General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 211D Committee for Public Counsel Services

• Massachusetts General Laws - Committee for public counsel services; establishment - Chapter 211D, Section 1
  There shall be a committee for public counsel services, hereinafter referred to as the committee, to plan, oversee, and coordinate the delivery of criminal and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Indigency; definition, standards and procedures for determination - Chapter 211D, Section 2
  The committee for public counsel services shall establish a definition of “indigency” for the purposes of this chapter and uniform standards and procedures for the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 112 - Chapter 211D, Section 21/2
  Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Verification of claim of indigency; waiver by claimant allowing access to information; reassessments following appointment of counsel; reporting - Chapter 211D, Section 2A
  (a) A person claiming indigency under section 2 shall execute a waiver authorizing the court’s chief probation officer, or the officer’s designee, to obtain the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of counsel for criminal defendant charged with misdemeanor or municipal ordinance or bylaw violation - Chapter 211D, Section 2B
  A person charged with a misdemeanor or a violation of a municipal ordinance or bylaw, on motion of the commonwealth, the person or on the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Accepting of gifts, grants or contributions; contracts - Chapter 211D, Section 3
  Said committee may accept gifts, grants or contributions from any source, whether public or private, and may enter into contracts to provide or receive services...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations; annual report; training; rotating appointment mechanism - Chapter 211D, Section 4
  Said committee shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the conduct of its affairs and may from time to time amend...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment or assignment of counsel - Chapter 211D, Section 5
  Said committee shall establish, supervise and maintain a system for the appointment or assignment of counsel at any stage of a proceeding, either criminal or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public defender and private counsel divisions; duties - Chapter 211D, Section 6
  (a) In carrying out its duties as prescribed in section 5, the committee shall utilize its staff of attorneys, which shall be known hereafter as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of children and family law program; utilization of certified private counsel - Chapter 211D, Section 6A
  In carrying out its duties as prescribed in sections 5 and 6, the committee shall establish a children and family law program which shall, upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payment of counsel - Chapter 211D, Section 6B
  Not more than 1 counsel assigned or appointed under section 5, 6 or 6A shall be paid for representation of a party in civil proceedings...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 114 - Chapter 211D, Section 7
  Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assignment of case of indigent accused of murder - Chapter 211D, Section 8
  Upon a determination by a court that a person accused of murder in the first or second degree is indigent, the chief counsel or his...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division standards - Chapter 211D, Section 9
  The committee shall establish standards for the public defender division and the private counsel division which shall include but not be limited to: (a) vertical...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Committee monitoring of standards compliance; review of client complaints - Chapter 211D, Section 10
  The committee shall monitor and evaluate compliance with the standards and the performance of counsel in its divisions in order to insure competent representation of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation rates; limitation on annual billable hours payable; limitation on new appointments - Chapter 211D, Section 11
  (a) The rates of compensation payable to all counsel, who are appointed or assigned to represent indigents within the private counsel division of the committee...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Private counsel compensation; audit and oversight department; submission of invoices for payment - Chapter 211D, Section 12
  (a) The committee shall establish policies and procedures to provide fair compensation to private counsel and vendors, which shall include a remedy for an attorney...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Chief counsel; deputies; staff; compensation - Chapter 211D, Section 13
  The committee shall appoint a chief counsel, whose responsibilities and duties shall be defined by the committee and shall include, but not be limited to,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 117 - Chapter 211D, Section 14
  Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Community advisory board; Roxbury community; consultation - Chapter 211D, Section 15
  The committee shall consult regularly with a community advisory board appointed by the committee to represent the greater Roxbury community. Members of the community advisory...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of counsel; sex offender registry classification system - Chapter 211D, Section 16
  The committee shall establish, supervise and maintain a system for the appointment of counsel for the provision of legal services for indigents subject to the...

Last modified: September 11, 2015