34 USC 60303 - Applications

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

§ 60303.

Applications

(a)

In general

(b)

Application

(1)

In general

(2)

Contents

Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—

(A)

a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State authorizes capital punishment under its laws and conducts, or will conduct, prosecutions in which capital punishment is sought;

(B)

a description of the communities to be served by the grant, including the nature of existing capital defender services and capital prosecution programs within such communities;

(C)

a long-term statewide strategy and detailed implementation plan that—

(i)

reflects consultation with the judiciary, the organized bar, and State and local prosecutor and defender organizations; and

(ii)

establishes as a priority improvement in the quality of trial-level representation of indigents charged with capital crimes and trial-level prosecution of capital crimes;

(D)

in the case of a State that employs a statutory procedure described in section 60301(e)(1)(C) of this title, a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of the applicable State statute; and

(E)

assurances that Federal funds received under this chapter shall be—

(i)

used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under this chapter; and

(ii)

allocated in accordance with section 60306(b) of this title.

(Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, § 423, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2288.)

cite as: 34 USC 60303