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Office of the Attorney General
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2009 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2009 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2009 Total Spending |
FY 2009 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Attorney General | 41,852 | 3,218 | 45,070 | 14,273 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | 45,070,123 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 41,852,026 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 0810-0000 | Office of the Attorney General Administration
For the operation of the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, 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 board of commissioners on uniform state laws |
27,624,658 |
| 0810-0004 | Compensation to Victims of Violent Crimes
For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding section 2 of 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, the claimant shall be eligible for compensation under chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to this 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 |
2,188,340 |
| 0810-0007 | Attorney General State Police Overtime
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general |
549,319 |
| 0810-0014 | Public Utilities Proceedings Unit
For the operation of the public utilities proceedings unit, under section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws |
2,355,145 |
| 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 |
2,920,262 |
| 0810-0045 | Wage Enforcement Program
For the operation of the wage enforcement program |
3,626,488 |
| 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 |
1,414,942 |
| 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 under 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 section 3 of chapter 399, the assessed amount shall be $438,506 plus an amount sufficient to recover indirect and fringe benefit costs attributable to this item |
438,506 |
| 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 for the cost of this program shall be $284,366 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 |
284,366 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 0810-0013 | False Claims Recovery 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 | 1,342,219 | |
| 0810-0026 | Crime Victim Compensation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Compensation |
1,342,219 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 1,875,878 | |
| 0810-0033 | Local Consumer Aid Reimbursement | 1,228,245 |
| 0810-0414 | State Drug Forfeiture Funds | 75,000 |
| 0810-0416 | Attorney General Conferences | 5,000 |
| 0810-0417 | National Association of Attorneys General | 20,000 |
| 0810-0444 | Federal Drug Forfeiture Funds | 25,000 |
| 0810-2521 | Settlement Agreement with Zurich American Insurance Company | 22,633 |
| 0810-7200 | Central Artery/Tunnel Cost Recovery Project | 500,000 |
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