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Clerk 11/03/2011
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A MOTION amending the public defense payment model, which established a framework for budgeting indigent legal defense services in King County.
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WHEREAS, the King County council established the public defense payment model in 2005, by Motion 12160, which was incorporated in the 2006 Budget Ordinance and implemented in the 2006 public defense contracts, and
WHEREAS, the public defense payment model is updated and revised every three years as needed to account for changes to business practices and needs, and
WHEREAS, the public defense payment model was revised in 2009 by Motion 13004, and
WHEREAS, revisions were necessary to account for business changes for the 2012 budget year and contracts to be implemented in that year, and the revisions are incorporated in the amended public defense payment model, Public Defense Payment Model for General Fund Expenses for Indigent Public Defense Services in King County, Attachment A to this motion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County council hereby adopts the amendment to the public defense payment model, Attachment A to this motion.