(a) The Arkansas Public Defender Commission shall be responsible for the payment of the following: (1) The salaries of public defenders;(2) The salaries of secretaries and other support staff of the public defender's office; and(3) The payment of the costs of certain expenses, as authorized by § 16-87-212.(b) Each county or counties within a judicial district shall be responsible for the payment of the following: (1)(A) The cost of facilities, equipment, supplies, and other office expenses necessary to the effective and efficient operation of the public defender's office.(B) Funding for these expenditures may be from:(i) A county administration of justice fund;(ii) A county's general fund;(iii) A county's public defender fund;(iv) A county's indigent defense fund;(v) A county's public defender investigator fund; or(vi) Any other fund authorized by law for that purpose.(C) These expenditures shall comply with an itemized, line-item budget appropriated by the quorum court; and(2) The compensation of additional personnel within the office of the public defender, when approved in advance by the quorum court.Acts 1997, No. 788, § 12; 1997, No. 1341, § 12; 2001, No. 1799, § 8; 2011, No. pensation of additional personnel within the office of the public defender, when approved in advance by the quorum court.Acts 1997, No. 788, § 12; 1997, No. 1341, § 12; 2001, No. 1799, § 8; 2011, No. 1201, § 1.
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