Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 600 - Public Defenders
Section 600.040 - Office space and utilities services, how provided — retirement system membership.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013
600.040. Office space and utilities services, how provided — retirement system membership. — 1. The city or county shall provide office space and utility services, other than telephone service, for the district public defender and his or her personnel. If there is more than one county in a district, each county shall contribute, on the basis of population, its pro rata share of the costs of office space and utility services, other than telephone service. The state shall pay, within the limits of the appropriation therefor, all other expenses and costs of the state public defender system authorized under this chapter.
2. A complete budget for the state public defender system shall be provided through an annual appropriation subject to approval by the governor and the general assembly. The budget request for the state public defender system shall be approved by the commission and submitted directly to the governor and the general assembly by the director and shall not be subject to diminution or alteration by the judicial department of state government.
3. Any person who is a public defender or employee of a public defender shall be entitled to all benefits of the Missouri state employees' retirement system as defined in sections 104.310* to 104.550.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1314 § 7, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1169, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)
*Section 104.310 was repealed by H.B. 1643, et al., 1988

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 600 - Public Defenders

Section 600.011 - Definitions.

Section 600.015 - Public defender commission created — appointment, terms, expenses, meetings, vacancies — director to be ex officio member.

Section 600.017 - Commission, powers and duties.

Section 600.019 - Public defender system created — director, appointment, qualifications, compensation, removal from office, procedure.

Section 600.021 - Public defenders, appointment, terms, qualifications, restrictions — compensation of defenders and employees — offices, where established — private attorneys, services authorized.

Section 600.040 - Office space and utilities services, how provided — retirement system membership.

Section 600.042 - Director's duties and powers — cases for which representation is authorized — rules, procedure — discretionary powers of defender system — bar members appointment authorized.

Section 600.043 - Involuntary civil detention or commitment cases, representation by defenders prohibited.

Section 600.044 - Legal services to be furnished by defender, dismissal from case, when, procedure.

Section 600.048 - Right to counsel, notice posted, where, contents — request for counsel, procedure — privacy rights.

Section 600.051 - Waiver of counsel, when permitted.

Section 600.062 - Acceptance of cases, no authority to limit based on caseload standards.

Section 600.063 - Caseload concerns, motion to court, procedure — rulemaking authority.

Section 600.064 - Private counsel, appointment of, requirements — expenses.

Section 600.086 - Eligibility for representation, rules to establish — indigency, how determined, procedure, appeal — false statements, penalty — investigation authorized.

Section 600.089 - Parolees to pay for representation, when.

Section 600.090 - Determination of ability to pay all or part of representation costs — lien for reasonable value of services, procedure — deposit of funds collected.

Section 600.091 - Confidentiality of defender's files, exceptions.

Section 600.093 - Probation, payment for services may be condition.

Section 600.096 - Reports, documents, statements, transcripts to be furnished to defender without fee.

Section 600.101 - Provision of office space for public defender, disputes.