Appropriates an additional $5,482,800 to the Public Defense Commission for fiscal year 2017; and authorizes an additional 4.5 full-time equivalent positions.

This is a trailer appropriation bill that provides funding to the Public Defense Commission for costs associated with its expanded roles and responsibilities, as established by H504. This bill appropriates an additional $5,482,800 to the Public Defense Commission for FY 2017 as follows: $4,266,500 for formulaic grants to counties to offset the cost of compliance with indigent defense standards; $550,000 to incentivize counties to merge their services and form joint public defender offices; $250,000 for additional funding to counties for extraordinary litigation costs; and $368,700 in personnel costs, $34,200 in operating expenditures, $13,400 in one-time capital outlay, and 4.50 FTP to the Public Defense Commission.