Chapter 596
AN ACT
SB 5535
Relating to financial administration of the Public Defense Services
Commission; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. There are appropriated to the Public Defense
Services Commission, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the
General Fund, the following amounts for the following purposes:
(1) Legal services.................................... $ 8,703,653
(2) Public Defense Services
Account............................................. $ 201,185,762
(3) Contract and business services........ $ 3,065,102
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $605,708 is established for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or
other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds
and federal funds, collected or received by the Public Defense Services
Commission, for the Contract and Business Services Division.
SECTION 3. This 2007 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor June 25, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2007
Effective date July 1, 2007
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