La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § XV-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-301 - Eligibility Criteria for Direct and Indirect Supplemental Assistance

A. A district indigent defender board shall not be eligible to receive supplemental assistance from the Indigent Defense Assistance Board unless the following criteria are met.

1. All courts within the judicial district are assessing at least $25 in court costs in accordance with R.S. 15:146, provided the amount of court costs being assessed shall not bar supplemental assistance to cover the costs of defense services in capital cases.

2. The judicial district indigent defender board has instituted and is complying with a system to assure that defense services are limited only to those who meet indigency standards after reasonable inquiry, including compliance with R.S. 15:147. In all proceedings where defense services are provided by a judicial district indigent defender board, the board shall file, in the record of the proceedings, a written certification attesting to the individual's indigency, signed by the client or a representative of the judicial district indigent defender board.

3. A judicial district indigent defender board is providing legal services and related expenses only to the extent required by the Constitution of Louisiana or the Constitution of the United States of America or specific statutory provisions affording the right of counsel to indigents.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § XV-301

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board, LR 28:1202 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:151.