Kansas Statutes
Article 45 - Aid To Indigent Defendants
22-4523 Same; additional powers.

22-4523. Same; additional powers. The state board of indigents' defense services may:
(a) Accept the services of volunteer workers and consultants at no compensation other than reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses;
(b) prepare and publish statistical and case studies and other data pertinent to the legal representation of indigent persons;
(c) conduct programs having a general objective of training and educating attorneys and other persons who are involved in the legal representation of indigent persons;
(d) appoint public defenders and provide for the establishment and staffing of public defender offices;
(e) enter into contracts pursuant to competitive bids or by negotiation, as determined and administered by the board, with one or more attorneys or professional corporations providing legal services, or any combination thereof, to provide for legal defense services for indigent persons, and no such contract shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments thereto;
(f) enter into contracts with cities or counties to provide, at the expense of the city or county, for the defense of misdemeanors or other defense services required to be provided at public expense;
(g) provide technical aid and assistance to counsel providing legal representation to indigent persons, including assistance on appeals; and
(h) accept and expend governmental and private grants.
History: L. 1982, ch. 142, ยง 5; July 1.

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Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure

Article 45 - Aid To Indigent Defendants

22-4501 Panel of attorneys for indigents' defense services; eligibility; amendment, review and approval; appointments to aid defendants, method.

22-4502 Same; procedure to obtain services for representation before appearance.

22-4503 Entitlement of defendant to counsel; appointment of counsel, when; access to defendant; duty of appointed counsel.

22-4504 Same; determination of indigency; partial indigency, effect; disposition of payments for appointed counsel services; no fee for electronic access to court records.

22-4505 Appeals; record; capital murder cases; appointment of counsel; assignment, standards and compensation.

22-4506 Persons in custody after felony conviction; habeas corpus or 60-1507 motions; capital murder cases; appointment of counsel; assignment, standards and compensation; no fee for electronic access to court records.

22-4507 Compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services to indigents; procedures for payment; exemption from fees for electronic access to court records.

22-4508 Same; investigative, expert and other services; ex parte proceedings; compensation; claim, approval, payment.

22-4509 Same; transcripts.

22-4510 Same; reimbursement of state treasury; payment under act exclusive.

22-4511 Same; termination of appointment or reimbursement after appointment of counsel, when; counsel after proceedings begun; substitutions.

22-4512 Transfer of funds to general fund; liabilities imposed on state board; special funds abolished.

22-4512a Duties of court appointing counsel or authorizing expenditures to be charged against fund.

22-4513 Liability of defendant for expenditures by state board; judgment; determination of amount and method of payment; liability of others for expenditures.

22-4514a Domestic nonprofit corporations providing legal services to indigent inmates; submission of budget to state board; payments to corporation; annual statement of expenditures.

22-4515 Same; severability.

22-4518 Applicability of laws relating to aid to indigent defendants.

22-4519 State board of indigents' defense services; appointment and terms; qualifications.

22-4520 Same; prohibition on interfering with professional duties of counsel.

22-4521 Same; meetings; officers; quorum; compensation and allowances.

22-4522 Same; powers and duties.

22-4523 Same; additional powers.

22-4524 State director of indigents' defense services; civil service status of director and other officers and employees.

22-4525 Same; duties.

22-4526 Disposition of moneys received under contracts with cities and counties.

22-4527 Abolition of board of supervisors of panels to aid indigent defendants; transfer of officers and employees, rules and regulations, directives and standards, and records and property to new board; existing defense services systems continued su...

22-4528 Citation of act.

22-4529 Entitlement of defendant to counsel; application fee; disposition of moneys.