| DEPARTMENT | FY 2013 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2013 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2013 Total Spending |
FY 2013 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Re-Entry and Community Supervision | 118,956 | 0 | 118,956 | 0 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF RE-ENTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION | 118,956,082 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | ||
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 8940-0100 | Department of Reentry and Community Supervision
For the operation of the department of re-entry and community supervision established by chapter 127B of the General Laws; provided, that for the effective implementation of "An Act Reforming Re-entry and Community Supervision of Criminal Defendants and Offenders to Strengthen Public Safety," the secretary of administration and finance may authorize the transfer of funds between this item and items 8900-0001, 8950-0001 and 8940-0101 as necessary to achieve the purposes of the act; provided further, that no transfer authorized by this section shall exceed 5 per cent of the amount appropriated for this item; provided further, that the transfer may be made only with the written approval of the heads of the sending and receiving agencies and of the secretary of public safety and security; and provided further, that 15 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer |
114,397,696 |
| 8940-0101 | Indigency Verification Program
For the operation of an indigency verification unit at the department of re-entry and community supervision whose responsibility it shall be to ensure that the person claiming to be indigent meets the definition of indigency under section 2 of chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall develop a standard method of indigency verification that utilizes wage, tax and asset data from the department of transitional assistance, the department of revenue, the department of unemployment assistance and the registry of motor vehicles to verify the financial status of persons seeking appointment of counsel; provided further, that the department shall carry out such verifications under the guidelines found in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:10; provided further, that the department shall file an implementation plan by September 15, 2012 and shall report quarterly thereafter to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the progress and outcomes of the department's indigency verification efforts including the number of defendants screened, the number found to be indigent, the results of both the required 60 day and 6 month re-assessments of need and suggestions for improvements to the process; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 50 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to item 8940-0100; and provided further, that 15 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer |
3,958,386 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 8940-0200 | Community Supervision Fee Retained Revenue
The department of re-entry and community supervision may expend for the operation of the sex offender management program and the supervision of offenders an amount not to exceed $600,000 from fees charged for the supervision and rehabilitation of any person released to community supervision by the parole board |
600,000 |