SB 1379 - Under current law, any funds available from government grants, private gifts, donations, bequests, or other sources made to the Office of the Public Defender are deposited in the general revenue fund of the state.

This act creates the "Public Defender - Federal and Other Fund" in the state treasury and provides that funding from any government grants, private gifts, donations, bequests, or other sources shall be deposited into such fund.

This act is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS#2/SCS/SBs 754, et al (2024), SB 841 (2024), SB 245 (2023), SB 1039 (2022), to provisions in SCS/HB 2088, et al (2022) and HB 2370 (2022).

MARY GRACE PRINGLE

Statutes affected:
Introduced (5393S.01): 600.042

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Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 1379
Sponsor: Arthur
Hearing Date: 2/19/2024


COMMITTEE: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

CHAIRMAN: Luetkemeyer

DATE REFERRED: 2/8/2024 DATE HEARING REQUESTED:



STAFF:
Cindy Kadlec
Katie O'Brien
Mary Grace Pringle
Harli Rhodes


WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:



WITNESSES FOR:
Greg Mermelstein - Missouri State Public Defender


WITNESSES AGAINST: