(a) The Judicial Branch Administrative Office shall establish one or more separate accounts for the deposit of funds allotted to the Office of Conflict Counsel. The funds shall be expended exclusively for the operating expenses of the Office, as authorized by the Committee. The funds shall remain available until expended.
(b) Not later than March 30 of each year, the Office of Conflict Counsel shall submit to the Chief Justice and the Administrator of Courts, the Office’s proposed budget for the following fiscal year, which must be included in the proposed annual budget for the judicial branch of the Virgin Islands.