7-16A-6. Employment of personnel for defender's office--Administration.
If an office of public defender has been established, the board of county commissioners may employ, on recommendation by the public defender and in the manner and at the compensation prescribed by the advisory committee, such assistant public defenders, clerks, investigators, stenographers, and other persons as the advisory committee considers necessary for carrying out the public defender's duties. The employees shall serve at the pleasure of the public defender. Such employees and the public defender shall, for administrative purposes, be considered to be employees of the county which administers the public defender fund.
Source: SL 1978, ch 152, ยง7.
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.