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SECTION 2.
0320-0003 For
the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief
justice and the 6 associate justices..........................................................................................................................................................
$7,405,949
0320-0010 For the
operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for
0321-0001 For
the operation of the commission on judicial conduct ...........................................................
$565,278
0321-0100 For
the services of the board of bar examiners ............................................................................
$1,087,055
Committee
for Public Counsel Services.
0321-1500 For
the operation of the committee for public counsel services as authorized by
chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall submit a
report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, not later than
0321-1510 For
compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under
subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to
section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the
sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before
fiscal year 2007......................................................................................................................................................
$125,150,980
0321-1518 The
chief counsel for the committee for public services may expend an amount not to
exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney
representation of indigent clients..........................
$750,000
0321-1520 For
fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as
ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the
trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in
said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that not more than $500,000 of
the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before
fiscal year 2007 ..................................................
$8,736,000
0321-1600 For
the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation
for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided,
that notwithstanding section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws, $1,204,604
shall be expended for the disability benefits project, $544,286 shall be
expended for the Medicare Advocacy Project, and $2,490,993 shall be expended for
the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project; provided further, that the
corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than
0321-2000 For
the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain
programs for the indigent mentally ill, as provided in section 34E of chapter
221 of the General Laws...................................................
$753,248
0321-2100 For
the
0321-2205 For
the expenses of the social law library located in
0322-0100 For
the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of
the chief justice, recall judges and the associate justices..................................................................................................................
$10,175,419
0330-0101 For
the salaries of the justices of the several departments of the trial court;
provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide
written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any
transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30
days of the transfer........................................................................................................................................................
$48,142,445
0330-0300 For
the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with
trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan
agreement, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide
telecommunications, private and municipal court rental and leases, operation of
courthouse facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance
and repairs, court interpreter program, and insurance and chargeback costs;
provided, that funds may be expended for the judicial training institute;
provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall
expend funds for the purposes of acquiring, through a lease agreement, suitable
space in the town of Belchertown
for the district court of eastern Hampshire by November 1, 2006; provided
further, that funds from this item or any other item shall not be expended for
the cost associated with the district court of eastern Hampshire, unless that
division is located in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided
further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all
criminal and civil business within the eastern Hampshire district court
jurisdiction shall be conducted in the town of Belchertown as of said date;
provided further, that the chief justice shall submit a report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 detailing
the status of said lease agreement; provided further, that 50 per cent of all
fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and
30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding
section 9A of chapter 30, or any general or special law to the contrary, the
rights afforded to a veteran, pursuant to said section 9A of said chapter 30,
shall also be afforded to any veteran, as so defined, who holds a trial court
office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under
chapter 31, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term
or an office or position under section 7 of chapter 30, and who (1) has held the
office or position for not less than 1 year and (2) has 30 years of total
creditable service to the commonwealth, as defined in chapter 32; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of
a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less
than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a contract with Massachusetts
General Hospital for a research program on abused children; provided further
that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the restoration and
replacement of the dome and torch of the Bristol county superior court; provided
further, that the chief justice for administration and management of the trial
court shall make a report to the general court relative to the annual cost of
maintaining the court system’s electronic equipment and systems and identify
means to reduce the costs; provided further, that the report shall include, but
not be limited to the following: an analysis of current equipment maintenance
service contracts, a review of alternative equipment maintenance programs which,
if implemented, would result in cost savings, better management of the equipment
repair process, and enhanced equipment protection; provided further that in
preparing the report the chief justice for administration and management may
utilize the services of appropriate third parties knowledgeable in equipment
service contracts; provided further, that the chief justice for administration
and management shall file the report with the house and senate committees on
ways and means on or before October 1, 2006; provided further, that the trial
court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing
the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or
clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of
chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the number of cases in which the assessment was
reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate within the courts; provided
further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance
board on or before January 14, 2007; and provided further, that not less than
$9,903,211 shall be expended for
the rental of county court facilities, in accordance with section 4 of chapter
29A of the General Laws; and provided further, that all county facilities shall
be reimbursed at 100 per cent from this item in fiscal year 2007......................................................................................................................................................
$131,912,460
0330-0317 For
the operation and expenses of the
0330-0410 For
alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that the
services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child
care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts;
provided further, that not less than $25,863 shall be expended for the Housing
Services and Mediation Program operated by the Berkshire County Regional Housing
Authority in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $29,558 shall be
expended for Berkshire Mediation Services Inc.; provided further that not less
than $60,000 shall be expended for North Central Court Services, Inc.; provided
further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the North Shore
Community Mediation Program in Salem; provided further, that not less than
$65,000 shall be expended for Metropolitan Mediation Services; provided further,
that not less than $62,811 shall be expended for Mediation Works, Inc; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Quabbin Mediation in
Athol; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the
Mediation and Training Collaborative of Franklin County in Greenfield; provided
further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Framingham Court
Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be
expended for the Cape Cod Dispute Resolution Center; provided further, that not
less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Community Dispute Settlement Center,
Inc., of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the Greater Brockton Center for Dispute Resolution; provided
further, that not less than $48,031 shall be expended for the Somerville
Mediation Program; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be
expended for the Middlesex Multi-door Court House Program; and provided further,
that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Martha’s Vineyard Mediation
Program; and provided further, that not less than $42,737 shall be expended for
Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. in the city of Springfield; and provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Community Mediation of
Worcester ...................................................................
$943,189
0330-0441 For
permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts....................................
$500,000
0330-3200 For
the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that the
chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0330-3333 The
chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to
exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of
chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39
and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice
shall only expend or allocate funds from this item to the 7 departments of the
trial court for the operation of the departments; provided further, that any
expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted
to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the
expenditures or allocations are made; provided further, that the only revenue
available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2007 shall be revenue
collected from the fees in excess of the amount collected and deposited into the
General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from the fees; provided further, that no allocation shall occur until the
schedules have been approved by the committees; provided further, that the fees
shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General
Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item; and provided further, that
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of
accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related
expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall
certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of one half of this
authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the
state accounting system ........................................................................................................................................................
$20,000,000
0330-3334 The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice shall expend or allocate funds from this item only to the district court and Boston municipal court departments of the trial court for the operation of those departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; provided however, that the chief justice shall allocate or expend the funds authorized in this item in a manner that accounts for the individual district court’s compliance with section 13 of chapter 300 of the acts of 2002; and provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item ............. $20,000,000
0330-3335
For salary adjustments for clerks and assistant clerks; provided,
that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules
submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before
the expenditures or allocations are made........................................................................................
$8,329,079
0331-0100 For
the administrative office of the superior court department including costs
associated with the administrative office of the superior court department and
the 15 divisions of the superior court; provided further, that not less than
$59,323 shall be expended for the medical malpractice tribunals established in
accordance with section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided
further, that not less than $178,902 shall be expended for the Suffolk superior
criminal court education and community outreach program..............................
$22,520,733
0332-0100 For
the office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation
program and the 62 divisions of the district court...............................................................................................................................................
$41,988,423
Probate
and
0333-0002 For
the administrative office of the probate and family court department, the 14
divisions of the probate court, the operation of the Berkshire, Franklin,
Hampden and Hampshire family court clinic to be administratively located in the
city of Springfield and to serve the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire
divisions of the probate court, the Middlesex probate court family services
clinic, the Norfolk probate court family services clinic, and the Worcester
probate court family services clinic; provided, that the case manager shall meet
monthly with the department of social services and shall report quarterly to the
house and senate committees on ways and means on the backlog of cases in the
probate court and the parties' progress made in the backlog each month; provided further, that not less than
$79,495 shall be expended for the operation of a child and parents program in
the Barnstable probate court; provided further, that the child and parents
program shall not be subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause (xxiii) of the
third paragraph of section 9 of chapter 211B of the General Laws; provided
further, that not less than $191,719 shall be expended for the Suffolk county
community access program for community outreach and education; provided further,
that the program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience
educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that
the program shall be administered by the register of probate of Suffolk county;
and provided further, that not less than $191,719 shall be expended for the
Middlesex community access program of community outreach and education; provided
further, that the program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience
educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that
the program shall be administered by the register of probate of Middlesex
county $19,464,404
0334-0001 For
the operation of the land court.................................................................................................
$2,388,874
0335-0001 For
the operation of the
0336-0002 For
the operation of the housing court department including costs associated with
the administrative office of the housing court department and the 5 divisions of
the housing court...................................
$4,475,016
0337-0002 For
the administrative office of the juvenile court and the personnel and expenses
associated with the expansion of the juvenile court, including Berkshire, Essex,
Hampshire/Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester
and Nantucket/Dukes counties; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended on the
Office
of the Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001 For
the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding any
general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner,
subject to appropriation, shall have exclusive authority to appoint, dismiss,
assign and discipline probation officers, associate probation officers,
probation officers-in-charge, assistant chief probation officers and chief
probation officers; provided further, that the associate probation officers
shall only perform in-court functions and shall assume the in-court duties of
the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the
probation service subject to collective bargaining agreements to perform
intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the provisions
of intensive supervision and community restraint services as described in item
0339-1004; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law,
rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation
clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable
office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and
departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space
as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided
further, that there shall be two regional program managers funded from this item
who shall be responsible for the oversight of the management and daily operation
of the probation electronic monitoring program; provided further, that the
office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of
revenue to verify income data and to utilize the departments wage reporting and
bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching for the purposes of
determining an individual’s eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as
defined in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that the office
shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and
means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department;
and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the
number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets, revenue generated
through collection of indigent client fees, the average indigent client fee that
each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act,
recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel and other
pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification.............................................................................................
$122,198,950
0339-1003 For
the operation of the trial court office of community corrections, including the
costs of personnel
$5,706,757
0339-1004 For
the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided,
that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community
service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew
enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution,
and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of
placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000
intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this item
shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken and
administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs’ offices; provided
further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing said
programs in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden,
Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester
counties in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that the executive director of
the office of community corrections of the trial court shall enter into
interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding with the probation
offices and sheriffs’ offices for the provision of said programs, including the
contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating
probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who
have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of
restraint; provided further, that said agreements and memoranda shall be entered
into at the direction of the executive director; provided further, that the
executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for the programs
to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
Office
of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100 For
the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the
General Laws
$2,310,457
0340-0100 For
the Suffolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the
domestic violence unit and the children’s advocacy center; provided, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of
criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the
disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of
the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were
managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report
to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in
any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel
from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the
law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost
savings associated with the program; provided further, that not more than
$125,000 shall be expended for a North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative,
in Suffolk county; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant
to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals
taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office’s use of drug
forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement
trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were
used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1,
2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an
annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that at least 30 days
before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class,
the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and
means of its intention to make that transfer ........................................................................................................................................................
$15,446,370
0340-0101 For the overtime
costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0200 For
the Middlesex district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following; (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided, that the office shall
submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed
or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status
thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district,
juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or
prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house
and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007
detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any
volunteer prosecutor program provided further, that the report shall include,
but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private
law firms participating in said program; (2) name and address of the law firms;
(3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings
associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district
attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided
further, before transferring any
funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney
shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention
to make that transfer........................................................................................................................
$12,113,638
0340-0201 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district
attorney’s office
$478,682
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0300 For
the Eastern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant
district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; provided
further, before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA
object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees
on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer; and provided further,
that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of
private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the
program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the
personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program..........................................................
$7,738,780
0340-0301 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district
attorney’s office
$447,132
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0400 For
the Worcester district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that $75,000 may be expended for financial criminal investigations; provided
further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of
Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be
paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15,
2007 detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall
submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys
participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the
report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of
personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and
address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4)
benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no
assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000;
and provided further, before transferring any funds authorized in this item from
the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate
committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer
..................................................................................................
$8,277,330
0340-0401 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0410 For
the analyses of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines
and chemicals at the
0340-0500 For
the Hampden district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of
private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the
program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the
personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program;
provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual
salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds
authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall
notify the house and senate committees
on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer .............................................................................
$7,086,499
0340-0501 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district
attorney’s office
$322,619
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
Hampshire/Franklin
District Attorney.
0340-0600 For
the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office, including the victim and
witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution
program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit
a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or
prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status
thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district,
juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or
prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to
Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken
by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds
collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that
the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of
the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in
fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in said
fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided
further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total
number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor
program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to,
the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms
participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties
performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with
the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid
an annual salary of less than $35,000; provided further, that not less than
$150,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of a children’s
advocacy project; and provided further, before transferring any funds authorized
in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the
house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that
transfer ................................
$4,717,216
0340-0601 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin
district attorney’s office
$226,191
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0700 For
the Norfolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of
private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the
program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the
personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program;
provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual
salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds
authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall
notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to
make that transfer .............................................................................
$8,074,889
0340-0701 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0800 For
the Plymouth district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of
private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the
program; (2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the
personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program;
provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual
salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds
authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall
notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to
make that transfer .............................................................................
$6,564,669
0340-0801 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-0900 For
the Bristol district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007
detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any
volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include,
but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private
law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms;
(3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings
associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a
report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
February 15, 2007 detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected
pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report
shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds
deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years
2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years;
and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that
no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds authorized in this
item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and
senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ...........................................................
$6,695,993
0340-0901 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-1000 For
the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and
witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution
program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that $125,000 shall be
expended to support the sex offender management unit; provided further, that 2
prosecutors and administrative support shall be provided to the Cape Cod
offender management task force; provided further, that the office shall submit a
report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or
prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status
thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district,
juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or
prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to
Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken
by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private
attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further,
that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total
number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2)
name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and
(4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further,
that not more than $20,000 be expended for Cape & Islands Child Advocacy
Center at Children’s Cove in Hyannis; provided further, that the office shall
submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than February 15, 2007 detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds
collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that
the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of
the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in
fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those
fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided
further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of
less than $35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds
authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall
notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to
make that transfer ................................
$3,464,863
0340-1001 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
0340-1100 For
the Berkshire district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1,
2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by
the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which
shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or
superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further,
that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid
from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007
detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to
chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited
into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c)
balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of
private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided
further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the
program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the
personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program;
provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual
salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, before transferring any funds
authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall
notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to
make that transfer .............................................................................
$3,167,184
0340-1101 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund
.......................................................................
11.80%
Highway Fund
....................................................................
88.20%
District
Attorneys’ Association.
0340-2100 For
the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association, including
the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys’ office
automation and case management and tracking system, and for the costs associated
with maintaining the association’s wide-area network; provided further, that the
11 district attorneys of the commonwealth may contribute a portion of their
fiscal year 2007 appropriation to the Massachusetts District Attorneys’
Association in order to alleviate the cost of the case management and tracking
system as well as the cost of data lines associated with the district attorney’s
computer network; provided further, that each district attorney shall submit a
report to the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association and the house and
senate committees on ways and means delineating all funds expended for the
purpose of implementing the case management and tracking system not later than
January 30, 2007; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be
limited to, an analysis of the total cost of the district attorneys’ computer
network, the total cost incurred by each district attorney’s office, a detailed
list of all hardware and software leased, owned or operated by each district
attorney, a plan for any purchases to be made in the remainder of fiscal year
2007 and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of
the network by either the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association or the
individual district attorneys’ offices; provided further, that no expenditures
shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the
commonwealth’s obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount
appropriated in this item; and provided further, that the association shall
submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than January 31, 2007 detailing, by district attorney office, all sources of
revenue, including, but not limited to, federal and state grants that were
received in fiscal year 2006, and the amount of each source of revenue..........................................................................................................................................................
$3,096,381
0411-1000 For
the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council;
provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the
discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not
otherwise provided for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the
amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that funds
may be expended for the governor’s commission on mental retardation; and
provided further, that the advisory council on Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders, as established in the office of the governor by section 379 of
chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, and section 80 of chapter 236 of the acts of
2000, shall continue during fiscal year 2007 .....................................................................................
$5,035,741
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Office
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
0511-0000 For
the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall
submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the
office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to,
actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of
service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit the
report not later than
0511-0001 The
state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of
merchandise at the
0511-0108 The
state secretary acting on behalf of the commonwealth may sell, transfer or
license the division of corporations’ software and related documents pertaining
to its web based searching and filing applications, including uniform commercial
code software, developed by the department of the secretary and copyrighted by
it to other states, multi-state or regional associations or other sovereign
governments on such terms or conditions as in his sole discretion reasonably
compensates the commonwealth for its interests; provided, that the secretary may
retain and expend revenues collected from the sales, licensure or user
agreements in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for technical activities of the
corporations division, the remainder to be deposited in the General Fund;
provided further, that the secretary may also provide web hosting, and on-going
support and maintenance to other states, provinces or territories of Canada
relative to their UCC and corporate applications; and provided further, that the
department of the state secretary may accept credit and debit cards from
individuals and corporations filing documents with the department............................................................................................................................................
$50,000
0511-0200 For
the operation of the state archives division..............................................................................
$539,562
0511-0230 For
the operation of the records center.............................................................................................
$156,185
0511-0250 For
the operation of the archives facility.........................................................................................
$475,775
0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth museum; provided that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended to renovate the museum to allow for exhibition of the state’s historic documents................................ $1,697,455
0511-0270 The
Secretary of State shall contract with the UMass Donahue Institute for not less
than $100,000 to provide the Commonwealth with technical assistance on US Census
Data and prepare annual population estimates
$100,000
0511-0420 For the operation of the addr