A. The public defender training fund is established consisting of monies allocated to the fund pursuant to section 12-116. The supreme court shall administer the fund.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-117

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.

B. Each month the supreme court shall deposit in the fund the monies collected for the fund. All monies deposited in the fund are continuously appropriated to the supreme court for distribution to each county public defender as provided in subsection C of this section.

C. The allocation of monies collected shall be made to each county public defender office in proportion to the number of felony cases assigned to that office in the last fiscal year.

D. Monies received shall be used exclusively for the purpose of public defender training. Each public defender office receiving training fund monies shall submit to the supreme court an annual report of all financial receipts and expenditures from the training fund.

 

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