§ 33-40-7-5 — Comprehensive plan

Indiana § 33-40-7-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 40: PUBLIC DEFENDERS
• Ch. 7: County Public Defender Boards

Text

(a) The board, or joint board of a multicounty
public defender's office created under section 3.5 of this chapter, shall
prepare a comprehensive plan that must include at least one (1) of the
following methods of providing legal defense services to indigent
persons:
(1) Establishing a county or multicounty public defender's office.
(2) Contracting with an attorney, a group of attorneys, or a private
organization.
(3) Using an assigned counsel system of panel attorneys for case
by case appointments under section 9 of this chapter.
(4) In a county described in section 1(5) of this chapter,
establishing a public defender's office for the criminal division of
the superior court.
(b) The plan prepared under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the
Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys.
(c) If a multicounty public defender's joint board is established
under section 3.5 of this chapter, the comprehensive plan shall
establish a multicounty public defender's office.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.6; P.L.104-2022, SEC.139; P.L.111-2024, SEC.13.