2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 33. Courts and Court Officers
ARTICLE 40. PUBLIC DEFENDERS
CHAPTER 7. County Public Defender Boards
33-40-7-3. Establishment of board; members; terms; chairperson; meetings; termination
Sec. 3. (a) A county executive may adopt an ordinance establishing a county public defender board consisting of three (3) members. The county executive shall appoint one (1) member. The judges who exercise felony or juvenile jurisdiction in the county shall appoint by majority vote the other two (2) members.
(b) The members appointed by the judges may not be from the same political party. The members must be persons who have demonstrated an interest in high quality legal representation for indigent persons. However, a member may not be a city, town, or county attorney, a law enforcement officer, a judge, or a court employee.
(c) Each member of the board serves a three (3) year term beginning with the date of the member's appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy holds office for the remainder of the previous member's term. If a successor has not been appointed by the end of a member's three (3) year term, the member continues in office until the member's successor takes office.
(d) The members shall, by a majority vote, elect one (1) member to serve as chairperson.
(e) Meetings shall be held at least quarterly and may be held at other times during the year at the call of the:
(1) chairperson; or
(2) other two (2) members.
(f) A county executive may terminate the board by giving at least ninety (90) days written notice to the judges described in subsection (a).
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
