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_ 45 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 40. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 A. Pursuant to § 19.2-163.01, Code of Virginia, the Executive Director of the Indigent Defense Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. B. Out of the amounts in this Item, $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to support two positions to enforce and monitor compliance with the new Standards of Practice for court-appointed counsel. C. Out of the amounts in this item, $6,558,009 the first year and $6,558,009 the second year from the general fund is provided to hire additional public defender positions to address increased workloads and reduce turnover in offices across the Commonwealth. The Commission may direct a portion of the funding for salary adjustments, including increasing starting salaries for attorneys and adjusting salaries for current staff to address turnover rates within the offices. D. The Commission shall convene a workgroup to assess the feasibility of creating an Appellate Defender Office. E. Out of the amounts in this item, funding is provided for three positions for the Fairfax Indigent Defense Commission to provide public defender services to the Town of Herndon, the Town of Vienna, and the City of Fairfax. Total for Indigent Defense Commission $86,671,159 $88,330,106 $87,214,744 $89,395,011 General Fund Positions 727.00 727.00 731.00 Nongeneral Fund Positions 2.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 Position Level 729.00 731.00 729.00 735.00 Fund Sources: General $84,520,523 $85,064,108 $85,583,301 Special $2,150,636 $3,809,583 $2,150,636 $3,811,710 § 1-21. VIRGINIA CRIMINAL SENTENCING COMMISSION (160) 41. Adjudicatory Research, Planning, and Coordination (32400) $1,859,578 $1,859,578 Adjudicatory Research And Planning (32403) $1,859,578 $1,859,578 Fund Sources: General $1,789,506 $1,789,506 Special $70,072 $70,072 Authority: Title 17.1, Chapter 8, Code of Virginia A. For any fiscal impact statement prepared by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, Code of Virginia, for which the commission does not have sufficient information to project the impact, the commission shall assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000 to the bill and this amount shall be printed on the face of each such bill, but shall not be codified. The provisions of § 30-19.1:4, paragraph H. shall be applicable to any such bill. B. The clerk of each circuit court shall provide the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission case data in an electronic format from its own case management system or the statewide Circuit Case Management System. If the statewide Circuit Case Management System is used by the clerk, when requested by the Commission, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall provide for the transfer of such data to the Commission. The Commission may use the data for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes only and shall ensure the confidentiality and security of the data. The Commission shall only publish statistical reports and analyses based on this data as needed for its annual reports or for other reports as required by the General Assembly. The Commission shall not publish personal or case identifying information, including names, social security numbers and dates of birth, that may be included in the data from a case management system. Upon transfer to the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission,