13B.2A Indigent defense — report — court-appointed counsel fees.
1. The state public defender shall file a written report every three years with the governor and the general assembly by January 1 of a year in which a report is due relating to the recommendations and activities of the state public defender relating to the state indigent defense system. The first such report shall be due on January 1, 2012.
2. The report shall contain recommendations to the general assembly regarding the hourly rates paid to court-appointed counsel and per case fee limitations. These recommendations shall be consistent with the constitutional requirement to provide effective assistance of counsel to those indigent persons for whom the state is required to provide counsel.
99 Acts, ch 135, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §15, 58; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §414
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 13B - PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Section 13B.2 - Position established.
Section 13B.2A - Indigent defense — report — court-appointed counsel fees.
Section 13B.3 - Qualifications of state public defender.
Section 13B.4 - Duties and powers of state public defender.
Section 13B.4A - Confidentiality of indigent defense claim records.
Section 13B.4B - Confidentiality of indigent defense claim records.
Section 13B.6 - Account established.
Section 13B.7 - Legal services to inmates.
Section 13B.8 - Office of local public defender.
Section 13B.8A - Public defender property.
Section 13B.9 - Powers and duties of local public defenders — referrals to outside counsel.
Section 13B.10 - Determination of indigence.
Section 13B.11 - State appellate defender.
Section 13B.12 - Gideon fellowship.
Section 13B.13 - State public defender pilot project — child welfare legal representation.