Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2008

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY2008

Office of the Attorney General




FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY 2008
Budgetary
Recommendations
FY 2008
Federal, Trust,
and ISF
FY 2008
Total
Spending
FY 2008
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Office of the Attorney General 39,128 8,096 47,224 12,481
TOTAL 39,128 8,096 47,224 12,481

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 47,224,031
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 39,128,101
Direct Appropriations
0810-0000 Office of the Attorney General
For the operation of the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, and the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit, and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws
25,855,871
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, those outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws
2,156,000
0810-0007 Overtime for State Police Assigned to the Attorney General
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general
                Highway Fund ............... 88.20%
                General Fund ............... 11.80%
541,201
0810-0014 Public Utilities Proceedings Unit
For the operation of the public utilities proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws
1,611,700
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
2,820,358
0810-0045 Wage Enforcement Program
For the operation of the wage enforcement program
3,558,786
0810-0201 Insurance Proceedings Unit
For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance; provided, that funds appropriated in this item may be expended for the purposes of items 0810-0338 and 0810-0399, in addition to the amounts appropriated in those items
1,394,032
0810-0338 Automobile Insurance Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the operation of the automobile insurance fraud investigation and prosecution program; provided, that the costs of this item shall be assessed pursuant to section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991; provided further, that the assessments shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 3, the assessed amount shall be $432,026 plus an amount sufficient to recover indirect and fringe benefit costs attributable to this item
432,026
0810-0399 Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $308,127 plus an amount sufficient to recover indirect and fringe benefit costs attributable to this item; 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; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws
308,127

account description amount
Retained Revenues
0810-0013 False Claims Recoveries Retained Revenue
The office of the attorney general may expend for a false claims program an amount not to exceed $450,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims act; 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 therefor as reported in the state accounting system
450,000

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 2,100,000
0810-0026 Crime Victim Compensation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Compensation
2,100,000

account description amount
Trust and Other Spending 5,995,930
0810-0033 Local Consumer Aid Reimbursement 1,300,000
0810-0052 Waltham Hospital Closing Review 5,000
0810-0414 State Forfeiture Funds 186,000
0810-0416 Attorney General Conferences 30,000
0810-0417 National Association of Attorneys General 1,546,000
0810-0444 Federal Forfeiture Funds 110,000
0810-7066 New England Mutual Life Insurance 118,930
0810-7200 Central Artery/Tunnel Cost Recovery Project 2,700,000