Attorney General

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

State Appropriations

0810-0000

For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the General Court and the secretary of administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0611-5000 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; provided further, that not less than $600,000 shall be expended for merit compensation adjustments for staff of the office of the attorney general; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for three additional assistant attorneys general for the administrative law division; provided further, that an additional sum of $435,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of the safe neighborhood initiative, so-called; and provided further, that the sum of not less than $125,000 shall be expended for three additional assistant attorneys general to expand said initiative to Hampden and Middlesex counties; and provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases

......................................................$17,033,193

General Fund .................. 92.74%

Local Aid Fund .................. 3.91%

Anti-Trust Law Enforcement Fund .................. 1.98%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund .................. 0.88%

Safe Drinking Water Act Fund .................. 0.49%

0810-0014

For the operation of the public utilities proceedings unit pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws

......................................................$1,435,876

0810-0017

For the expenses related to judicial proceedings relevant to the fuel charge pursuant to section 94G of chapter 164 of the General Laws and such other proceedings as may be reasonably related to said section; provided, that said assessment shall be credited to the General Fund

......................................................$75,000

0810-0021

For the operation of the medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent of such expenditure

......................................................$1,405,833

0810-0045

For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 25 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any nonmanagement position funded by this item shall be deemed a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 150E of the General Laws

......................................................$2,749,872

0810-0201

For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance as authorized by section 11F of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that funds made available herein may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers' compensation fraud unit of the office of the attorney general

......................................................$1,326,510

0810-0338

For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $250,000

......................................................$261,032

0810-0399

For the investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $250,000; provided further, that the attorney general is hereby authorized and directed to 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 said unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws

......................................................$435,389

Federal Appropriation

0810-6646

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled Crime Victim Compensation

......................................................$1,300,000

Commission on Uniform State Laws.

0830-0100

For the commission on uniform state laws

......................................................$29,200

Victim and Witness Assistance Board.

0840-0100

For the operation of the Massachusetts office for victim assistance

......................................................$305,661

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund .................. 100.0%

0840-0101

For the salaries and expenses of continuing the pilot domestic violence advocates program in the Hampshire probate and family court and the Northampton and Ware district courts; provided, that $37,000 from said program shall be made available for the salary and expenses of a coordinator or supervisor of said program within the Massachusetts office of victim assistance; provided further, that said office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 3, 1998, a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for said program including, but not limited to, the number and types of incidents to which such advocates responded, the types of service and service referrals provided by such domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such contracted services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies

......................................................$115,162

Federal Appropriations

0840-0110

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Assistance

......................................................$8,920,000

0840-0113

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New England Victim Assistance Training

......................................................$45,000