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Attorney General

FISCAL YEAR 1999 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT Budgetary Direct Appro. Budgetary Retained Revenue Total Budgetary Spending Intragov- ernmental Service Federal Grant Spending Trust & Other Spending Total Spending Budgetary Revenue
Office of the Attorney General 26,046  26,046  24  2,462  28,532  5,083 
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance 800  800  5,200  6,005  120 
TOTAL     26,845    26,845  5,224  2,467    34,536  5,203 
FY99H1A Budget Recommendations

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.

Budget Recommendations

The Fiscal Year 1999 recommendation includes an increase in funding of $1.29 million, which includes $400,000 for salary increases.



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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Fiscal Affairs Division
State House, Room 272
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081


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