47-1-110. Public defender account. (1) There is a public defender account in the state special revenue fund. Gifts, grants, or donations provided to support the system must be deposited in the account. Money in the account may be used only for the operation of the system.
     (2) Beginning July 1, 2006, money to be deposited in the account also includes:
     (a) payments for the cost of a public defender ordered by the court pursuant to 46-8-113 as part of a sentence in a criminal case;
     (b) payments for public defender costs ordered pursuant the Montana Youth Court Act; and
     (c) payments made pursuant to The Crime Victims Compensation Act of Montana and designated as payment for public defender costs pursuant to 53-9-104.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 449, L. 2005.