Amendments to House Bill No. 2

Committee Study Bill Copy

Requested by Representative Llew Jones

For the House Appropriations Committee

Prepared by Kris Wilkinson

March 11, 2019 (9:42am)

1. Page D-2, line 34: Office of State Public Defender.

Strike: "22,315,993"  [General Fund FY 21]

Insert: "21,556,707"  [General Fund FY 21]

 

Following: line 34

Insert: "a. Local Government Contribution"

Insert: "759,286"[General Fund FY 20 FY 21]

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Explanation - This amendment creates a line item for counties, cities, and consolidated governments contribution to the costs of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD). The amount of the general fund contributed by the local governments is reduced from the entitlement share payments based on population and OPD workload statistics. The reduction to the entitlement share payment is included in a HB 2 companion bill.