Bill > S2800

This bill appropriates funds for the operations of various departments, boards, commissions, and institutions of the Commonwealth, as well as for certain permanent improvements and to meet legal requirements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. * **Judiciary:** * Supreme Judicial Court: $11,536,050 for operations, including salaries of justices. * Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County: $2,343,585 for operations. * Commission on Judicial Conduct: $1,153,309 for operations. * Board of Bar Examiners: $2,226,234 for services. * Committee for Public Counsel Services: $89,000,000 for operations, with provisions for public defender representation and reporting requirements. * Compensation for private counsel in criminal and civil cases: $215,000,000, with a limit of $2,000,000 for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2025. * Fees and costs for indigent persons: $35,000,000, with a limit of $1,000,000 for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2025. * Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation: $49,000,000 for legal representation for indigent or disadvantaged residents, with reporting requirements and specific project funding. * Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee: $3,132,657 for operations and programs for the indigent mentally ill. * Prisoners’ Legal Services: $3,011,146 for expenses. * New England Innocence Project: $250,000 for expenses to support exonerees. * Social Law Library: $2,960,287 for expenses. * Appeals Court: $15,465,038 for operations, including salaries and travel allowances. * Trial Court: $88,179,084 for salaries of justices. * Trial Court Central Administration: $333,318,036 for central administration, including various operational costs, training, and reporting requirements. * Veterans Court Program: $246,818 for administration and transportation costs. * Alternative Dispute Resolution Programming: $1,332,273, with $250,000 for online dispute resolution. * Permanency Mediation Services in Probate and Juvenile Courts: $500,000. * Video Teleconferencing for Court Appearances: $247,500 for persons in the custody of houses of correction. * Probation Program for High-Intensity Supervision: $1,333,169, with reporting requirements. * Specialty Courts: $7,738,305 for operations, with restrictions on fund transfers and reporting requirements. * Massachusetts Community Justice Project: $221,472 for administration and implementation, with reporting requirements. * Criminal Justice Review Recommendations: $8,662,500 for implementing recommendations, including transfers to other agencies and reporting requirements. * Superior Court Department: $40,482,752 for operations, including medical malpractice tribunals and specific funding for Bristol County. * District Court Department: $88,626,631 for operations, including a civil conciliation program. * Probate and Family Court Department: $46,653,986 for operations, including case management triage. * Land Court Department: $5,925,839 for operations. * Boston Municipal Court Department: $16,517,797 for operations. * Housing Court Department: $14,288,451 for operations, including court interpreter services. * Juvenile Court Department: $25,296,828 for operations. * Office of the Commissioner of Probation: $193,726,432 for operations, including various programs and reporting requirements. * Office of Community Corrections and Performance-Based Contracts: $32,687,672 for operations, including rehabilitative pilot programs and reentry services. * Competitive Grant Program for Juvenile and Young Adult Diversion: $500,000 for cities and towns to pilot or expand diversion programs. * Community-Based Residential Re-entry Programs: $15,611,078 for grants to reduce recidivism. * Office of the Jury Commissioner: $3,882,175 for operations. * **District Attorneys:** * Suffolk District Attorney's Office: $28,159,279 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($452,632). * Middlesex District Attorney's Office: $23,964,355 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($670,694). * Eastern District Attorney's Office: $14,565,563 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($644,322). * Worcester District Attorney's Office: $15,718,610 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($555,729). * Hampden District Attorney's Office: $16,329,587 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($551,653). * Northwestern District Attorney's Office: $9,672,053 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($387,560). * Norfolk District Attorney's Office: $14,334,182 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($534,207). * Plymouth District Attorney's Office: $12,579,372 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($557,924). * Bristol District Attorney's Office: $14,350,785 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($666,841). * Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office: $6,432,134 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($368,984). * Berkshire District Attorney's Office: $5,958,632 for operations, including victim and witness programs, and overtime costs for state police assigned to the office ($295,119). * Massachusetts District Attorneys Association: $499,950 for drug diversion programs, $2,562,065 for automation and case management systems, and $1,000,000 for assistant district attorney and staff retention. * **Executive Branch:** * Offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor's Council: $6,173,602 for operations and extraordinary expenses. * Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience: $500,000 for operations. * Secretary of the Commonwealth: $8,387,778 for operations, with specific provisions for the gift shop and corporations division. * Printing of Public Documents: $571,276. * Elections Division: $24,768,806 for operations, including voter registration and education grants. * Central Voter Registration Computer System: $11,414,907 for operations. * Early Voting Implementation: $8,000,000. * Voter Information: $2,229,036. * Massachusetts Historical Commission: $1,107,223 for operations. * Ballot Law Commission: $10,384 for operations. * Records Conservation Board: $36,396 for operations. * Registries of Deeds: Various amounts appropriated for registries in Lawrence ($1,389,390), Salem ($3,151,656), Franklin County ($690,710), Hampden County ($2,165,791), Hampshire County ($864,575), Lowell ($1,318,503), Cambridge ($4,453,525), Adams ($461,265), Pittsfield ($623,818), Great Barrington ($370,163), Suffolk County ($2,406,086), Fitchburg ($802,559), and Worcester ($2,580,969). * Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General: $12,325,491 for operations, including economic empowerment programs. * Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission: $5,546,211 for regulation and control of alcoholic beverages, and $350,000 for underage drinking prevention. * Veterans Payments: $2,803,626 for payments to veterans. * Bonus Payments to War Veterans: $44,500. * Public Safety Employee Killed in Line of Duty Benefit: $600,000. * State Lottery Commission: $108,276,295 for operations, $3,242,859 for monitor games, and $5,000,000 for promotional activities. * Massachusetts Cultural Council: $25,646,197 for services and operations, including grants. * Debt Service: $20,000,000 for revenue anticipation notes, $280,691,541 for the accelerated bridge program, $2,268,558,671 for bonded debt, $83,480,343 for central artery/third harbor tunnel shortfall, and $28,681,484 for various bond and note obligations. * Office of the State Auditor: $19,611,878 for operations, $431,002 for local mandates, $2,523,385 for the bureau of special investigations, $1,440,504 for the Medicaid audit unit, $541,480 for data analytics for fraud identification, and $840,310 for an IT audit unit. * Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission: $8,660,002 for operations, with reporting requirements on caseload and conduct complaints. * Commissions on Status of Various Groups: $150,000 each for the status of African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, persons with disabilities, and Black men and boys. * Office of the Attorney General: $42,167,880 for operations, including consumer aid, antitrust, high-tech crime, victim assistance, and student loan ombudsman services. * Compensation to Victims of Violent Crimes: $3,426,323, with provisions for elderly victims. * False Claims Program: $4,129,388 in retained revenues. * Office of Ratepayer Advocacy: $2,939,320 for legal and technical personnel expenses. * Clean Water Act Enforcement: $618,200 in retained revenues. * Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: $5,047,180 for operations. * Wage Enforcement Program: $6,752,822, including a specialized prevailing wage unit. * Litigation Recoveries: $3,506,198 for obtaining recoveries for the Commonwealth. * Overtime Costs for State Police Assigned to Attorney General: $779,625. * Insurance Administrative Proceedings: $1,848,211 for automobile and workers' compensation fraud units. * Automobile Insurance Fraud Investigation: $564,594. * Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation: $371,216. * Division of Gaming Enforcement: $579,392 for costs. * Opioid Addiction Programs: $2,609,123 for investigation and enforcement. * Civil Penalties Revolving Fund: $2,043,426 in retained revenues. * Victim and Witness Assistance Board: $1,505,525 for operations, including trainings and support for trafficking survivors. * SAFEPLAN Advocacy Program: $2,445,132 for salaries and administration. * State Ethics Commission: $3,664,121 for operations. * Office of the Inspector General: $5,584,969 for operations, $1,375,710 in retained revenues for the OIG Academy, $789,635 for the bureau of program integrity, $608,673 for the data analytics unit, $1,235,004 for the internal special audit unit, and $454,285 for the division of state police oversight. * Office of Campaign and Political Finance: $2,201,861 for operations. * Office of the Child Advocate: $3,892,352 for operations, with specific funding for transition-age youth. * State Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma: $3,750,000 for operations. * Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination: $8,367,888 for operations, with provisions for federal reimbursements and specific funding for fair housing and fair employment programs. * Commission on the Status of Women: $958,785 for operations. * Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: $277,615 for operations. * Commission on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth: $1,100,000 for operations. * Commission on the Status of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: $582,753 for operations. * Office of the Veteran Advocate: $765,000 for operations. * Office of the Comptroller: $10,875,347 for management of accounting, payroll, and financial systems. * Cannabis Control Commission: $16,354,564 for operations and $3,451,738 for oversight of the medical marijuana industry. * Executive Office for Administration and Finance: $4,775,425 for the secretary's office, $562,304 for accountability and transparency, $35,464,741 for IT services, and $1,997,515 for state infrastructure implementation coordinator. * Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office: $245,641 for forecasting various state program enrollments and economic trends. * Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance: $31,870,886 for facilities management and utilities, $11,295,016 in retained revenues for building operations, and $961,324 for contractor certification. * Bureau of the State House: $157,783 for accessibility coordination and $4,559,731 for operations, including elevator maintenance. * Massachusetts Office on Disability: $1,349,782 for operations. * Disabled Persons Protection Commission: $11,894,570 for operations, including a computerized registry system. * Civil Service Commission: $1,295,711 for operations, with provisions for General Fund reimbursement. * Group Insurance Commission: $5,469,260 for operations and $2,169,893,912 for the commonwealth's share of premiums and plan costs. * Municipal Health Insurance Coverage: $2,196,746 in retained revenues. * Dental and Vision Benefits for State Employees: $12,028,142. * Division of Administrative Law Appeals: $1,858,130 for operations and $70,000 in retained revenues for services. * George Fingold Library: $1,593,151 for administration. * Department of Revenue: $99,013,826 for operations, including tax collection and assistance programs, $500,000 for grants to low-income taxpayer clinics, $27,938,953 in retained revenues for an enhanced audit program, $45,930,045 for the child support enforcement division, $6,767,251 in federal reimbursements for child support enforcement, $1,182,322 for the illegal tobacco task force, and $294,030 for expert witnesses in tax disputes