Amendment #818 to H4000

Relative to Compensation for Court-Appointed Attorneys

Representatives Markey of Dartmouth, Cronin of Easton, Harrington of Groton, Kaufman of Lexington, Dwyer of Woburn, Schmid of Westport, Garlick of Needham, Madden of Nantucket, Benson of Lunenburg, Garry of Dracut, Linsky of Natick, McMurtry of Dedham and Livingstone of Boston move that the bill be amended by adding the following section:

"SECTION X.  Section 11 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following new sentence:—

The rates of compensation payable to all counsel, who are appointed or assigned to represent indigents within the private counsel division of the committee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of section 6, shall, subject to appropriation, be as follows: for homicide cases the rate of compensation shall be $105 per hour; for superior court non-homicide cases, including sexually dangerous person cases, the rate of compensation shall be $65; for district court cases and children in need of services cases the rate of compensation shall be $53 per hour; for children and family law cases, care and protection cases, sex offender registry cases and mental health cases the rate of compensation shall be $55 per hour.".