TO:

Assigned Private Counsel

FROM:

Anthony Benedetti, General Counsel

RE:

Governor Signs Deficiency Budget

DATE:

10/19/2007


The Governor today signed into law the Fiscal Year 2007 Deficiency budget which contains the $19,962,716 that is necessary to fully compensate attorneys for work done in Fiscal Year 2007.  Processing of bills will begin immediately after the funds have been loaded into the CPCS account and become available.  We will send out a notice as soon as we start processing payments.

The legislation is Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2007 and is available for viewing at http://www.statehousenews.com/reports/legislation/H4282.pdf