Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 12, Article 1 - Georgia Public Defender Council

• § 17-12-1 - Short Title; Georgia Public Defender Council; Responsibilities
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Indigent Defense Act of 2003."(b) The Georgia Public Defender Council shall...
• § 17-12-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Assistant public defender" means an attorney who is employed by any circuit public defender. (2) "Circuit...
• § 17-12-3 - Council Created; Membership
  (a) There is created the Georgia Public Defender Council to be composed of nine members. Other than county commission members, members of the council...
• § 17-12-4 - Authority of Council; Annual Audit
  (a) The council: (1) Shall be a legal entity; (2) Shall have perpetual existence; (3) May contract; (4) May own property; (5) May accept...
• § 17-12-5 - Director; Qualifications; Powers and Responsibilities
  (a) To be eligible for appointment as the director, a candidate shall be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia...
• § 17-12-6 - Assistance of Council to Public Defenders
  (a) The council may assist the public defenders throughout the state in their efforts to provide adequate legal defense to the indigent. Assistance may...
• § 17-12-7 - Councilmembers; Responsibilities; Voting; Removal; Quorum; Meetings; Officers; Expenses
  (a) All members of the council shall at all times act in the best interest of indigent defendants who are receiving legal representation under...
• § 17-12-8 - Approval by Council of Programs for Representation of Indigents; Public Access to Policies and Standards
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 7-7/HB 328, effective July 1, 2015.
• § 17-12-9 - Continuing Legal Education for Public Defenders and Staff
  The council shall be authorized to conduct or approve for credit or reimbursement, or both, basic and continuing legal education courses or other appropriate...
• § 17-12-10 - Annual Reporting
  (a) Upon request, the council shall prepare annually a report of its activities in order to provide the General Assembly, the Governor, and the...
• § 17-12-10.1 - Legislative Oversight Committee Created; Membership; Audits
  (a) There is created the Legislative Oversight Committee for the Georgia Public Defender Council which shall be composed of eight persons: three members of...
• § 17-12-10.2 - Civil Liability
  The members of the council as created by this article, the members of the circuit public defender supervisory panel created by Article 2 of...
• § 17-12-11 - Mental Health Advocacy Division; Duties, Responsibilities, and Management
  (a) The mental health advocacy division shall represent in any court in this state indigent persons found not guilty by reason of insanity at...
• § 17-12-12 - Georgia Capital Defender Division; Duties, Responsibilities, and Management
  (a) The Georgia capital defender division shall represent all indigent persons charged with a capital felony for which the death penalty is being sought...
• § 17-12-12.1 - Payment of Attorney in Event of Conflict of Interest in Capital Cases; Number of Attorneys Appointed; County Governing Authority's Financial Responsibility; Expenses
  (a) If there is a conflict of interest such that the Georgia capital defender division is unable to defend any indigent person accused of...
• § 17-12-13 - Effective Date of Article
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 91, § 9/HB 238, effective July 1, 2011.
• § 17-12-14 - Applicability of Article
  Repealed by Ga. L 2003, p. 191, § 1, effective December 21, 2003.

Last modified: October 14, 2016