| 1 | Representative Seiler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 783-797 and insert: |
| 5 | (9) Conflict counsel shall be compensated in an amount and |
| 6 | by a method negotiated with the public defender. The primary |
| 7 | objective of any compensation plan shall be the delivery of |
| 8 | competent and effective representation to the client. In the |
| 9 | event that the delivery of competent and effective |
| 10 | representation, regardless of the degree of the offense or the |
| 11 | designation of the case as criminal or civil, involves unusual |
| 12 | or extraordinary circumstances that merit a fee in excess of the |
| 13 | amount agreed upon, and it is necessary and reasonable to pay |
| 14 | such fee in order to ensure competent and effective |
| 15 | representation, the public defender shall be authorized to pay |
| 16 | such fee in full, without regard to the fee originally |
| 17 | contracted for. The unusual or extraordinary circumstances need |
| 18 | not be unforeseen. Extraordinary circumstances will not, |
| 19 | however, authorize the public defender to expend moneys in |
| 20 | excess of the total appropriations for indigent services |
| 21 | provided in the General Appropriations Act. Private court- |
| 22 | appointed counsel may not bill for |
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| 25 | Remove line 32 and insert: |
| 26 | Appropriations Act; requiring that conflict counsel be |
| 27 | compensated in an amount and by a method negotiated |
| 28 | with the public defender; allowing for extraordinary |
| 29 | payment; limiting authorization for extraordinary |
| 30 | payment; |