H17 • 2025

An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund

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Sponsor: Office of the Inspector General
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5198
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund

An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No.
11) as relates to creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund (House, No.
17).
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill History

2026-03-09 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5198
2025-10-29 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed
2025-10-27 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund
So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No. 11) as relates to creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund (House, No. 17). State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill H.17

SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2DDDDDD the following section:-

Section 2EEEEEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth, a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund, which shall be administered by the office of the inspector general. The fund shall be credited with any monies payable to the inspector general from civil recoveries, settlement funds, or recoupment of administrative and investigatory costs and may earn and be credited interest.

Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, without further appropriation, for the office of the inspector general’s operational, administrative and investigatory purposes.

The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficit at any point.

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