Creation of Four Public Defender Offices
Item 39 #2c
Item 39 #2c | First Year - FY2005 | Second Year - FY2006 | |
| Judicial Department |
| Public Defender Commission | FY2005 $6,425,708 | FY2006 $5,931,546 | GF |
| FY2005 90.00 | FY2006 90.00 | FTE |
Language
Page 25, line 33, strike "$23,678,918" and insert "$30,104,626".
Page 25, line 33, strike "$23,693,663" and insert "$29,625,209".
Page 25, after line 38, insert:
"Out of the amounts provided for criminal indigent defense, $6,425,708 the first year and $5,931,546 the second year from the general fund is provided to establish four public defender offices in Arlington County (including the City of Falls Church) and the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, and Newport News. The Indigent Defense Commission shall give priority in establishing these public defender offices first to the City of Newport News."
Explanation
(This amendment provides $6.4 million the first year and $5.9 million the second year from the general fund and 90 positions each year to support the creation of four new public defender offices. These offices will be located in Arlington County (including the City of Falls Church) and the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, and Newport News. The amendment gives priority the establishment of the Newport News public defender office, because that locality provides the greatest potential for producing general fund savings from the Criminal Fund. A companion amendment in Item 32 reduces appropriations for the Criminal Fund to account for the savings produced by the creation of these four offices because of the more efficient representation of indigent criminal defendants by public defenders. Statutory authorization for these four offices is contained in Part 5 of this Act.)