Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-417-R3

3rd Redraft TRP 417

Improving Representation of Indigent Defendants 1

Mr. McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 79 , in proposed section 2½ of chapter 211D, by striking out subsection (h) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(h) The clerk of the court shall, within 60 days of appointment of counsel, report to the department of revenue, the department of transitional assistance and the registry of motor vehicles the amount of any legal counsel fee owed by the person for whom counsel was appointed under this chapter. The department of revenue shall intercept payment of such fee from tax refunds due to persons who owe all or a portion of such fee. The department of transitional assistance may deduct the fee in weekly or monthly increments from persons who have not paid the fee or a portion of the fee. The registry of motor vehicles shall not issue or renew a person’s driver’s license or motor vehicle registration for any vehicle subsequently purchased by such person until it receives notification from the clerk of the court that the fee has been collected or worked off in community service."