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          receive reimbursement for required travel.  Petitioner did not              
          submit requests for reimbursement to the county during 1992 for             
          the expenses he incurred with his use of any of the automobiles.            
               Petitioner deducted $933.50 in educational expenses on the             
          return.  Other than an expense for the Rutter Group for a writs             
          seminar in the amount of $150, the county did not reimburse                 
          petitioner, nor did he request reimbursement.  During 1992,                 
          public defenders could receive reimbursement from the county for            
          mandatory continuing legal education from the MCLE Fund in the              
          amount of $150 per year per attorney and for educational training           
          from the Tuition Reimbursement Fund in the amount of $450 per               
          year per attorney.  These funds reimbursed the deputy public                
          defender requesting reimbursement for 100 percent of the costs              
          associated with the training.  Public defenders also were                   
          eligible to receive reimbursement from the county for educational           
          training from the Professional Development Fund.  Petitioner's              
          office had $10,000 available for reimbursement from this fund.              
          The Professional Development Fund reimbursed the deputy public              
          defender for 50 percent of the costs associated with training.              
          The county also reimbursed deputy public defenders' travel to               
          training programs.                                                          
               In 1992, in order to be reimbursed by the county from the              
          MCLE Fund, the Tuition Reimbursement Fund, or the Professional              







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