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NEW SECTION. Sec. 115. FOR THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE 1 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $66,616,000 2 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . . . $70,129,000 3 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . $385,000 4 Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State 5 Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,894,000 6 TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $147,024,000 7 The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 8 conditions and limitations: 9 (1) $900,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2024 and $900,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the purpose of improving the 12 quality of trial court public defense services as authorized by 13 chapter 10.101 RCW. The office of public defense must allocate these 14 amounts so that $450,000 per fiscal year is distributed to counties, 15 and $450,000 per fiscal year is distributed to cities, for grants 16 under chapter 10.101 RCW. 17 (2) $6,000,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state 18 appropriation is provided solely to assist counties with public 19 defense services related to vacating the convictions of defendants 20 and/or resentencing for defendants whose convictions or sentences are 21 affected by the State v. Blake decision. Of the amount provided in 22 this subsection: 23 (a) $900,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state 24 appropriation is provided solely for the office of public defense to 25 provide statewide attorney training, technical assistance, data 26 analysis and reporting, and quality oversight, to administer 27 financial assistance for public defense costs related to State v. 28 Blake impacts, and to maintain a triage team to provide statewide 29 support to the management and flow of hearings for individuals 30 impacted by the State v. Blake decision. 31 (b) $5,100,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state 32 appropriation is provided solely to assist counties in providing 33 counsel for defendants seeking to vacate a conviction and/or be 34 resentenced under State v. Blake. Assistance shall be allocated to 35 all counties based upon a formula established by the office of public 36 defense. Counties may receive assistance by: (i) Applying for grant 37 funding; and/or (ii) designating the office of public defense to 38 contract directly with counsel. 39 p. 14 ESSB 5187.SL