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Committee for Public Counsel Services
| DEPARTMENT |
FY 2018
Budgetary Recommendation |
FY 2018
Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2018
Total Spending |
FY 2018
Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee for Public Counsel Services | 227,454 | 374 | 227,828 | 8,600 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES | 227,828,035 | |
| Budgetary Recommendation | 227,453,599 | |
| 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 maintain a system in which no less than 20 per cent of indigent clients shall be represented by public defenders; provided further, that the committee shall provide a report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means, no later than September 1, 2017, that shall include, but not be limited to, the expected surplus or deficiency for fiscal year 2018 of items 0321-1500 , 0321-1510 and 0321-1520 ; and provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means, no later than September 1, 2017, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: in a cumulative manner, compared with data from the prior two fiscal years 2015 and 2016, (i) the number of cases handled by the committee, delineated by public defender and private bar advocate representation; (ii) the average number of hours spent per case by public defenders; (iii) the number of cases assigned to private bar advocates; (iv) the average number of hours billed by private bar advocates by type of case; (v) the number of public defenders currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of the prior fiscal year, delineated by type of case and geographic location; (vi) the number of public defender vacancies to be filled; (vii) the average cost for public defender services rendered per case, delineated by type of case and geographic location in the prior fiscal year; (viii) 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 for the previous two fiscal years; (ix) the average cost for private bar advocate services rendered per case, delineated by type of case and geographic location; (x) the billable hours of private counsel, delineated by travel time, time spent in court, including wait time and trial preparation time, including interview time, investigating time and research time; (xi) any changes to the private bar billing system; and (xii) a summary of all spending for psychologists, psychiatrists and investigators with the total number of hours billed, the number of unique vendors and the average number of counsel fees paid to the courts by clients for services rendered, delineated by type of case and geographic location |
28,877,094 |
| 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 herein 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 |
30,609,360 |
| 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 2018 |
144,777,175 |
| 0321-1520 |
INDIGENT PERSONS FEES AND COURT COSTS
For the fees and court costs of indigent persons |
23,189,970 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 301,936 | |
| 0320-1715 |
POST CONVICTION DNA TESTING
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Post Conviction DNA Testing |
180,891 |
| 0320-1803 |
WRONGFUL CONVICTION REVIEW
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Review |
121,045 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust Spending | 72,500 | |
| 0321-1606 | TRAINING FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ATTORNEYS | 65,000 |
| 0321-1611 | JUVENILE ADVOCACY PROJECT | 7,500 |
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