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Committee for Public Counsel Services

Fiscal Year 2011 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT	FY2011 Budgetary Recommendations	FY2011 Federal, Trust, and ISF	FY2011 Total Spending	FY2011 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue
Committee for Public Counsel Services	167,965	446	168,411	750

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account	description	amount
COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES		168,411,089
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		167,964,898
Direct Appropriations
0321-1500	Committee for Public Counsel Services For the operation of the committee for public counsel services, including the public defender division; provided, that the chief counsel may transfer funds from this item to item 0321-1510; and provided further, that the chief counsel shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance of a transfer of funds within 30 days of that transfer	63,044,673
0321-1510	Private Counsel Compensation For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under sections 6 and 12 of chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2011; provided further, that the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may transfer funds from this item to item 0321-1500; and provided further, that the chief counsel shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance of a transfer of funds within 30 days of that transfer	91,043,700
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 indigent persons, as defined in section 27A; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2011	13,126,525

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

account	description	amount
Federal Grant Spending		280,652
0320-1800	Wrongful Conviction Unit Program For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Unit Program	280,652

account	description	amount
Trust and Other Spending		165,539
0321-1604	New England School of Law Trust Fund	3,000
0321-1606	Training for Public and Private Attorneys	52,800
0321-1611	Juvenile Advocacy Project	109,739

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