La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § XV-1717

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 5, May 20, 2024

Section XV-1717 - Finalization of Plan; Dissemination

A. If the fiscal crisis or excessive workload, or both, remains imminent at conclusion of the board staff's site visit, the district defender shall, within 30 days of conclusion of the site visit, submit his or her proposed written final service restriction plan to board staff.

B. Board staff shall have seven days after receipt of the proposed final service restriction plan to review and approve the plan as submitted or approve the plan as modified by board staff. The plan becomes final upon the district defender's receipt of the board staff's approval. If board staff takes no action on the proposed final services restriction plan, the plan is deemed to be approved as submitted on the first business day following the expiration of the seventh day.

C. After the plan has been approved by board staff, the district defender shall give notice of the plan, together with a copy of the plan, to the court in accordance with §1703. A.9.b. and to the state public defender in accordance with §1703. A.9.a.

D. Copies of the notice and the final service restriction plan also shall be sent by the district defender to the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the president of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the chief and/or administrative judge of each court in the district in which public defender service providers deliver legal services to indigent persons in criminal proceedings, and the sheriff and parish president or equivalent head of parish government for each parish in the district in accordance with §1703. A.9.c.

E. The district defender may seek assistance from the court, where appropriate, in recruiting members of the local private bar to assist in the provision of indigent representation.

F. Notices under this §1717 shall include the effective date of the service restriction and should be provided as soon as practicable.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § XV-1717

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Public Defender Board, LR 38:816 (March 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:148.