Ill STAT. 750 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 reports to the Superior Court with respect to an individual on probation as the Superior Court may require. Reports. (4) SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAROLEES.— The Agency shall supervise all individuals on parole pursuant to the District of Columbia Code. The Agency shall carry out the conditions of release imposed by the United States Parole Commission or, with respect to a misdemeanant, by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and shall make such reports to the Commission or Court with respect to an individual on parole supervision as the Commission or Court may require. (d) AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS. —The supervision officers of the Agency shall have and exercise the same powers and authority as are granted by law to United States Probation and Pretrial Officers. (e) PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCY AND PUBLIC DEFENDER SERV- ICE. — (1) INDEPENDENT ENTITIES. — The District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency established by subchapter I of chapter 13 title 23, District of Columbia Code, and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service established by title III of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. 1 -2701 et seq.) shall function as independent entities within the Agency. (2) SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PRETRIAL SERVICES.— The Director of the Agency shall submit, on behalf of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency and with the approval of the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency, an annual appropriation request to the Office of Management and Budget. Such request shall be separate from the request submitted for the Agency. (3) SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE.— The Director of the Agency shall submit, on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and with the approval of the Director of the Public Defender Service, an annual appropriation request to the Office of Management and Budget. Such request shall be separate from that submitted for the Agency. (4) LIABILITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The District of Columbia shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court or other official Federal, state, or municipal forum against the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency, the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, or the District of Columbia or its officers, employees, or agents, and shall assume any liability resulting from such an action or proceeding, if the action or proceeding arises from the activities of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency or the District of Columbia Public Defender Service prior to the date on which the Offender Supervision, Defender and Courts Services Agency assumes its duties. (5) LITIGATION.— (A) CORPORATION COUNSEL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia shall provide litigation services to the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, except that the District of Columbia
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