| TO: | Honorable Jim Pitts, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB113 by Pitts (Relating to payment of certain claims for indigent inmate defense.), As Introduced |
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would clarify language in the Fiscal Programs of the Comptroller of Public Accounts Miscellaneous Claims Rider #3, Appropriation, Payment of Miscellaneous Claims, to increase the limit for claims for the Indigent Defense Program to $50,000.
The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, it would take effect on 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SD, MS, EB
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