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DEL.ICIO.USHouse takes up indigent defense bill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After a week break for the MLK holiday and budget hearings, House members reconvened at 1 p.m. to handle routine business, including retirement bills and SB 203, a measure dealing with the state’s new indigent defense program.
State Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs) said a conference committee hashed out a version of the bill that should help bring in more money for the program and assure better accountability.
State Rep. Keith Heard (D-Athens) took the well to denounce SB 386, legislation to redraw the boundaries of Senate districts 46, 47 and 49.
Heard and others have said the measure is designed to hurt state Rep. Jane Kidd (D-Athens), an announced candidate for state Senate District 46, and splits the city of Athens between Senate districts.
Heard accused the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Ralph Hudgens (R-Comer) of “meddling” in Clarke County politics. The bill passed the Senate on Jan. 13 34-18 and is now pending in the House.
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