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HOUSE BILL 454

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H0454   by JUDICIARY, RULES, AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
PUBLIC DEFENSE ACT – Amends and adds to existing law to establish the State Public Defense Commission; to provide for the powers and duties of the State Public Defense Commission; to provide for the State Public Defense Commission Fund; to remove provisions relating to the appointment and assignment of certain counsel; to revise provisions relating to the duty of the boards of county commissioners to provide for the representation of indigent persons and other individuals who are entitled to be represented by an attorney at public expense; to specify that certain provisions relating to the public defender apply to a joint office of public defender, to remove provisions relating to the term of office of a public defender, to remove certain provisions relating to the scope of practice of a public defender, to remove provisions relating to the compensation of a court-assigned attorney other than the public defender; to clarify that certain provisions apply to a joint office of public defender; to provide that certain provisions apply to a joint office of public defender; and to establish the State Public Defense Commission in the Department of Self-Governing Agencies.
  02/06 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing  
  02/07 Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules, & Administration