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PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

TITLE I. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

CHAPTER 211D. COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES

Chapter 211D: Section 12. Private counsel compensation; audit and oversight department; invoices

Section 12. The committee shall establish policies and procedures to provide fair compensation to private counsel, which shall include a remedy for an attorney aggrieved by the amount of payment. The committee shall also establish an audit and oversight department to monitor billing and private attorney compensation. All invoices shall be processed for payment within thirty days of receipt by the chief counsel. Bills shall be submitted to the committee within thirty days of the conclusion of a case; or, if the case is pending at the end of the fiscal year, within thirty days after the end of such fiscal year. The amount of payment for invoices received by the chief counsel more than thirty days after the final disposition of the case or more than thirty days after the end of the fiscal year shall be reduced by 10 percent. Bills submitted after such date need not be processed for payment within thirty days. The committee may further prescribe such policies and procedures for payment as it deems appropriate; provided, however, that the committee may impose interest and penalties, where appropriate, upon overpayment of the private attorney bills recovered from private attorneys.