SB 503 — Ga. Public Defender Standards Council; legal services to indigent persons; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21A of Title 15, Title 17, and Code Section 42-8-34.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating respectively to judicial accounting, criminal procedure, and to legal defense for indigents, requirements for revocation of probated or suspended sentence, so as to change certain provisions relating to the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and the provision of legal services to indigent persons; to clarify that the application fee for indigent defense services is not a prerequisite to obtaining legal services; to specify the types of standards that shall be submitted to the General Oversight Committee for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; to change certain provisions relating to the budget for the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Senate Date Signed by Governor