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Enrolled Version - Final Version House Bill 4022 History
[Passed March 8, 2008; in effect July 1, 2008.]
AN ACT to repeal §29-21-10, §29-21-11 and §29-21-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-21-3b; and to amend and reenact §29-21-6, §29-21-8, §29-21-9, §29-21-13 and §29-21-13a of said code, all relating to Public Defender Services generally; creating the Indigent Defense Commission; specifying members and their terms; specifying certain powers and duties of the Indigent Defense Commission; requiring submission of report to Legislature; requiring public defender corporations to submit monthly financial statements and reports; providing requirements for the creation, activation, merger or dissolution of public defender corporations; authorizing employment of certain attorneys; requiring consultation with judge; providing for the order of appointment of panel attorneys; establishing requirements for funding applications; requiring corporations to submit proposed budgets; authorizing amended funding contracts; authorizing executive director to establish guidelines for submission of claims and vouchers; establishing certain deadlines for submitting claims; providing for periodic payment of fees to panel attorneys; clarifying in-court work and meaning of separate cases; establishing limitations on reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring vouchers be reimbursed within a certain period; providing for interest accruing on late reimbursements; and giving preference to processing vouchers involving child abuse and neglect cases .
That §29-21-10, §29-21-11 and §29-21-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-21-3b; and that §29-21-6, §29-21-8, §29-21-9, §29-21-13 and §29-21-13a of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(g) On or before the fifteenth day of January, two thousand nine the commission shall report to the Legislature its findings and recommendations on the feasibility and need for the creation of additional public defender corporations; the activation of public defender corporations; the formation of multi-circuit or regional public defender corporations; or the dissolution of public defender corporations in accordance with the provisions of section eight of this article.
(a) (1) In each judicial circuit of the state, there is hereby created a public defender corporation of the circuit: Provided, That the executive director, with the approval of the Indigent Defense Commission, may authorize the creation, merger or dissolution of a public defender corporation in a judicial circuit where the creation, merger or dissolution of such a public defender corporation would improve the quality of legal representation, assure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds and further the purposes of this article: Provided, however, That prior to the creation, merger or dissolution of a public defender corporation in accordance with this subsection, the commission shall provide a report to the Legislature pursuant subsection (g), section three-b of this article for approval of the creation, merger, or dissolution of any public defender corporation.
(b) If the executive director, with the approval of the Indigent Defense Commission, determines there is a need to activate, merge or dissolve a corporation in a judicial circuit of the state, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Indigent Defense Commission shall first consult with and give substantial consideration to the recommendation of the judge of a single-judge circuit or the chief judge of a multi-judge circuit.
(a) On or before the first day of May of each year, each active public defender corporation shall submit to the executive director and the commission a funding application and a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The accounting and auditing division shall review all funding applications and prepare recommendations for an operating plan and annual budget for each public defender corporation. The executive director shall review the funding applications and the accounting and auditing recommendations and shall, in consultation with the board of directors of each public defender corporation, prepare a plan for providing legal services, execute a funding contract for the fiscal year and commit funds for that purpose.
(1) (A) Reimbursement of expenses for production of transcripts of proceedings reported by a court reporter is limited to the cost per original page and per copy page as set forth in section four, article seven, chapter fifty-one of this code. (B) (i) There shall be no reimbursement of expenses for or production of a transcript of a preliminary hearing before a magistrate or juvenile referee, or of a magistrate court trial, where such hearing or trial has also been recorded electronically in accordance with the provisions of section eight, article five, chapter fifty of this code or court rule.