(a) The board shall prepare a comprehensive plan that must include at least one (1) of the following methods of providing legal defense services to indigent persons:
- (1) Establishing a county public defender's office.
- (2) Contracting with an attorney, a group of attorneys, or a private organization.
- (3) Using an assigned counsel system of panel attorneys for case by case appointments under section 9 of this chapter.
- (4) In a county described in section 1(3) of this chapter, establishing a public defender's office for the criminal division of the superior court.
(b) The plan prepared under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Indiana public defender commission.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-5.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.