Amendment #826 to H3400

An amendment to fund critical activities of district attorney offices statewide

Representatives Hunt of Sandwich, O'Connell of Taunton, McMurtry of Dedham, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Vieira of Falmouth, Ferguson of Holden, Fennell of Lynn, Gifford of Wareham and deMacedo of Plymouth moves that the bill be amended in section 2 as follows:

In line item 0340-0100, by striking the figure $16,855,414 and inserting in place thereof the figure $18,540,955; in line item 0340-0198 by striking the figure $354,303 and inserting in place thereof the figure $389,733;

In line item 0340-0200, by striking the figure $14,374,985 and inserting in place thereof the figure $15,812,484; in line item 0340-0298 by striking the figure $516,485 and inserting in place thereof the figure $568,134;

In line item 0340-0300, by striking the figure $8,832,189 and inserting in place thereof the figure $9,715,408; in line item 0340-0398 by striking the figure $504,351 and inserting in place thereof the figure $554,786;

In line item 0340-0400, by striking the figure $9,334,263 and inserting in place thereof the figure $10,267,689; in line item 0340-0498, by striking the figure $413,499 and inserting in place thereof the figure $454,849;

In line item 0340-0500, by striking the figure $8,404,445 and inserting in place thereof the figure $9,244,888; in line item 0340-0598 by striking the figure $339,899 and inserting in place thereof the figure $373,899;

In line item 0340-0600, by striking the figure $5,232,902 and inserting in place thereof the figure $5,756,192; in line item 0340-0698 by striking the figure $294,248 and inserting in place thereof the figure $323,673;

In line item 0340-0700, by striking the figure $8,610,626 and inserting in place thereof the figure $9,471,689; in line item 0340-0798 by striking the figure $427,306 and inserting in place thereof the figure $470,037;

In line item 0340-0800, by striking the figure $7,468,951 and inserting in place thereof the figure $8,215,846; in line item 0340-0898 by striking the figure $429,842 and inserting in place thereof the figure $472,826;

In line item 0340-0900, by striking the figure $7,771,053 and inserting in place thereof the figure $8,548,158; in line item 0340-0998 by striking the figure $326,318 and inserting in place thereof the figure $358,950;

In line item 0340-1000, by striking the figure $3,798,541 and inserting in place thereof the figure $4,178,395; in line item 0340-1098 by striking the figure $278,735 and inserting in place thereof the figure $306,609;

In line item 0340-1100, by striking the figure $3,698,799 and inserting in place thereof the figure $4,068,679; in line item 0340-1198 by striking the figure $215,126 and inserting in place thereof the figure $236,639;

And further by inserting the following line item:-

0340-2117  For the retention of assistant district attorneys with more than 3 years of experience; provided, that the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association shall transfer funds to the AA object class in each of the 11 district attorney offices in the commonwealth; provided further, that the association shall develop a formula for distribution of the funds; provided further, that funds distributed from this item to the district attorneys’ offices shall be used for retention purposes and shall not be transferred out of the AA object class; provided further, that not less than 60 days prior to the distribution of funds the District Attorneys Association shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the methodology used to determine the amount to be dispersed; (ii) the amount to be given to each district attorney’s office; (iii) the reasoning behind the distribution; and (iv) the number of assistant district attorneys from each office who would receive funds from this item; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended on the administrative costs of the association……….$1,000,000