RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN MATEO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOR PRIVATE DEFENDER PROGRAM SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2011 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2012

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County to provide appropriate and competent legal services to financially eligible persons entitled to Court Appointed Counsel in San Mateo County; and

WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Bar Association has successfully provided such services through the Private Defender Program since 1968; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County and the San Mateo County Bar Association to continue to provide these services; and

WHEREAS, the County has renegotiated a new agreement with the San Mateo County Bar Association for provision of the Private Defender Program; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of the Agreement and wishes to approve same as to both form and content and desires to enter into the Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of the Board be authorized and directed to execute the agreement with the San Mateo County Bar Association for the Private Defender Program for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest to the signature thereto.

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