Chapter 3.94
PUBLIC DEFENDER FUND*
Sections:
3.94.040 Unexpended moneys carried forward.
3.94.050 Management and administration.
* Code reviser’s note: Ordinance 06-701 added this chapter as Chapter 3.90. It has been editorially renumbered to avoid duplication of numbering.
3.94.010 Created.
Recognizing the city’s mandate to provide delivery of public defender services to indigent persons accused of crimes in the municipal court of the city, there is hereby created and established a special purpose fund to be known as the public defender fund. (Ord. 06-701 § 1, 2006)
3.94.020 Source of revenue.
The sources of revenue to be deposited into the public defender fund are as follows:
A. Appropriations by council authorization;
B. Grant moneys for the delivery of public defender services received from any public or private source;
C. Donations from the public or other organizations;
D. Interest; and
E. Fines, fees, forfeitures, or penalties ordered to be paid into the public defender fund by any court. (Ord. 06-701 § 1, 2006)
3.94.030 Purpose.
Funds expended from the public defender fund shall be used for lawful purposes for the delivery of public defender services, including but not limited to compensation of contract attorneys for delivery of public defender services and expenses incidental thereto. (Ord. 06-701 § 1, 2006)
3.94.040 Unexpended moneys carried forward.
Any unexpended moneys remaining in the public defender fund at the end of a budget year shall not lapse, and shall be carried forward from year to year until expended for the purposes set forth in AMC 3.94.030 or as otherwise directed by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 06-701 § 1, 2006)
3.94.050 Management and administration.
The mayor shall have sole responsibility for management and administration of the public defender fund. Revenue and expenditure shall be in accordance with city policy, Chapters 35A.33 and 69.50 RCW, other applicable state law, and budget accounting and reporting (BARS) manual procedures. (Ord. 06-701 § 1, 2006)