A bill to amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise certain administrative authorities of the District of Columbia courts, and to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to provide professional liability insurance for officers and employees of the Service for claims relating to services furnished within the scope of employment with the Service.
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 9, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011 - Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to require the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to: (1) call biennial or, as under current law, annual judicial conferences; and (2) summon active magistrate judges to such conferences.
Authorizes the chief judges of the District Superior Court and of the District Court of Appeals to toll or delay judicial proceedings in certain natural disaster or other emergency situations.
Limits such toll or delay to 14 days, unless the chief judge determines, with the consent of the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, that an emergency situation requires additional extensions.
Authorizes the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to enter into agreements to provide the Mayor of the District with equipment, supplies, and services and credit reimbursements received from the Mayor for them to the appropriation of the District of Columbia courts against which they were charged.
Amends the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 to require the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, to the extent its Director considers appropriate, to provide representation for and hold harmless, or provide liability insurance for, any employee, member of the Board of Trustees, or officer of the Service for money damages arising out of any claim, proceeding, or case at law relating to the furnishing of representational, management, or related services while acting within the scope of that person's office or employment, including employment actions, injury, loss of liberty, property damage, loss of property, personal injury, or death arising from the officer's or employee's malpractice or negligence.
Reduces from five to three years the term an individual may be assigned to serve as a judge of the Family Court of the Superior Court.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. With written report No. 112-178.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. With written report No. 112-178.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 436.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S4790-4791; text as passed Senate: CR 7/10/2012 S4831-4832)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4790-4791; text as passed Senate: CR 7/10/2012 S4831-4832)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6772-6775)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1379.
Enacted as Public Law 112-229
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6772-6773)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6772-6773)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 112-229.
Became Public Law No: 112-229.