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Appropriations committee details attorney general budget: victims advocates, crime-lab staff, PIO and litigation fund among priorities
Summary
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division reviewed the attorney general’s budget long sheet and directed staff to include targeted personnel and one‑time items — including a victim‑witness advocate FTE, an executive staff officer/public information position, a crime‑lab technician, and an $8 million litigation contingency — for consideration in the committee’s package.
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division discussed and largely signed off on a package of changes to the attorney general’s budget, directing staff to include several targeted personnel and one‑time items on the committee long sheet.
Committee members agreed to advance a number of items the attorney general had requested or long-shot supplemental requests that were not in the governor’s budget. The panel directed staff to include at least one full‑time FTE for a victim‑witness advocate (committee noted a biennial cost of roughly $237,602 for a single FTE on the long sheet) and to add an executive staff officer/public information officer position (biennial cost cited about $195,432). Members also asked staff to include the crime‑lab evidence intake/technician position (about $189,393) among the prioritized FTEs, and to…
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