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Budget Summary FY2009

Committee for Public Counsel Services
Data Current as of:  6/22/2009





FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference
FY2009
Vetoes
FY2009
Overrides
FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Total
Spending
Committee for Public Counsel Services 29,295 -458 458 29,295 28,795  
Private Counsel Compensation 140,346 0 0 140,346 140,346  
Indigent Counsel Fees Retained Revenue 750 0 0 750 750  
Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs 11,457 0 0 11,457 11,934  
TOTAL    181,847 -458 458 181,847 181,824  

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account description amount
COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES 181,824,315
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
Direct Appropriations
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 submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means, no later than January 30, 2009, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by the committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by the committee by type of case; and (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 30, 2009, on the progress of the public defender division; and provided further, that said report shall include the following: (a) the number of offices that are in operation; (b) the number of staff hired to work in the district offices; and (c) the estimated savings the commonwealth has realized from having cases assigned to public defenders as opposed to being assigned to private bar advocates
28,794,603
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 2009
140,345,728
0321-1520 Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs
For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2009
11,933,984

account description amount
Retained Revenues
0321-1518 Indigent Counsel Fees Retained Revenue
The chief counsel for the committee for public services may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients
750,000