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Budget Recommendations

Executive Office of Public Safety

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 Secretary of Public Safety 224,330  18  224,348  696  225,044  319 
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 3,741  3,741  3,741 
Criminal History Systems Board 6,243  300  6,543  6,543  803 
Board of Building Regulations and Standards 494  40  534  534  270 
Architectural Access Board 214  214  214  10 
Department of State Police 152,678  14,350  167,028  2,000  1,707  806  171,541  15,409 
Criminal Justice Training Council 3,952  3,952  3,952  800 
Department of Public Safety 11,485  11,485  50  11,535  7,404 
Department of Fire Services 5,568  500  6,068  674  6,742  4,029 
Registry of Motor Vehicles 43,472  5,800  49,272  509  7,655  57,436  283,120 
Merit Rating Board 7,360  7,360  7,360  66 
Committee on Criminal Justice 314  314  32,152  32,465 
Military Division 6,658  240  6,898  200  7,098  311 
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 1,470  1,470  8,261  1,095  10,825  651 
Governor`s Highway Safety Bureau 406  406  3,400  3,806  174 
Department of Correction 360,678  4,161  364,839  5,550  150  370,539  11,208 
Parole Board 13,457  700  14,157  14,157  720 
TOTAL     842,519  26,109    868,628  7,750  46,028  11,126    933,532  325,295 
FY99H1A Budget Recommendations

The Executive Office of Public Safety protects the people of the Commonwealth and their property by enforcing the law, managing criminal offenders, maintaining order on the roads, and preparing for and responding to emergencies.

Objectives

In Fiscal Year 1999, the Executive Office will implement a new Victim Notification Program to notify crime victims of changes in the confinement of prisoners, and provide victims with resources and referral services.

The Office will also implement a new Hate Crimes Awareness Program to encourage the reporting of hate crimes and educate law enforcement officials and others in the recognition and prosecution of such crimes.

In addition, the Office will support department initiatives to:

  • complete the construction of a new 1,025 bed maximum security correctional facility in Shirley in September of 1998 to aid the Department of Correction in managing its increasing population;
  • enhance law enforcement training programs offered by the Criminal Justice Training Council by expanding course offerings, acquiring new training equipment, and improving information technology;
  • provide operational funding for the Department of Fire Services' Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Program to train, equip, and coordinate six hazardous materials response teams across the Commonwealth; and
  • expand the capabilities of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner by re-opening its satellite office and toxicology laboratory in Worcester, completing laboratory facilities at its headquarters, and replacing vehicles in its fleet.

Budget Recommendations

The Fiscal Year 1999 recommendation for the Executive Office includes additional funding of

$2 million for Community Policing programs (8000-0010), $525,000 in a new account (8000-0031) for the Office's Victim Notification Program, and $100,000 in a new account (8000-0030) for the Hate Crimes Awareness Program.



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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


Last updated on January 22, 1998

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