This amendment includes $100,000 from the general fund the first year for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to contract with an outside vendor, as needed, for a review of the feasibility and cost of a statewide system of public defender offices, and the staffing and pay associated with all court-appointed criminal legal counsel and defense. Senate Bill 475, which incorporated Senate Bills 136, 282, and 640, was continued to the 2023 Session with a letter sent to JLARC to perform the review.