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Operating Budget Data
($ in Thousands)
FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 % Change
Actual Working Allowance Change Prior Year
General Fund $16,482 $17,598 $18,343 $745 4.2%
Special Fund 613 420 434 14 3.4%
Federal Fund 1,199 1,521 1,523 2 0.1%
Reimbursable Fund 2,123 2,067 2,569 502 24.3%
Total Funds $20,417 $21,606 $22,869 $1,263 5.8%
Ä Personnel costs account for almost $1 million of the fiscal 2003 increase.
Personnel Data
FY 01 FY 02 FY 03
Actual Working Allowance Change
Regular Positions 254.50 260.50 262.50 2.00
Contractual FTEs 1.50 2.00 0.00 (2.00)
Total Personnel 256.00 262.50 262.50 0.00
Vacancy Data: Regular Positions
Budgeted Turnover: FY 03 17.59 6.70%
Positions Vacant as of 12/31/01 27.60 10.51%
Ä Two new positions for the Electronic Transaction Education, Advocacy, and Mediation Unit and
two positions for representation of sheriffs are included in the fiscal 2003 allowance.
Note: Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding.
For further information contact: Elizabeth Forkin Phone: (410) 946-5530
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Analysis in Brief
Issues
Significant Statewide Litigation: The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) represents the State’s interest
as both a plaintiff and a defendant in litigation which involves substantial sums of money. The outcome of
statewide litigation can have a large impact on State revenues. Based upon this, last year the budget
committees requested that the OAG submit an annual report outlining all significant statewide litigation. The
submitted report, while informative, did not include information on the issues included in each case or the
legal status of each case. The Department of Legislative Services (DLS) recommends that future
reports contain a description of the issues and the legal status of each case. DLS recommends that
committee narrative be adopted to request the inclusion of this information in the annual report.
Recommended Actions
Funds Positions
1. Delete four new positions. $ 163,511 4.0
2. Delete one long-term vacant PIN. 1.0
3. Reduce growth in garage rent by 10%. 10,360
4. Reduce growth in general fund legal services from 25.9% to 10% 17,421
over fiscal 2002 working appropriation.
5. Adopt committee narrative requesting the inclusion of certain
information in the annual report on significant statewide litigation.
Total Reductions $ 191,292 5.0
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Updates
House Bill 22 Would Create a New Position within the OAG: Enactment of House Bill 22 would create
the position of Pornography Complaints Ombudsman within the OAG.
Governor’s Salary Commission Recommends Increase for Attorney General: The January 2002 Report
of the 2001 Governor’s Salary Commission recommends an increase in the salaries of four constitutional
officers, including the Attorney General. The increase would take effect in fiscal 2003.
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Operating Budget Analysis
Program Description
The Attorney General acts as legal counsel to the Governor, General Assembly, Judiciary, and all
departments, boards, and commissions (except the Human Relations Commission, Public Service
Commission, and State Ethics Commission). The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) represents the State
in all matters of interest to the State, including civil litigation and criminal appeals in all State and federal
courts. The office also reviews legislation passed by the General Assembly prior to consideration by the
Governor. The office is supported by 11 divisions: Legal Counsel and Advice, Securities, Consumer
Protection, Antitrust, Medicaid Fraud Control, Civil Litigation, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Investigations,
Educational Affairs, Correctional Litigation, and Contract Litigation.
The office also provides assistant attorneys general and staff attorneys to State agencies. The positions
are in the agency budgets, rather than in the budget of the Attorney General. Salaries, grades, steps,
promotions, and employee evaluations are determined by the Attorney General. There are 294 assistant
attorneys general and 21 staff attorneys in State agencies. A breakdown of the positions by agency appears
in Appendix 4.
Cost Containment
The OAG is subject to both the Governor’s hiring freeze and the 1.5% cut in certain operating expenses.
However, five PINS have been approved for exemption by the Governor’s staff. Originally, the OAG was
to revert $106,000 for fiscal 2002 to the general fund as part of its contribution to the Governor’s cost
containment measures. However, the administration gave cost containment relief to a number of agencies,
including the OAG. This relief cut the OAG’s contribution to the general fund for fiscal 2002 to $71,000.
Governor’s Proposed Budget
Exhibit 1 shows the increase in the fiscal 2003 allowance. The fiscal 2003 allowance is $22.9 million;
it increases by $1.3 million or 5.8%. General funds in fiscal 2003 are $18.3 million, comprising 80.2% of the
fiscal 2003 allowance. Special funds comprise 1.9% of the fiscal 2003 allowance, federal funds comprise
6.7% of the allowance, and reimbursable funds account for 11.2%.
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Exhibit 1
Governor’s Proposed Budget
Office of the Attorney General
($ in Thousands)
General Special Federal Reimb.
How Much It Grows: Fund Fund Fund Fund Total
2002 Working Appropriation $17,598 $420 $1,521 $2,067 $21,606
2003 Governor’s Allowance 18,343 434 1523 2569 22,869
Amount Change $745 $14 $2 $502 $1,263
Percent Change 4.2% 3.4% 0.1% 24.3% 5.8%
Where It Goes:
Personnel Expenses
New positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $164
Abolished/transferred positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (105)
Fiscal 2003 increments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Annualize fiscal 2002 general salary increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Net fiscal 2003 cost containment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (29)
Employee and retiree health insurance cost increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Retirement contribution cost increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Other adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Other Changes
Increase in legal services, including experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Increase in expenditures for library books and supplies and office supplies . . . . . . . . . 84
Increase in garage rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Software for Electronic Transaction Education, Advocacy, and Mediation Unit . . . . . . 28
Decrease in communications expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15)
Miscellaneous adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (51)
Total $1,263
Note: Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding.
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Personnel
New Positions
Personnel expenses in the fiscal 2003 allowance increase by $987,960 over the fiscal 2002 working
appropriation. This increase accounts for nearly all of the increase in the fiscal 2003 allowance. New fiscal
2003 positions are shown in Exhibit 2. These new positions account for only $163,511 of the total personnel
increase
Exhibit 2
New Positions in Fiscal 2003
Office of the Attorney General
Number of
Number of Similar
Positions Fringe Positions
Position Requested Salary Benefits Turnover Total Costs Vacant
Administrator II 3 $119,298 $36,912 ($39,072) $117,138 1
Administrator V 1 48,405 13,436 (15,468) 46,373 0
Total cost of new
positions 4 $167,703 $50,348 ($54,540) $163,511
Source: Office of the Attorney General, fiscal 2003 allowance
Two of these positions stem from the passage of Chapter 440, Acts of 2001 which created an Electronic
Transaction Education, Advocacy, and Mediation Unit in the OAG. The other two positions are to be used
in conjunction with representing sheriffs. Although the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has
allocated these positions as administrative, the OAG reports that they requested assistant attorney general
positions. Thus, either the positions would be underfunded or would not serve the intended purpose. As
discussed later in this analysis, various vacant positions currently exist at the OAG that could be used, once
the hiring freeze has been lifted, to staff this unit. Further, due to fiscal constraints, the Spending
Affordability Committee has recommended that there should be no new positions added to the fiscal 2003
budget with very little exception. Therefore, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) recommends
that all four new positions be deleted from the 2003 budget.
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Vacant Positions
As of December 31, 2001, the OAG had 27.60 vacancies. Thirteen of those positions have been vacant
for 12 months or longer. DLS recommends that a 27-month vacant Administrative Officer III position (PIN
001736) be deleted from the OAG. In coming to this conclusions, DLS took into account the number of
months the position has been vacant and the number of vacant positions available in that classification should
the position be eliminated. Further, in light of the Governor’s hiring freeze, DLS recommends that only the
PIN, and not the associated funding, be deleted from the fiscal 2003 budget. Of course, there will be future
savings since this position will not be funded for fiscal 2004 and beyond.
Special Funds
Special funds increase by $14,255 or nearly 3.4% over the fiscal 2002 working appropriation. Part of
this increase results from Chapter 522, Acts of 2000 which requires registration for the State’s homebuilders.
Registration fees accrue to a special fund, which supports enforcement of the legislation. The OAG also
receives funds through the Health Spa Registration Fund to support enforcement of legislation governing the
operation of gyms, spas, and athletic clubs. These funds are generated by health club registration fees.
Federal Funds
The allowance includes only a $1,796 increase over the fiscal 2002 working appropriation. The agency’s
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Increases in this grant award are driven by increases in attorney salaries resulting from the grade
increase occurring in fiscal 2002.
Reimbursable Funds
The agency receives reimbursable funds from the Health Care Regulatory Fund to enforce health care
insurance laws and regulations. The OAG’s Contract Litigation Unit also receives reimbursable funds from
the Department of General Services (DGS), the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland
Department of Transportation for its representation of these agencies in contract dispute litigation.
Reimbursable funds increase $502,167, or 24.3% over the fiscal 2002 working appropriation, due primarily
to expert witness fees involved in DGS contract litigation.
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Performance Analysis: Managing for Results
As a directly elected constitutional officer, the Attorney General’s participation in Managing for Results
(MFR) is voluntary. Because MFR is considered a valuable tool for evaluating whether an agency is properly
utilizing State resources, during their 1999 legislative session the budget committees requested that the OAG
submit an MFR. No MFR was submitted, but the OAG noted its intent to seek assistance from MFR
professionals at the University of Baltimore’s Schaefer Center for Public Policy. The OAG did seek that
assistance but submitted an unsatisfactory MFR with its fiscal 2002 budget request. In its analysis, DLS
found only the mission and vision statements satisfactory. DLS also noted that the quality of the OAG’s
performance has a fiscal impact on the State because it is involved in litigation which involves substantial
sums of money, representing the interests of the State as both a plaintiff and defendant. Thus, as per DLS’s
recommendation, the 2002 Joint Chairmen’s Report included committee narrative requesting that the OAG
submit a complete MFR that included goals, objectives, and strategies linked to its fiscal 2003 budget request
by September 1, 2001. The OAG submitted a satisfactory MFR with its budget request for fiscal 2003.
Based upon the information provided in Exhibit 4, complaints have steadily risen in the Consumer
Protection Division. A corresponding increase in arbitrations and hearings is thus understandable.
Investigations and enforcement actions in the Antitrust Division have remained steady, as have measures in
the Civil Litigation, Criminal Appeals, and Correctional Litigation Divisions. Criminal Investigations have
fluctuated. After a brief increase from 1999 to 2001, projections in measures for the Securities Division seem
to have leveled off.
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Exhibit 4
Program Measurement Data
Office of the Attorney General
Fiscal 1999 through 2003
Ann. Ann.
Actual Actual Est. Actual Est. Est. Chg. Chg.
1999 2000 2001 2001 2002 2003 99-01 01-03
Consumer Protection Division
Complaints 11,177 12,700 13,000 13,076 13,000 13,500 8.2% 1.6%
Arbitrations 88 100 110 146 120 125 28.8% -7.5%
Hearings 26 18 25 38 25 25 20.9% -18.9%
Antitrust Division
Investigations 571 569 565 629 600 575 5.0% -4.4%
Enforcement actions 19 18 21 17 18 18 -5.4% 2.9%
Civil Litigation
Civil litigation cases 472 477 477 476 476 476 0.4% 0.0%
Criminal Appeals
Criminal appeals 1,027 1,149 1,200 1,061 1,150 1,150 1.6% 4.1%
Criminal Investigation
Investigations conducted 463 279 300 394 500 500 -7.8% 12.7%
Cases litigated 111 90 101 198 226 226 33.6% 6.8%
Securities Division
Investment advisor
registration (firms) 1,122 1,370 1,425 1,408 1,405 1,405 12.0% -0.1%
Investor advisor
registration (individuals) 4,971 5,285 5,400 6,394 6,400 6,400 13.4% 0.0%
Securities registrations 16,452 19,016 19,100 20,073 20,200 20,300 10.5% 0.6%
Correctional Litigation
Correctional litigation 546 546 547 540 547 547 -0.6% 0.6%
Source: Office of the Attorney General
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Issues
1. Significant Statewide Litigation
The OAG represents the State’s interest as both a plaintiff and a defendant in litigation which involves
substantial sums of money. The outcome of this litigation can have a significant fiscal impact on the State.
The 2001 Joint Chairmen’s Report included committee narrative requesting that the OAG submit an annual
report providing a summary of revenues collected by the OAG and of all significant litigation in which the
State is involved as both a plaintiff and a defendant to the General Assembly. The request set a due date of
November 1, 2001, and annually thereafter. Pursuant to this request, the OAG submitted its report. This
report included fiscal 2001 actual revenues as seen in Exhibit 5.
Exhibit 5
Actual Revenues
Fiscal 2001
Recoveries for Recoveries for Total Revenues
Registrations State Consumers and Recoveries
Securities $19,368,148 $238,550 $3,319,099 $22,925,797
Consumer Protection 0 539,656 5,403,180 $5,942,836
Antitrust 0 927,000 812,000 $1,739,000
Medical Fraud Control 0 1,267,257 0 $1,267,257
Total $19,368,148 $2,972,463 $9,534,279 $31,874,890
Source: Office of the Attorney General Annual Report on Significant Statewide Litigation
The report also listed significant litigation including cases in which the State may recover fees or in which
the State may be liable for payment. Estimated recoveries/liabilities were listed for each case. Appendix 5
shows the information provided by the OAG regarding significant litigation. In addition, the report also
included information on significant nonmonetary cases. As you can see, what the report did not include was
a description of the issues involved in each case and the status of the case. Last year’s committee narrative
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specifically requested a summary of all litigation in which the State was involved as either a plaintiff or a
defendant. While a list of the current caseload of significant statewide litigation and possible economic
impact on the State is helpful, this information is rendered meaningless without the knowledge of what the
issue(s) included in the case are and the legal status of the case. Therefore, DLS recommends that future
reports contain a description of the issues and the legal status of each case. Accordingly, DLS
recommends that the following committee narrative be adopted:
Annual Reporting of Significant Statewide Litigation: The committees request that the Office of the
Attorney General continue to include in its annual report information on significant statewide litigation
registration fees, fines, revenues, and settlements, as well as a summary of all significant litigation in which
the State is involved as both a plaintiff and a defendant. The summary should include a brief description of
the issues involved in each case and the legal status of each case. The budget committees request that this
report continue to be submitted annually, on November 1.
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Recommended Actions
Amount Position
Reduction Reduction
1. Delete four new positions for the Electronic Transaction $ 163,511 GF 4.0
Education, Advocacy, and Mediation Unit. Current
vacancies could be used to staff this unit once the hiring
freeze has been lifted. Moreover, the Spending
Affordability Committee recommended against adding
new positions with certain exceptions. These positions
would not meet those exceptions.
2. Delete one long-term vacant PIN. This is an 1.0
Administrative Officer III position which has been vacant
for 27 months.
3. Reduce growth in garage rent by 10%. 10,360 GF
4. Reduce growth in general fund legal services from 25.9% 17,421 GF
to 10% over the fiscal 2002 working appropriation. This
would still yield almost $11,000 in growth.
5. Adopt the following narrative:
Annual Reporting of Significant Statewide Litigation: The committees request that the Office
of the Attorney General continue to include in its annual report information on significant statewide
litigation registration fees, fines, revenues, and settlements, as well as a summary of all significant
litigation in which the State is involved as both a plaintiff and a defendant. The summary should
include a brief description of the issues involved in each case and the legal status of each case. The
budget committees request that this report continue to be submitted annually, on November 1.
Information Request Author Due Date
Annual Report OAG November 1, 2002, and
annually thereafter
Total General Fund Reductions $ 191,292 5.0
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Updates
1. House Bill 22 Would Create a New Position within the OAG
Enactment of House Bill 22 would create the position of Pornography Complaints Ombudsman within
the OAG. This ombudsman would be a practicing attorney with knowledge of pornography law. The bill
would not have an effect on the fiscal 2003 budget since it would not be effective until July 1, 2003.
However, the projected cost would be an additional $143,600 from general funds for fiscal 2004, which
includes the cost of hiring one assistant attorney general and one legal secretary as support.
2. Governor’s Salary Commission Recommends Increase for Attorney General
The January 2002 Report of the 2001 Governor’s Salary Commission recommends an increase in the
salaries of four constitutional officers, including the Attorney General. SB 203/HB 257 propose the increases
set forth in that report. Currently, the Attorney General receives $100,000 per year as salary. Exhibit 6
reflects the proposed salary schedule:
Exhibit 6
Proposed Salary Increase for the Attorney General
% Change from
Year of Term Salary Current Salary
First $112,500 12.5
Second 116,667 16.7
Third 120,833 20.8
Fourth 125,000 25.0
Note: The salaries of the Treasurer and the Comptroller will increase in the same manner. The salary of the Secretary of State
will increase at the same percentage, but that position starts from a different base salary.
Source: Department of Legislative Services
DLS has calculated the total effect of the increase in all four constitutional officer salaries. General fund
expenditures will increase by $25,200 in fiscal 2003 for salaries and fringe benefits. This reflects the effective
date of the legislation, October 1, 2002. General fund expenditures will grow in future years to $100,300
in fiscal 2007.
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Appendix 1
Current and Prior Year Budgets
Current and Prior Year Budgets
Office of the Attorney General
($ in Thousands)
General Special Federal Reimb.
Fund Fund Fund Fund Total
Fiscal 2001
Legislative
Appropriation $16,378 $120 $1,199 $1,919 $19,616
Deficiency
Appropriation 0 369 0 0 369
Budget
Amendments 121 215 199 485 1,020
Reversions and
Cancellations (17) (91) (199) (281) (588)
Actual
Expenditures $16,482 $613 $1,199 $2,123 $20,417
Fiscal 2002
Legislative
Appropriation $17,625 $422 $1,521 $2,067 $21,635
Budget
Amendments (27) (2) 0 0 (29)
Working
Appropriation $17,598 $420 $1,521 $2,067 $21,606
Note: Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding.
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Fiscal 2002
The OAG’s fiscal 2002 general fund working appropriation was reduced by $71,000 due to the
Governor’s cost containment measures, offset by $44,088 in statewide adjustments to telecommunications
expenses made by DBM.
Fiscal 2002 Deficiency
The OAG received $369,000 in special funds as a fiscal 2002 deficiency. These funds were for the legal
fees of outside counsel representing the State in the tobacco settlement fee dispute.
Fiscal 2001 Budget Amendments
Fund Type Amount Source of Funds Purpose
Special $215,000 Home Builders Registration Created a Homebuilders Registration Unit
Fund under the Maryland Home Builders
Registration Act. The funding provided for
four new positions and operating expenses
related to publicizing the new homebuilders
requirements
Federal 125,000 Governor’s Office of Crime Funds Family Violence Council project
Control and Prevention
Federal 25,299 Governor’s Office of Crime For the Family Violence Council’s Abuser
Control and Prevention Intervention Project
Federal 19,105 Governor’s Office of Crime Funds Family Violence Council project
Control and Prevention
Federal 15,000 Alternative Dispute Resolution Funded the Attorney General’s
(ADR) Commission ADR/Negotiation Seminar
Federal 2,500 State’s Attorney’s Coordination Witness protection expenses
Council
Reimbursable 132,499 Governor’s Office of Crime Support the activities of the Family Violence
Control and Prevention (Byrne Council
Memorial)
Reimbursable 107,675 Governor’s Office of Crime Operation Crime Gun
Control and Prevention (Byrne
Memorial)
Reimbursable 68,560 Department of General Services Funding for expert witness contracts
Reimbursable 65,500 Department of Transportation Funding for salaries for Contract Litigation
Division
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Fiscal 2001 Budget Amendments
Reimbursable 43,000 University of Maryland Funding for salaries and fringe benefits for
Contract Litigation Division
Reimbursable 25,299 Governor’s Office of Crime Funding for Family Violence Council
Control and Prevention
Reimbursable 19,105 Governor’s Office of Crime Funding for Family Violence Council
Control and Prevention
Reimbursable 15,000 Governor’s Office of Crime Funded the Attorney General’s
Control and Prevention ADR/Negotiation Seminar
Reimbursable 8,433 Governor’s Office of Crime Funding for part-time research assistant
Control and Prevention
Fiscal 2001 Reversions/Cancellations
Fund Type Amount Reason
Special $16,875 Cancellation of health spa licensing fees to reflect amount collected
Special 74,230 Expenditures for homebuilders unit. Hiring delay. Funds carried over to
fiscal 2002
Federal 169,404 Cancellation of unexpended Violence Against Women Formula Grant funds
brought in by budget amendment through the Governor’s Office of Crime
Control and Prevention
Reimbursable 154,674 Remaining funds from implementation of Chapter 5, Acts of 2001
Reimbursable 82,433 Cancellation of unexpended funds from Operation Crime Gun to carry
over to fiscal 2002
Reimbursable 40,500 Cancellation of unexpended funds from Family Violence Council to carry
over to fiscal 2002
Reimbursable 2,915 Unexpended funds from contract litigation
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FY02
FY01 Working FY03 FY02 - FY03 Percent
Object/Fund Actual Appropriation Allowance Amount Change Change
Positions
01 Regular 254.50 260.50 262.50 2.00 0.8%
02 Contractual 1.50 2.00 0 (2.00) (100.0%)
Total Positions 256.00 262.50 262.50 0 0%
Objects
01 Salaries and Wages $ 15,342,407 $ 16,608,001 $ 17,595,961 $ 987,960 5.9%
02 Technical & Spec Fees 154,876 135,230 23,000 (112,230) (83.0%)
03 Communication 323,062 460,247 445,570 (14,677) (3.2%)
04 Travel 166,580 107,300 119,000 11,700 10.9%
07 Motor Vehicles 370,378 142,449 246,840 104,391 73.3%
08 Contractual Services 1,082,852 975,845 1,132,004 156,159 16.0%
09 Supplies & Materials 173,642 145,200 337,800 192,600 132.6%
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11 Equip - Additional 470,566 172,700 78,854 (93,846) (54.3%)
12 Grants, Subsidies, Contr 346,136 430,984 472,128 41,144 9.5%
13 Fixed Charges 1,986,537 2,428,518 2,418,251 (10,267) (0.4%)
Total Objects $ 20,417,036 $ 21,606,474 $ 22,869,408 $ 1,262,934 5.8%
Funds
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01 General Fund $ 16,482,072 $ 17,598,430 $ 18,343,146 $ 744,716 4.2%
03 Special Fund 612,895 420,079 434,334 14,255 3.4%
05 Federal Fund 1,198,742 1,521,235 1,523,031 1,796 0.1%
09 Reimbursable Fund 2,123,327 2,066,730 2,568,897 502,167 24.3%
Total Funds $ 20,417,036 $ 21,606,474 $ 22,869,408 $ 1,262,934 5.8%
Note: Full-time and contractual positions and salaries are reflected for operating budget programs only.
Appendix 2
Fiscal Summary
Office of the Attorney General
FY02 FY02
FY01 Legislative Working FY01 - FY02 FY03 FY02 - FY03
Unit/Program Actual Appropriation Appropriation % Change Allowance % Change
01 Legal Counsel and Advice $ 5,484,986 $ 5,074,845 $ 5,092,933 (7.1%) $ 5,518,087 8.3%
04 Division of Securities 1,934,529 2,168,888 2,138,888 10.6% 2,114,477 (1.1%)
05 Division of Consumer Protection 3,515,392 4,038,499 4,036,499 14.8% 4,319,097 7.0%
06 Antitrust Division 878,454 1,028,320 1,028,320 17.1% 918,910 (10.6%)
09 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 1,573,910 1,833,628 1,833,628 16.5% 2,030,294 10.7%
14 Civil Litigation Division 1,923,575 1,833,542 1,833,542 (4.7%) 1,928,854 5.2%
15 Criminal Appeals Division 1,448,658 1,711,543 1,711,543 18.1% 1,778,939 3.9%
16 Criminal Investigation Division 1,190,136 1,356,846 1,341,846 12.7% 1,377,524 2.7%
17 Educational Affairs Division 537,042 623,461 623,461 16.1% 645,614 3.6%
18 Correctional Litigation Division 386,793 437,897 437,897 13.2% 463,401 5.8%
20 Contract Litigation Division 1,543,561 1,527,917 1,527,917 (1.0%) 1,774,211 16.1%
Total Expenditures $ 20,417,036 $ 21,635,386 $ 21,606,474 5.8% $ 22,869,408 5.8%
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General Fund $ 16,482,072 $ 17,625,342 $ 17,598,430 6.8% $ 18,343,146 4.2%
Special Fund 612,895 422,079 420,079 (31.5%) 434,334 3.4%
Federal Fund 1,198,742 1,521,235 1,521,235 26.9% 1,523,031 0.1%
Total Appropriations $ 18,293,709 $ 19,568,656 $ 19,539,744 6.8% $ 20,300,511 3.9%
Reimbursable Fund $ 2,123,327 $ 2,066,730 $ 2,066,730 (2.7%) $ 2,568,897 24.3%
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Total Funds $ 20,417,036 $ 21,635,386 $ 21,606,474 5.8% $ 22,869,408 5.8%
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Appendix 4
Breakdown of Assistant Attorneys General by Agency
Aging 2
Agriculture 2
Assessments and Taxation 3
Budget and Management 8 Plus 3 staff attorneys
Business and Economic Development 11 Plus 1 staff attorney
Education 22 Plus 1 staff attorney
Energy 1 Plus 1 staff attorney
Environment 22
Environmental Crimes 2
Environmental Services 2
Food Center Authority 1
General Services 6
Children & Youth 1
Health and Mental Hygiene 39 Plus 10 staff attorneys
Health Services Cost Review 2
Housing and Community Development 13
Human Resources 17 Plus 1 staff attorney
Insurance Administration 9
Insurance Fraud 3
Juvenile Justice 3
Labor, Licensing and Regulation 22 Plus 1 staff attorney
Lottery 3
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund 2
Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting 2
Natural Resources 10 Plus 1 staff attorney
Planning 1
Public Safety and Correctional Services 13 Plus 1 staff attorney
Stadium Authority 1
State Police 6
State Retirement Systems 3
State Treasurer 2
Subsequent Injury Fund 6
Transportation 44 Plus 1 staff attorney
Comptroller 6
Uninsured Employers’ Fund 3
Workers' Compensation 1
Total 294 Plus 21 staff attorneys
Source: Office of the Attorney General
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Appendix 5
Office of the Attorney General
Significant Litigation
Antitrust Division
Completed:
Maryland v. Kimberly-Clark $166,000 to State
$175,000 to counties and school boards
Maryland v. Playmobil Corp. $36,000 to State
Maryland v. American Cyanamid $83,000 to State
Maryland v. Zeneca Corp. $239,000 for Maryland agriculture
Pending:
Maryland v. Microsoft Corp. $50,000 to State
unquantified to consumers
Contact Lens $400,000 to State
$2 million for Maryland consumers
Maryland v. Mylan Labs $300,000 to State
$2,000 per Maryland consumer
Compact Disks $1.8 million for Maryland consumers
Consumer Protection Division
Completed:
T-Up, Inc. $3 million to State
$2.4 for consumers
Berkshire Realty Holdings, LP $55,000 to State
$347,050 for consumers
Publisher’s Clearinghouse $388,462 to State
$675,000 for consumers
Time $75,000 to State
$94,500 for consumers
Pending:
Creative Financial and Housing Services, Inc.
Omega Financial Services
Travelers Data Services
Consumer Protection Division v. Lee P. Shpritz, etal.
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Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Completed:
James Kessler and Pharmacare, Inc. $458,363 to State
Alfredo J. Herrera, M.D. $100,000 to State
Nancy A. Rosen $67,000 to State
Optimum Care Medical Clinic $20,000 to State
CVS Corporation $59,316 to State
CVS Corporation $38,774 to State
Bayer Pharmaceuticals $80,491 to State
Pending:
TAP $327,694 to State
NMC $281,727 to State
Contract Litigation Division
Pending:
Arundel Engineering Corporation $2 million Contractor claims
Driggs Corporation $2.8 million State claims
$6.5 million Contractor claims
EnviroServe, Inc. $2.7 million Contractor claims
Kibler Construction Co., Inc. $4.2 million Contractor claims
Bell BCI Company, Inc. $4.7 million Contractor claims
University of Maryland v. Fidelity and Deposition Company $1.2 million State claims
Securities Division
Recoveries to Consumers of $25,000+ or Recoveries to State of $10,000+
Completed:
Fidelity Capital Group, Inc. $75,000 for consumers
Plus Properties LLC $4,000 to State
$1,170,000 for consumers
Boardwalk Fries, Inc. $45,000 for consumers
Jet-Black International, Inc. $25,000 for consumers
Allergy Solution, Inc. $30,000 for consumers
Demitrius Glass $13,050 for State
Butler, Wick & Co., Inc. $10,000 for State
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Allen & Company, Inc. $10,000 to State
$2,979 for consumers
Erik M. Carey $87,500 for consumers
Robert Mar Bynum $75,000 for consumers
Mark Considine $12,500 to State
$48,900 for consumers
IFG Network Securities, Inc. $25,000 to State
$507,750 for consumers
Armaguard $35,000 for consumers
Mutual Benefits $34,236 for consumers
Michael Keating $538,000 for consumers
Delta Equity Services $30,000 for consumers
Legg Mason $70,000 for consumers
Pending:
Legg Mason $2.5 million for consumers
Capital Concepts $520,000 for consumers
Answer Care $550,000 for consumers
Starboard $400,000 for consumers
iMSP, Inc. $56,000 for consumers
Civil Litigation Division
Damages Claimed of $1 million +
Linda Beall, et al. v. Cynthia Jackson, et al. $1.5 million
Jacqueline Manikhi v. MTA $1.5 million
Lisa Marie Spicknall v. State Police $20 million
Bears v. Raymond Kight $1.0 million
Chase v. Sherman $84 million
Dixon v. Montgomery County $1.0 million +
Dugar v. Prive George’s County $8.5 million
Ford v. Baltimore City Sheriff $7 million
Hemphill v. Aluisi $10 million
Lyles v. Prince George’s County, et al. $46 million
Turner v. Kight $15 million
Robert Lee Smith v. John Anderson $1.3 million
Wharton v. State of Maryland $1.0 billion
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Young v. City of Mt. Rainer, et al. $2.5 million
Chinbuba v. Larsen $1.0 million
Comptroller of the Treasury
Pieter Kuypers v. Comptroller of the Treasury $10 million
Consumer Protection Division
Stuart Hill v. Consumer Protection Division $26 million
Courts
Register of Wills for Baltimore County v. Arrowsmith $2 million
Dept. of Agriculture
Scott McCardell v. State of Maryland $230 million
Dept. of Environment
Wolfkill v. Bauer $1 million
Dept. of Education
Keith Bradford, et al. v. Maryland State Board of Education $80 million+
Educational Affairs
Francis Akrino v. Morgan State University $2 million
Thomas Athanason v. The Servall Group and UMCP $2 million
Mary Boddie v. Mrogan State University $1 million
Brandy M. Britton v. UMBC $10 million
Michael Conte v. Towson University $5 million
Kimberly Devenport v. Towson University $5 million
Farmer v. Ramsey $1 million+
Cynthia Renee Foster v. Earl Richardson, et al. $3 million
University of MD University College’s Competent Authority $1.1 million
Stephen Hill v. University of Maryland College Park $35 million
Ardenia Holland v. Reese Boyd, et al. $1.5 million
Nofi v. Cornell $3 million+
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Thomas Palotai v. UMCP $3 million
Ramakrishna v. Salisbury State University $1 million
Frank Samuels v. James Tschechtelin ($ 1 million for each of 7 courts)
Sheila Sullivan v. St. Mary’s College of MD $4 million
Oz v. Maryland Public television, et al. $5 million
Health & Mental Hygiene
Edward Dahne v. Melvin F. Kusher $25 million
E.P. v. Department of Health & Mental Hygiene $1 million
In Re: Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc. $1,957,782
Maidy v. Guerzon, et al. $12 million
Catherine Bankston v. State of Maryland $5.0 million
Corner Clinic v. DHMH $1.9 million
Joe Dean Crawford v. Sydney Seidman $2 million+
FreeState Health Plan v. Benjamin $1.4 million
O’Neal v. Radentz $10 million
Kenn Prevans v. United States Dept. of Defense $19 million
Housing And Community Development
Albert Davis v. Schade Family Trust $11 million
Human Resources
Jasper Lloyd Dockery v. Price George’s County $5 million
Commissioner
Johnson v. Maple Shade Youth and Family Services, Inc. $1 million
John R. Williams v. State of Maryland (DHR) $1.1 million
Dennis L. Hall v. Pamela Jean Wass, et al. $29 million
Labor, Licensing & Regulation
Jon Will v. DLLR, et al. $1 million+
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Public Safety & Correctional Services
Appeal of the Wackenhut Corporation $1,263,179
Appeals of the PHP Healthcare, Inc. $355,700,000
Transportation
Port Administration
Ceres Marine Terminal v. Maryland Port Administration $8.2 million
Project Life v. Glendening 15 million +
Transportation Authority
Campitelli v. Glendening, Osborne, et al. $7 million
Ovstrovsky v. Cashen, et al. $52 million
Neun v. State of Maryland $1.4 million
Claim of Waterman Family and Estate $2 million
Mass Transit Administration
Jacqueline Manikhi v. MTA $1.5 million
State Police
Brenda Candeloro v. TFC C. Cole, et al. $32 million
Audrey M. Keatts v. Maryland State Police $2 million
Knussman v. Maryland State Police $1 million
NAACP v. Maryland State Police $2.5 million
William A. Taccino v. State of Maryland $1.7 million
Perdue v. Town of Snow Hill, et al. $10 million
Singh v. Maryland State Police $1 million
Reverend Marcus & Elinor Briddell v. State of Maryland $20 million
Source: Office of the Attorney General Annual Report on Significant Statewide Litigation