| Account | Description | FY07 GAA |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0321-1513 | Public Defender Division Expansion For the expansion of the public defender division pursuant to section 7 of chapter 54 of the acts of 2005; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2008, on the progress of said expansion; provided further, that said report shall include the following: (1) the number of offices that have been opened; (2) the number of staff hired to work in the district offices; and (3) the estimated savings the commonwealth has realized from having cases assigned to public defenders as opposed to being assigned to private bar advocates; and provided further, that no funds from this appropriation shall support existing costs associated with line item 0321-1500 |
3,571,630 | 8,132,279 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY04 Spending |
FY05 Spending |
FY06 Spending |
FY07 Spending |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,716 | 7,027 |
| Pensions & Benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 173 |
| Operating Expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,888 | 930 |
| Public Assistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,757 | 8,132 |