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IN Code § 33-40-7-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-3.5. Creation of Multicounty Public Defender's Office; Joint Board

Sec. 3.5. (a) A county executive may adopt an ordinance allowing the county to enter into an interlocal agreement (as described in IC 36-1-7-3) with one (1) or more counties for the purpose of:(1) creating a multicounty public defender's office; and(2) providing legal defense services to indigent persons located in the counties served by the multicounty public defender's office.(b) An agreement described in subsection (a) shall:(1) require any created multicounty public defender's office to be administered by a joint board (as described in IC 36-1-7-3(a)(5)(B)); and(2) delegate, to an auditor of one (1) of the constituent counties comprising the multicounty public defender's office, the duty to receive, disburse, and account for all monies distributed to the multicounty public defender's office.(c) Notwithstanding any guidelines and standards adopted by the Indiana public defender commission under IC 33-40-5-4, the members of a joint board shall be persons who have demonstrated an interest in high quality legal representation for indigent persons.(d) Notwithstanding any other law or provision, a member of the joint board may not be:(1) a city, town, or county attorney;(2) a law enforcement officer;(3) a judge;(4) a court employee;(5) an employee of the department of child services;(6) an attorney who provides representation to indigent persons in one (1) or more of the counties served by the multicounty public defender's office being administered by the joint board; or(7) an employee of any individuals described in subdivisions (1) through (6).(e) Each member of the joint board shall serve a three (3) year term that begins on the date of the member's appointment to the joint board.(f) A member appointed to the joint board for the purpose of filling a vacancy shall serve a term limited to the duration of the previous member's term.(g) If a successor has not been appointed before the end of a member's three (3) year term, the current member of the joint board shall continue the member's service until the member's successor:(1) has been appointed; and(2) is able to begin the member's term.(h) The members shall, by a majority vote, elect one (1) member to serve as a chairperson.(i) The joint board shall meet on a quarterly basis. The joint board may convene additional meetings upon the request of:(1) the chairperson; or(2) two (2) serving members of the joint board.As added by P.L.69-2019, SEC.5.
IN Code § 33-40-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-4. Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 4. A member is entitled to reimbursement from the county for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties to the same extent as is provided to a state employee for traveling expenses and other expenses under the state travel policies and procedures established by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget agency.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-4.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-5. Comprehensive Plan

Sec. 5. (a) The board, or joint board of a multicounty public defender's office created under section 3.5 of this chapter, 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 or multicounty 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.(c) If a multicounty public defender's joint board is established under section 3.5 of this chapter, the comprehensive plan shall establish a multicounty public defender's office.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-5.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.6.
IN Code § 33-40-7-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-6. Duties of Board; Term, Removal, and Qualifications of County Public Defender

Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "board" includes a joint board created by an interlocal agreement under section 3.5 of this chapter.(b) If a county or multicounty public defender's office is established under this chapter, the board shall do the following:(1) Recommend to the county fiscal body or (in the case of a multicounty public defender's office) the fiscal body of each county that is a participant in the interlocal agreement under section 3.5 of this chapter an annual operating budget for the county or multicounty public defender's office.(2) Appoint a county or multicounty public defender.(3) Submit an annual report to the county executive, the county fiscal body, and the judges described in section 3 of this chapter regarding the operation of the county or multicounty public defender's office, including information relating to caseloads and expenditures.(c) A county or multicounty public defender shall be appointed for a term not less than four (4) years and may be reappointed. The county or multicounty public defender may be removed from office only upon a showing of good cause. An attorney must be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana for at least two (2) years before the attorney is eligible for appointment as a county or multicounty public defender.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-6.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.7.
IN Code § 33-40-7-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-7. Duties of County or Multicounty Public Defender

Sec. 7. A county or multicounty public defender shall do the following:(1) Maintain an office as approved by the board.(2) Hire and supervise staff necessary to perform the services of the office after the staff positions are recommended by the board and approved by the county executive and the fiscal body or by the joint board of a multicounty office.(3) Keep and maintain records of all cases handled by the office and report at least annually to the board and the Indiana public defender commission concerning the operation of the office, costs, and projected needs.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-7.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.8.
IN Code § 33-40-7-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-8. Contracts to Provide Legal Representation

Sec. 8. (a) A county public defender may contract with an attorney, a group of attorneys, or a private organization to provide legal representation under this chapter.(b) The board shall establish the provisions of the contract under this section.(c) The county fiscal body shall appropriate an amount sufficient to meet the obligations of the contract.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-8.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-7-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-9. Assigned Counsel System

Sec. 9. The board may establish an assigned counsel system of panel attorneys to provide legal representation under this chapter that shall operate as follows:(1) The board shall gather and maintain a list of attorneys qualified to represent indigent defendants.(2) Upon the determination by a court that a person is indigent and entitled to legal representation at public expense, the court shall appoint an attorney to provide the representation from the list maintained by the board.(3) An attorney appointed to provide representation under this section may request authorization from the judge hearing the case for expenditures for investigative services, expert witnesses, or other services necessary to provide adequate legal representation.(4) An attorney appointed to provide representation under this section is entitled to receive compensation and reimbursement for budgeted expenses by submitting a voucher to the court. Upon approval of the voucher by the appropriate judge, the voucher shall be presented to the county auditor who shall process the claim as other claims against county funds are processed.(5) An attorney appointed to provide representation under this section shall, upon completion of representation, report to the board information regarding the case disposition.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-9.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-7-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-10. Court Appointment of Counsel or Co-Counsel

Sec. 10. (a) This chapter does not prevent a court from appointing counsel other than counsel provided for under the board's plan for providing defense services to an indigent person when the interests of justice require. A court may also appoint counsel to assist counsel provided for under the board's plan as co-counsel when the interests of justice require. Expenditures by a county for defense services not provided under the county public defender board's plan are not subject to reimbursement from the public defense fund under IC 33-40-6.(b) A judge of a court having criminal jurisdiction may make a written request to the state public defender to provide a qualified attorney for the defense of a person charged in the court with a criminal offense and eligible for representation at public expense if the judge determines:(1) that an attorney provided under the county public defender board's plan is not qualified or available to represent the person; or(2) that in the interests of justice an attorney other than the attorney provided for by the county defender board's plan should be appointed.The judge shall attach to the request a copy of the information or indictment. Expenditures for representation under this subsection shall be paid by the county according to a fee schedule approved by the commission. These expenditures are eligible for reimbursement from the public defense fund.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-10.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-7-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-11. Expenditures; Reimbursement

Sec. 11. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "county auditor" includes a person who:(1) is the auditor of a county that is a member of a multicounty public defender's office described in section 3.5 of this chapter; and(2) is responsible for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of all monies distributed to the multicounty public defender's office.(b) A county public defender board, or the joint board of a multicounty public defender's office shall submit a written request for reimbursement to the county auditor. The request must set forth the total of the county's or multicounty public defender's office's expenditures for indigent defense services to the county auditor and may be limited in a county described in section 1(3) of this chapter to expenditures for indigent defense services provided by a particular division of a court. The county auditor shall review the request and certify the total of the county's or multicounty's expenditures for indigent defense services to the Indiana public defender commission.(c) Upon certification by the Indiana public defender commission that the county's multicounty public defender's office's indigent defense services meet the commission's standards, the auditor of state shall issue a warrant to the treasurer of state for disbursement to the county of a sum equal to forty percent (40%) of the county's multicounty public defender's office's certified expenditures for indigent defense services provided in noncapital cases except misdemeanors.(d) If a county's indigent defense services fail to meet the standards adopted by the Indiana public defender commission, the public defender commission shall notify the county public defender board or the joint board of a multicounty public defender's office and the county fiscal body of the failure to comply with the Indiana public defender commission's standards. Unless the county or multicounty public defender board corrects the deficiencies to comply with the standards not more than ninety (90) days after the date of the notice, the county's or multicounty's eligibility for reimbursement from the public defense fund terminates at the close of that fiscal year.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-10.5.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.9.
IN Code § 33-40-7-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 7. County Public Defender Boards|33-40-7-12. Conflict of Interest

Sec. 12. A county or multicounty public defender, a contract attorney, or counsel appointed by the court to provide legal defense services to indigent persons may not be a partner or an employee at the same law firm that employs the county's prosecuting attorney or a deputy prosecuting attorney in a private capacity.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-15-11.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.10.
IN Code § 33-40-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions|33-40-8-1. Contracts

Sec. 1. The judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction, except in those counties with a population of at least four hundred thousand (400,000), may contract with any attorney or group of attorneys admitted to practice law in Indiana to provide legal counsel for all or some of the poor persons coming before the court charged with the commission of a crime and not having sufficient means to employ an attorney to defend themselves.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-10-1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions|33-40-8-2. Fees

Sec. 2. A judge shall establish the fee to be paid to an attorney or attorneys for providing service to poor people.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-10-2.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions|33-40-8-3. Contracts; Duration

Sec. 3. A contract entered into under section 1 of this chapter may be from year to year or for any length of time determined by the judge.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-10-3.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-8-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions|33-40-8-4. Appropriations; Fees

Sec. 4. The county council of every county where the judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction has contracted with an attorney for legal services to the poor shall appropriate an amount sufficient to meet the contract obligations of a court or courts for services to the poor.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-10-4.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19.
IN Code § 33-40-8-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 40. Public Defenders|Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Legal Services for Indigents in Criminal Actions|33-40-8-5. Transcription of Notes of Evidence

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if an indigent person:(1) desires to appeal to the supreme court or the court of appeals the decision of a trial court in a criminal case; and(2) does not have sufficient means to procure the typed or printed manuscript or transcript of the evidence taken by the court reporter;the court shall direct the court reporter to transcribe the notes of evidence into a typed or printed manuscript or transcript as soon as practicable and deliver the manuscript or transcript to the indigent person.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a):(1) the court must be satisfied that the indigent person lacks sufficient means to pay the court reporter for making the manuscript or transcript of evidence; and(2) the court reporter may charge the compensation allowed by law in cases for making and furnishing a manuscript or transcript. The reporter shall be paid by the court from the proper county treasury.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-1-4-1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.65-2004, SEC.20.
IN Code § 33-41-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-1. Appointment and Duties of Official Reporters

Sec. 1. (a) To facilitate and expedite the trial of causes, the judge of each circuit, superior, probate, and juvenile court of each county shall appoint an official reporter.(b) The official reporter shall, when required by the recorder's appointing judge, do the following:(1) Be promptly present in the appointing judge's court.(2) Record the oral evidence given in all causes by any approved method, including both questions and answers.(3) Note all rulings of the judge concerning the admission and rejection of evidence and the objections and exceptions to the admission and rejection of evidence.(4) Write out the instructions of the court in jury trials.(c) In counties in which the circuit or probate court sits as a juvenile court, the official reporter of the circuit court or probate court, as the case may be:(1) shall report the proceedings of the juvenile court as part of the reporter's duties as reporter of the circuit or probate court; and(2) except as provided in subsection (d), may not receive additional compensation for the reporter's services for reporting the proceedings of the juvenile court.(d) In counties in which a circuit court has juvenile jurisdiction and where there is a juvenile referee and the circuit judge is the judge of the juvenile court, the salary of the juvenile court reporter is one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month in addition to any compensation the reporter receives as reporter of the circuit court.(e) The official reporters of juvenile courts shall:(1) be paid the same amount for their services and in the same manner;(2) have the same duties; and(3) be subject to the same restrictions;as is provided for by law for the official reporters of the other courts. However, in a county having a population of more than six hundred thousand (600,000), the judge of the juvenile court may appoint court reporters as necessary for compliance with the law in regard to the reporting of cases and facilitating and expediting the trial of causes, each of whom is entitled to receive a salary of at least three hundred dollars ($300) per month.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-23-1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.65-2004, SEC.21; P.L.119-2012, SEC.165.
IN Code § 33-41-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-2. Gender of Appointee; Child of Judge

Sec. 2. (a) A person may not be considered ineligible to serve as official reporter because of the person's gender.(b) A judge may not appoint the judge's son or daughter as an official reporter.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-23-2.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.
IN Code § 33-41-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-3. Oath of Office

Sec. 3. At the time of appointment, an official reporter shall take an oath before an officer empowered to administer oaths to faithfully perform his or her duties as an official reporter.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-23-3.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.
IN Code § 33-41-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-4. Removal From Office; Filling Vacancy of Office

Sec. 4. An official reporter may, at any time, be removed by the judge of the court for which the reporter was appointed. In case of a vacancy in the office of official reporter, the judge of the court in which the vacancy occurs shall fill the vacancy as soon after its occurrence as practicable.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-23-4.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.
IN Code § 33-41-1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-5. Transcript of Proceedings

Sec. 5. (a) If requested to do so, an official reporter shall furnish to either party in a cause a transcript of all or any part of the proceedings required by the reporter to be taken or noted, including all documentary evidence.(b) An official reporter shall furnish a typewritten or printed transcript described in subsection (a) as soon after being requested to do so as practicable.(c) The reporter shall certify that the transcript contains all the evidence given in the cause.(d) The reporter may require payment for a transcript, or that the payment be satisfactorily secured, before the reporter proceeds to do the required work.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-23-5.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.65-2004, SEC.22.
IN Code § 33-41-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-6. Powers of Court Reporter; Taking Examinations and Depositions; Bond; Seal

Sec. 6. (a) Every official circuit, superior, criminal, probate, and juvenile court reporter appointed under section 1 of this chapter may do the following:(1) Take and certify all acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of writing required or authorized by law to be acknowledged.(2) Administer oaths generally.(3) Take and certify affidavits, examinations, and depositions.(4) Perform any duty conferred upon a notary public by Indiana statutes.(b) Any official reporter taking examinations and depositions may:(1) take them in shorthand;(2) transcribe them into typewriting or longhand; and(3) have them signed by the deposing witness.(c) Before performing any official duty as authorized, an official reporter must:(1) provide a bond as is required for notaries public; and(2) procure a seal that will stamp a distinct impression indicating the reporter's official character, to which may be added any other device as the reporter chooses.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-24-1.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.201-2011, SEC.106.
IN Code § 33-41-1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 33. Courts and Court Officers|Article 41. Court Reporters|Chapter 1. Powers and Duties|33-41-1-7. Small Claims Courts; Transcript Fee

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to the small claims court established under IC 33-34.(b) The person who is designated by a judge of the court to prepare transcripts may collect a fee of not more than five dollars ($5) for each transcript from a person who requests the preparation of a transcript.[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-25-2.]As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20.