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Committee for Public Counsel Services
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2017 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2017 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2017 Total Spending |
FY 2017 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee for Public Counsel Services | 196,082 | 465 | 196,547 | 8,600 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES | 196,546,880 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 196,081,517 | |
| 0321-1500 | Committee for Public Counsel Services
For the operation of the committee for public counsel services, as authorized by chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall develop and implement a system in which no less than 25 per cent of indigent defendants shall be represented by public defenders by the end of fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the committee shall provide a report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means, no later than September 1, 2016, detailing an implementation plan for meeting the requirements of the previous proviso, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the expected surplus or deficiency for fiscal year 2017 of items 0321-1500 and 0321-1510, (b) the current and projected number of public defenders and private bar advocates assigned to each court house and (c) any perceived impediments to implementing this plan by the end of fiscal year 2017 and possible solutions to such impediments; provided further, that in hiring public defenders, priority shall be given to current private bar advocates; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance, the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 2, 2016, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of cases for which the committee provided representation in the prior fiscal year, delineated by public defender and private bar advocate representation, and further delineated by type of case and geographic location, (2) the average cost for public defender services rendered per case, delineated by type of case and geographic location, (3) the average cost for private bar advocate services rendered per case, delineated by type of case and geographic location, (4) the average number of hours spent per case by public defenders, delineated by type of case and geographic location, (5) the average number of hours billed by private bar advocates, delineated by type of case and geographic location, (6) the total amount of counsel fees paid to the courts by clients for services rendered, delineated by type of case and geographic location and (7) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population and cost; provided further, that the committee shall submit quarterly reports to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means starting on October 12, 2016 and ending on July 11, 2017 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of cases that have been assigned to public defenders, delineated by type of case, (2) the number of cases that have been assigned to private bar advocates, delineated by type of case, (3) the total billable hours to date of private bar advocates, delineated by type of case, (4) the staffing efficiencies that have been achieved and (5) the cost effectiveness of private bar advocates; and provided further, that this data shall be provided in a cumulative manner, delineated by quarter |
28,591,182 |
| 0321-1504 | CPCS Attorney Salaries
For the payroll costs of the committee's public defenders, attorneys in charge and appeals attorneys, including fringe benefits costs; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended only in the AA and DD object classes; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall not be expended for administrative support staff or services of any kind |
28,198,603 |
| 0321-1510 | Private Counsel Compensation
For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2017; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 11 of said chapter 211D or any other general or special law to the contrary, for district court cases, children in need of services cases, children and family law cases and care and protection cases the rate of compensation in fiscal year 2017 shall be $50 per hour |
123,906,090 |
| 0321-1520 | Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs
For the fees and court costs of indigent persons |
15,385,642 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 465,363 | |
| 0320-1715 | Post Conviction DNA Testing FY14 DYBXK003
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Post Conviction DNA Testing |
180,891 |
| 0320-1803 | Wrongful Conviction Review
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Review |
121,045 |
| 0320-1900 | Bloodsworth Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bloodsworth Grant |
163,427 |
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