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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-87-302. Funding of public defenders

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The Arkansas Public Defender Commission shall be responsible for the payment of the following:

(1) The salaries of public defenders;

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

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

(b) Each county or counties within a judicial district shall be responsible for the payment of the following:

(1)(A) The cost of facilities, equipment, supplies, and other office expenses necessary to the effective and efficient operation of the public defender's office.

(B) Funding for these expenditures may be from:

(i) A county administration of justice fund;

(ii) A county's general fund;

(iii) A county's public defender fund;

(iv) A county's indigent defense fund;

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

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

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

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

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