7-16A-4. Advisory committee to be established--Composition--Chairman.
A public defender advisory committee shall be established whenever an office of public defender is established. A committee shall consist of the following members:
(1)One person not admitted to the practice of law, not an employee of the county, and not a law enforcement officer, who shall be appointed by the county commissioners of the originating county;
(2)Two members of the board of county commissioners of the county, or if two or more counties are participating, one commissioner from each county, who shall be appointed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of each county;
(3)Two attorneys practicing in the county or one attorney, if available, from each county, if two or more counties are participating in the plan, who shall be appointed by the presiding judge of the county's circuit court.
The committee shall elect one of its members as chairman.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, §2; SL 1983, ch 45, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 7-16A-1 - Establishment of office by commissioners' resolution.
Section 7-16A-2 - Joint office established by two or more counties.
Section 7-16A-3 - Provisions by establishing board for office.
Section 7-16A-4 - Advisory committee to be established--Composition--Chairman.
Section 7-16A-5 - Appointment and qualifications of public defender.
Section 7-16A-6 - Employment of personnel for defender's office--Administration.
Section 7-16A-7 - Qualifications of assistant defenders--Assignment to cases.
Section 7-16A-8 - Facilities and supplies for office.
Section 7-16A-9 - Persons to be represented--Services provided.
Section 7-16A-10 - Proceedings in which indigents represented--Co-counsel.
Section 7-16A-14 - Payment of expenses directly related to particular cases.
Section 7-16A-15 - Apportionment of expenses not otherwise allocable.
Section 7-16A-18 - Records maintained by public defender--Annual report to advisory committee.