END_STATUTE11-584.  [Public defender; duties; reimbursement]{.underline}

A.  The public defender shall perform the following duties:

1.  Upon order of the court, defend, advise and counsel without expense
to the defendant, subject to subsection B of this section, any person
who is not financially able to employ counsel in the following
proceedings and circumstances:

(a)  Offenses triable in the superior court or justice courts at all
stages of the proceedings, including the preliminary examination, but
only for those offenses which by law require that counsel be provided.

(b)  Extradition hearings.

(c)  Sanity hearings only when appointed by the court under title 36,
chapter 5.

(d)  Involuntary commitment hearings held pursuant to title 36, chapter
18, only if appointed by the court.

(e)  Involuntary commitment hearings held pursuant to title 36, chapter
37, when appointed by the court as provided in section 36‑3704,
subsection C, if the court appoints the public defender and the board of
supervisors has advised the presiding judge of the county that the
public defender is authorized to accept the appointment.

(f)  Juvenile delinquency and incorrigibility proceedings only when
appointed by the court under section 8‑221.

(g)  Appeals to a higher court or courts.

(h)  All juvenile proceedings other than delinquency and incorrigibility
proceedings under subdivision (f), including serving as a guardian ad
litem, when appointed by the court pursuant to section 8‑221, if the
court appoints the public defender and the board of supervisors has
advised the presiding judge of the county that the public defender is
authorized to accept the appointment.

(i)  All mental health hearings regarding release recommendations held
before the psychiatric security review board pursuant to section
13‑3994, when appointed by the court as provided in section 31‑502,
subsection A, paragraph 8, if the court appoints the public defender and
the board of supervisors has advised the presiding judge of the superior
court in the county that the public defender is authorized to accept the
appointment.

(j)  As attorneys pursuant to title 14, chapter 5, article 4 of adults
who are allegedly unable to effectively manage their affairs or preserve
their estates, if the court appoints the public defender and the board
of supervisors has advised the presiding judge of the county that the
public defender is authorized to accept the appointment.

2.  Keep a record of all services rendered by the public defender in
that capacity and file with the board of supervisors an annual report of
those services.

3.  By December 1 of each year, file with the presiding judge of the
superior court, the chief probation officer and the board of supervisors
an annual report on the average cost of defending a felony case.

B.  Although the services of the public defender or court appointed
counsel shall be without expense to the defendant, the court may make
the following assessments:

1.  Order an indigent administrative assessment of not more than
twenty‑five dollars.

2.   Order an administrative assessment fee of not more than twenty‑five
dollars to be paid by the juvenile or the juvenile\'s parent or
guardian.

3.  Require that the defendant, including a defendant who is placed on
probation, repay to the county a reasonable amount to reimburse the
county for the cost of the defendant\'s legal defense. Reimbursement for
legal services provided to a juvenile shall be ordered pursuant to
section 8‑221.

C.  In determining the amount and method of payment the court shall take
into account the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of
the burden that the payment will impose.

D.  Assessments collected pursuant to subsection B of this section shall
be paid into the county general fund in the account designed for use
solely by the public defender and court appointed counsel to defray the
costs of public defenders and court appointed counsel. The assessments
shall supplement, not supplant, funding provided by counties for public
defense, legal defense and contract indigent defense counsel in each
county.END_STATUTE