HCS/SS/SB 245 - Under current law, any funds available from government grants, private gifts, donations, bequests, or other sources made to the Office of the Public Defender are deposited in the general revenue fund of the state.This act creates the "Public Defender - Federal and Other Fund" in the state treasury and provides that funding from any government grants, private gifts, donations, bequests, or other sources shall be deposited into such fund.
This provision is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SBs 189, et al (2023), SB 1039 (2022), and SCS/HB 2088, et al (2022) and HB 2370 (2022).
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