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Recommendation to approve the use of General Fund Contingency in the total amount of [$1,200,000] for fiscal year 2024 in accordance with Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 354.598005 to 1) increase expenditure authority in Conflict Counsel in the total amount of [$1,138,500] to support cost increases for court appointed attorneys; 2) increase expenditure authority in Public Defender's Office for Expert Witness Fees [$46,500] to support reasonable and necessary costs to meet minimum Due Process rights in the Tracy Petrocelli Trial; 3) increase expenditure authority in Alternate Public Defender's Office for Expert Witness Fees [$15,000] to support reasonable and necessary costs to meet minimum Due Process rights in the Avram Nika Trial; and direct the Comptroller to make the appropriate cross-functional budget appropriation transfers. [Total fiscal year 2024 impact $1,200,000; net fiscal impact $-0-]. Finance. (All Commission Districts.) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION
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