistance Board Reimbursement Trust | 13,500 |
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