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Budget Summary FY2017

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Committee for Public Counsel Services
Data Current as of:  8/9/2016



FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2017
Conference		 FY2017
Vetoes		 FY2017
Overrides		 FY2017
GAA
Committee for Public Counsel Services 28,591 0 0 28,591
CPCS Attorney Salaries 30,305 -589 589 30,305
Private Counsel Compensation 98,906 0 0 98,906
Indigent Persons Fees and Court Costs 14,952 0 0 14,952
TOTAL    172,755 -589 589 172,755

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COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES 173,117,550
0321-1500 Committee for Public Counsel Services
For the operation of the committee for public counsel services under chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall maintain a system in which not less than 25 per cent of indigent clients shall be represented by public defenders; provided further, that to the extent feasible, the committee shall assign public defenders to district and superior courts; provided further, that the committee shall approve by majority vote any increase in the base salary or rate of compensation for employees holding management positions, including, but not limited to, chiefs, deputy chiefs, directors, assistant directors and managers; provided further, that the committee shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means starting on September 30, 2016 in a cumulative manner and compared with data from the current quarter to the previous 3 quarters and data from fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016; and provided further, that these reports shall include, but not be limited to, the following, which shall be delineated by type of case, courthouse and geographic location: (a) the number of cases handled by the committee in each month, delineated by public defender and private bar advocate; (b) the caseload of attorneys in charge compared to the caseload of public defender staff attorneys; (c) the total number of cases that have been assigned to all new public defenders, delineated by division since the start of fiscal year 2012; (d) the average number of hours spent per case by public defenders; (e) the number of cases that have been assigned to private bar advocates, delineated by division since the start of fiscal year 2012; (f) the average number of hours billed by private bar advocates; (g) the number of public defenders currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of each fiscal year starting in fiscal year 2012, delineated by division; (h) the current number of private bar advocates assigned to each division; (i) the number of public defenders hired over the previous 51 months that have not been assigned to district or superior court and the reason for their division assignments; (j) the number of public defender vacancies to be filled; (k) the average cost for public defender services rendered per case in the prior fiscal year; (l) the total number of support staff, investigators, attorneys in charge, and management personnel currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of each fiscal year starting in fiscal year 2012; (m) the number, cost, and cost per hour of psychologists and psychiatrists used by public defenders; (n) the average cost for private bar advocate services rendered per client; (o) the billable hours of private bar advocates broken down by interview time, investigating time, research time, travel time, and time spent in court and courthouse, including wait time and trial preparation time, (p) the number, cost, and cost per hour of psychologists and psychiatrists used by private bar advocates, delineated by firm; (q) the number and cost of private investigators used by private bar advocates, delineated by firm; (r) changes to the private bar advocate billing system; (s) the billing improvements that have been made; (t) the current percentage of indigent defendants represented by public defenders, delineated by division and courthouse; (u) the staffing efficiencies that have been achieved; (v) any perceived impediments to the maintenance of the expansion plan and possible solutions to such impediments; and (w) any proposed expansion of legal services, delineated by type of service, target population, and cost 		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 in this item 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 		30,305,462
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, under 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 		98,906,090
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 on behalf of persons who are indigent, 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 2017 		14,951,982

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 362,834
0320-1715 Post Conviction DNA Testing FY14 DYBXK003
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Post Conviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent 		108,061
0320-1803 Wrongful Conviction Review
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Review Program 		91,346
0320-1900 Bloodsworth Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bloodsworth Grant 		163,427