CHAPTER 887

PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES

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Sec. 51-292. Expenses included in commission's budget.

Sec. 51-296b. Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings.


Sec. 51-292. Expenses included in commission's budget. Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or incurred by, the commission, the Chief Public Defender, or those serving pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including rental of facilities, witnesses summoned, costs of transcripts ordered from the official court reporters or court recording monitors, costs of service of process, and costs of equipment, and other necessary disbursements or costs of defense shall be paid from the budget of the commission upon approval of the commission.

(P.A. 74-317, S. 11, 14; P.A. 19-64, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 19-64 added “Except as provided in section 46b-136,” and replaced “court reporters” with “the official court reporters or court recording monitors” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.

Sec. 51-296b. Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings. The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide representation to persons at parole revocation hearings. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Chief Public Defender shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on cases served as part of such program during the prior calendar year. Such report shall aggregate information, including, but not limited to, the number of public defenders funded through the pilot program, the number of preliminary hearings and final parole revocation hearings served by such public defenders and the associated outcomes of such hearings.

(P.A. 19-59, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.