AR SB95

Appropriates $3,132,449 to the Arkansas Public Defender Commission - State Operations for fiscal year 2021-2022, including $1,481,912 for regular salaries and 20 maximum employees.

Appropriates $26,628,008 to the Trial Public Defender Office for fiscal year 2021-2022, including $18,453,979 for regular salaries, 258 maximum employees, $770,000 for Public Defender Commission Programs, and $300,000 for Bail Bond County Public Defender.

Appropriates $75,252 to the Ombudsman Program for fiscal year 2021-2022 with 1 employee position (Public Def Ombudsman Coordinator, Grade GS08).

Appropriates $4,683,156 to the Commission for Parent Counsel for fiscal year 2021-2022, including $467,476 for regular salaries, 7 employees, and $3,600,231 for Parent Counsel Reimbursements to contract with attorneys for indigent parents in dependency-neglect cases.

Effective date is July 1, 2021, with emergency clause declaring this appropriation essential for immediate agency operations.