§7A-498.9. Annual report on Office of Indigent Defense Services

The Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety by February 1 of each year on the following:

(1)        The volume and cost of cases handled in each district by assigned counsel or public defenders;

(2)        Actions taken by the Office to improve the cost-effectiveness and quality of indigent defense services, including the capital case program;

(3)        Plans for changes in rules, standards, or regulations in the upcoming year; and

(4)        Any recommended changes in law or funding procedures that would assist the Office in improving the management of funds expended for indigent defense services, including any recommendations concerning the feasibility and desirability of establishing regional public defender offices.

(2014-100, s. 18B.1(j).)