Amendment #724 to H4100

To generate revenue by crediting attorneys fees ordered by the Trial Court

Mr. Winslow of Norfolk moves to amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following section:-

“SECTION. Section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 112 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011, is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (g), the following new subsection:—

(g ½) When a legal counsel fee is assessed under this chapter to a person who is represented by a member of the private counsel division, the legal counsel fee shall be deducted from the private counsel bill submitted to the committee.  The attorney member of the private counsel division who has had a legal counsel fee deducted from a bill submitted to the committee shall be responsible for collecting the fee. Attorney members of the private counsel division and public defender division shall not accept any compensation or consideration for assigned representation, except legal counsel fees as permitted by this subsection.”