Bill Text: MN HF987 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of Public Defense reimbursement restrictions eliminated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Policy and Finance [HF987 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF987-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public defenders; eliminating restrictions on use of reimbursements
1.3received by the Board of Public Defense;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 611.20, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 611.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Reimbursement. In each fiscal year, the commissioner of management
1.8and budget shall deposit the payments in the special revenue fund and credit them to a
1.9separate account with the Board of Public Defense. The amount credited to this account is
1.10appropriated to the Board of Public Defense.
1.11The balance of this account does not cancel but is available until expended.
1.12Expenditures by the board from this account for each judicial district public defense office
1.13must be based on the amount of the payments received by the state from the courts in
1.14each judicial district.A district public defender's office that receives money under this
1.15subdivision shall use the money to supplement office overhead payments to part-time
1.16attorneys providing public defense services in the district. By January 15 of each year,
1.17the Board of Public Defense shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
1.18the senate and house of representatives divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice
1.19funding on the amount appropriated under this subdivision, the number of cases handled
1.20by each district public defender's office, the number of cases in which reimbursements
1.21were ordered, and the average amount of reimbursement ordered, and the average amount
1.22of money received by part-time attorneys under this subdivision.
1.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
1.3received by the Board of Public Defense;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 611.20, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 611.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Reimbursement. In each fiscal year, the commissioner of management
1.8and budget shall deposit the payments in the special revenue fund and credit them to a
1.9separate account with the Board of Public Defense. The amount credited to this account is
1.10appropriated to the Board of Public Defense.
1.11The balance of this account does not cancel but is available until expended.
1.12Expenditures by the board from this account for each judicial district public defense office
1.13must be based on the amount of the payments received by the state from the courts in
1.14each judicial district.
1.15
1.16
1.17the Board of Public Defense shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
1.18the senate and house of representatives divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice
1.19funding on the amount appropriated under this subdivision, the number of cases handled
1.20by each district public defender's office, the number of cases in which reimbursements
1.21were ordered, and the average amount of reimbursement ordered
1.22
1.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
