South Dakota Statutes

§ 7-16A-16 — County appropriations for public defender fund--Administration and accounting for fund--Private contributions.

South Dakota § 7-16A-16
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 7COUNTIES
Ch. 7-16APUBLIC DEFENDER

This text of South Dakota § 7-16A-16 (County appropriations for public defender fund--Administration and accounting for fund--Private contributions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-16A-16 (2026).

Text

The board of county commissioners of each county participating in a public defender plan shall annually appropriate money from the general fund to administer the public defender. The funds appropriated by the participating counties shall be placed in a public defender fund which shall be administered by the county originating the public defender plan, unless otherwise agreed upon by the participating boards of county commissioners. Private contributions for the support of the office may be accepted and placed in the fund. The county administering the fund shall give an annual accounting to other participating counties.

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Legislative History

SL 1978, ch 152, § 12; SL 1985, ch 77, § 4.

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South Dakota § 7-16A-16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/7-16A-16.