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| ACCOUNT | FY2010 Conference |
FY2010 Vetoes |
FY2010 GAA |
October Budget Reductions |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0321-1500 | Committee for Public Counsel Services | 28,645 | 0 | 28,645 | 0 |
| 0321-1510 | Private Counsel Compensation | 125,371 | 0 | 125,371 | 0 |
| 0321-1518 | Indigent Counsel Fees Retained Revenue | 750 | 0 | 750 | 0 |
| 0321-1520 | Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs | 13,533 | 0 | 13,533 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 168,298 | 0 | 168,298 | 0 | |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES | 168,298,481 | |
| 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, not later than February 1, 2010, 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 not later than February 1, 2010, on the progress of the public defender division; 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; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2010, projecting the cost of a possible expansion of the public defender division to handle 50 per cent of all indigent cases assigned to the committee; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of additional attorneys necessary to handle 50 per cent of all indigent cases; (b) the initial costs associated with the possible expansion; (c) the projected annualized cost of operating the expanded public defender division; and (d) the estimated savings the commonwealth would realize by having these cases assigned to public defenders as opposed to private bar advocates |
28,645,024 |
| 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 2010 |
125,370,957 |
| 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 2010 |
13,532,500 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 0321-1518 | Indigent Counsel Fees Retained Revenue
For the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services which may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients |
750,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|