SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119073

• Record No: CB 119073
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119073
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/18/2017
• Ordinance No: Ord 125411
• Title: AN ORDINANCE related to public defense legal services; and authorizing an interlocal agreement with King County for public defense legal services.
• Sponsors: M. Lorena González
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo, 3. Proposed Substitute (added 9/8/17), 4. Signed Ordinance 125411, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/21/2017	1	Mayor	returned unsigned
9/21/2017	1	Mayor	returned
9/21/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/18/2017	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/7/2017	1	Gender Equity, Safe Communities, and New Americans Committee	pass as amended	Pass
9/5/2017	1	City Council	referred
8/29/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/8/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/8/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE related to public defense legal services; and authorizing an interlocal agreement with King County for public defense legal services.
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WHEREAS, it is a constitutional requirement, a requirement of chapter 10.101 RCW, and a public purpose that each person charged with a crime punishable by incarceration or involved in certain other proceedings that may result in loss of liberty or loss of fundamental rights be provided with effective legal representation in order to ensure equal justice under law without regard to the person's ability to pay; and
WHEREAS, effective legal representation should be provided consistent with the constitutional requirements of fairness, equal protection, and due process in all cases where the right to counsel attaches; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of The City of Seattle (City), consistent with chapter 10.101 RCW and other applicable law, to make such services available in an efficient manner which provides effective representation at reasonable cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, King County (County) operates and maintains a Department of Public Defense (KC-DPD), and is available to continue to provide such legal services to the City; and
WHEREAS, the County and the City are currently Parties to the Interlocal Agreement for Public Defense Services which became effective on July 1, 2014, and will be effective through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Parties are desirous of a new agreement to continue the County's provision of these legal services; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Budget Director or the Director's designee is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, an agreement substantially in the form of the King County and The City of Seattle Interlocal Agreement for Public Defense Services attached hereto as Attachment 1 (Interlocal Agreement).
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