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Clerk 06/04/2002
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AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $1,936,504 from current expense reserves to the office of public defense to pay for extraordinary costs in the case against Gary Leon Ridgway; and amending the 2002 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 14265, Section 43, as amended.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby approved and adopted a supplemental appropriation of $1,936,504 from current expense reserves to the office of public defense to pay for extraordinary costs in the case against Gary Leon Ridgway. Provided, that the office of public defense and the executive shall prepare and submit such information as is necessary to seek reimbursement from the State of Washington for extraordinary expenses under the provisions of Chapter 303, Laws of Washington 1999.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 14265, Section 43, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting the following therein:
PUBLIC DEFENSE - From the current expense fund there is hereby appropriated
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Public defense $1,936,504
SECTION 3. This ordinance is a response to extraordinary and unique circumstances. It is the council's intent that this appropriation not serve as a precedent, and that this ordinance does not bind the council in any way in future cases.
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