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Budget Recommendations

Attorney General

FISCAL YEAR 1998 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT Direct Budgetary Appro. Budgetary Retained Revenue Total Budgetary Spending Intragov- ernmental Service Federal Grant Spending Trust & Other Spending Total Spending Budgetary Revenues
Office of the Attorney General 24,794  0  24,794  0  0  0  24,794  9,321 
Victim & Witness Assistance Bd. 1,111  0  1,111  0  4,345  0  5,456  120 
TOTAL     25,906  0    25,906  0  4,345  0    30,251  9,441 

The Attorney General represents the Commonwealth in legal proceedings before state and federal courts.

The Attorney General's Office is comprised of six bureaus: executive, government, business and labor protection, criminal, family and community crimes, and public protection. The Attorney General's Office also includes the Wage Enforcement Program and the Commission on Uniform State Laws. The Wage Enforcement Program investigates, enforces, and prosecutes violations of the minimum and prevailing wage statutes. The Commission on Uniform State Laws reviews local and state mandates for their constitutionality and compatibility with current Massachusetts General Laws.

Objectives

In Fiscal Year 1998, the Attorney General's Office will meet the increasing demand for services in the following areas:

  • appeals involving prisoners convicted of serious violent offenses;
  • constitutional challenges to the new Sex Offender Registry; and
  • an increase in claims for assistance filed by victims of violent crimes.

Budget Recommendations

The amount recommended for Fiscal Year 1998 includes $1.5 million in expansion for personnel.





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Executive Office for Administration & Finance
Budget Bureau
State House, Room 272
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081

Last updated on January 22, 1997

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