DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

Suffolk District Attorney.

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 not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative, so-called, in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative, so- called, in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $278,713 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the city of Boston and in Suffolk county for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$13,211,141

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 93.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 7.0%

Middlesex District Attorney.

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 not less than $341,815 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the former Middlesex county in cities which shall include, but not be limited to, Lowell, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Woburn for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$9,470,276

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 89.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 11.0%

Essex District Attorney.

0340-0300

For the Essex 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 not less than $156,670 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the cities of Lawrence and Lynn for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$6,407,068

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 89.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 11.0%

Worcester District Attorney.

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 not less than $126,000 shall be used for an anti-gang unit, so-called; provided further, that $210,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with six-person jury sessions; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$6,841,763

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 92.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 8.0%

Hampden District Attorney.

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 not less than $268,500 shall be used for a specialized homicide trial unit; provided further, that not less than $156,421 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the cities of Holyoke and Springfield for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the continued implementation and operation of the "Hampden county anti-gang project", so-called, a comprehensive, organized and strategic effort of prosecution and law enforcement officials to identify, contain and prevent the existence, operation and mobility of gangs and gang activity and to prosecute the same; provided further, that the district attorney for Hampden county shall administer and direct said project in consultation with the chiefs of police of each city and town within Hampden county, the state police, the sheriff of Hampden county and all appropriate federal law enforcement authorities; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$5,938,850

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 87.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 13.0%

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 not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of a children's advocacy project, so-called; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$3,562,970

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 86.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 14.0%

Norfolk District Attorney.

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 said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$6,082,517

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 89.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 11.0%

Plymouth District Attorney.

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 not less than $90,437 shall be expended for a community based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the city of Brockton for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$5,372,709

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 88.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 12.0%

Bristol District Attorney.

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 not less than $100,000 shall be expended to create a pilot program for a community prosecution unit, so-called, which involves three assistant district attorneys whose responsibilities would include school interaction, juvenile intervention, DARE-type activities in schools, attendance at neighborhood group meetings and prosecution of quality-of-life- type crimes from the neighborhoods; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$5,577,424

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 87.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 13.0%

Cape and Islands District Attorney.

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 not less than $90,245 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in Barnstable county for the priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$2,557,088

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 83.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 17.0%

Berkshire District Attorney.

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 not less than $68,386 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the county of Berkshire for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 652 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1998 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 1999

...............................................................$2,396,684

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 80.0%

Victim and Witness Assistance Fund........................................................... 20.0%

District Attorneys Association.

0340-2100

For a reserve for the implementation and related expenses of the district attorney's office automation and case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with said system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that a report shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 1, 1999 detailing the status of the office automation and case management and tracking system; and provided further, that said 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 breakdown of fixed costs and variable costs associated with the network for each district attorneys office and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of said network by either the Massachusetts district attorneys association or the individual district attorney's offices; and 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 herein

...............................................................$1,508,967

Local Aid Fund........................................................... 100.0%