Section 33-40-7-5 - Comprehensive plan(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.
Amended by P.L. 111-2024,SEC. 13, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 104-2022,SEC. 139, eff. 4/1/2022.Amended by P.L. 69-2019,SEC. 6, eff. 7/1/2019.As added by P.L. 98-2004, SEC.19.