Section 31.215 - Acceptance of fees by public advocacy attorneys prohibited - Exceptions(1) Except for attorneys appointed pursuant to KRS 620.100, 625.041, 625.080, and 31.120, no attorney employed by the Department of Public Advocacy shall accept any fees for the representation of any needy person as defined in this chapter from that person or anyone for his or her benefit and the fees for representation of that person shall be limited to the fees provided in this chapter. "Fees" shall include cash, property, or other pecuniary benefits of any kind.(2) Any attorney employed by the Department of Public Advocacy who receives or attempts to collect a fee from a needy person as prohibited by subsection (1) above shall be guilty of a Class D felony.Amended by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 144,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.Effective:7/15/2002
Repealed, reenacted, and renumbered 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 15, effective7/15/2002. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 3, effective 7/14/1992. --Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 39, effective 6/17/1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 2.