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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-87-302

Funding of public defenders

Known as the Public Defender Act

The act spans §§ 16–16 (23 sections).

Acts 1997, No. 788, § 12; 1997, No. 1341, § 12; 2001, No. 1799, § 8; 2011, No. 1201, § 1.

(1) The Arkansas Public Defender Commission shall be responsible for the payment of the following: The salaries of public defenders;

(2) The salaries of secretaries and other support staff of the public defender's office;

(3) The payment of the costs of certain expenses, as authorized by § 16-87-212.

(4) Each county or counties within a judicial district shall be responsible for the payment of the following: The cost of facilities, equipment, supplies, and other office expenses necessary to the effective and efficient operation of the public defender's office.

(5) Funding for these expenditures may be from: A county administration of justice fund;

(6) A county's general fund;

(7) A county's public defender fund;

(8) A county's indigent defense fund;

(9) A county's public defender investigator fund; or

(10) Any other fund authorized by law for that purpose.

(11) These expenditures shall comply with an itemized, line-item budget appropriated by the quorum court; and

(12) The compensation of additional personnel within the office of the public defender, when approved in advance by the quorum court.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.