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        13B.8  OFFICE OF LOCAL PUBLIC DEFENDER.
         1.  The state public defender may establish or abolish local
      public defender offices.  In determining whether to establish or
      abolish a local public defender office, the state public defender
      shall consider the following:
         a.  The number of cases or potential cases where a local
      public defender is or would be involved.
         b.  The population of the area served or to be served.
         c.  The willingness of the local private bar to participate in
      cases where a public defender is or would be involved.
         d.  Other factors which the state public defender deems to be
      important.
         2.  The state public defender may appoint and may, for cause,
      remove the local public defender, assistant local public defenders,
      clerks, investigators, secretaries, or other employees.  Each local
      public defender, and any assistant local public defender, must be an
      attorney admitted to the practice of law before the Iowa supreme
      court.
         3.  The compensation of the local public defender and staff of the
      local public defender offices shall be fixed by the state public
      defender.
         4.  The state public defender shall provide separate and suitable
      office space, furniture, equipment, computers, computer networks,
      support staff, and supplies for each office of the local public
      defender out of funds appropriated to the state public defender for
      this purpose.
         5.  An employee of a local public defender office shall not have
      access to any confidential client information in any other local
      public defender office, and the state public defender shall not have
      access to such confidential information.

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1161, §8; 91 Acts, ch 268, §412, 439; 95 Acts, ch 67,
      §3; 99 Acts, ch 135, §7; 2000 Acts, ch 1115, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1154,
      §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1067, §6--8; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §117

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        13B.8  OFFICE OF LOCAL PUBLIC DEFENDER.
         1.  The state public defender may establish or abolish local
      public defender offices.  In determining whether to establish or
      abolish a local public defender office, the state public defender
      shall consider the following:
         a.  The number of cases or potential cases where a local
      public defender is or would be involved.
         b.  The population of the area served or to be served.
         c.  The willingness of the local private bar to participate in
      cases where a public defender is or would be involved.
         d.  Other factors which the state public defender deems to be
      important.
         2.  The state public defender may appoint and may, for cause,
      remove the local public defender, assistant local public defenders,
      clerks, investigators, secretaries, or other employees.  Each local
      public defender, and any assistant local public defender, must be an
      attorney admitted to the practice of law before the Iowa supreme
      court.
         3.  The compensation of the local public defender and staff of the
      local public defender offices shall be fixed by the state public
      defender.
         4.  The state public defender shall provide separate and suitable
      office space, furniture, equipment, computers, computer networks,
      support staff, and supplies for each office of the local public
      defender out of funds appropriated to the state public defender for
      this purpose.
         5.  An employee of a local public defender office shall not have
      access to any confidential client information in any other local
      public defender office, and the state public defender shall not have
      access to such confidential information.

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1161, §8; 91 Acts, ch 268, §412, 439; 95 Acts, ch 67,
      §3; 99 Acts, ch 135, §7; 2000 Acts, ch 1115, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1154,
      §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1067, §6--8; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §117

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        13B.8  OFFICE OF LOCAL PUBLIC DEFENDER.
         1.  The state public defender may establish or abolish local
      public defender offices.  In determining whether to establish or
      abolish a local public defender office, the state public defender
      shall consider the following:
         a.  The number of cases or potential cases where a local
      public defender is or would be involved.
         b.  The population of the area served or to be served.
         c.  The willingness of the local private bar to participate in
      cases where a public defender is or would be involved.
         d.  Other factors which the state public defender deems to be
      important.
         2.  The state public defender may appoint and may, for cause,
      remove the local public defender, assistant local public defenders,
      clerks, investigators, secretaries, or other employees.  Each local
      public defender, and any assistant local public defender, must be an
      attorney admitted to the practice of law before the Iowa supreme
      court.
         3.  The compensation of the local public defender and staff of the
      local public defender offices shall be fixed by the state public
      defender.
         4.  The state public defender shall provide separate and suitable
      office space, furniture, equipment, computers, computer networks,
      support staff, and supplies for each office of the local public
      defender out of funds appropriated to the state public defender for
      this purpose.
         5.  An employee of a local public defender office shall not have
      access to any confidential client information in any other local
      public defender office, and the state public defender shall not have
      access to such confidential information.

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1161, §8; 91 Acts, ch 268, §412, 439; 95 Acts, ch 67,
      §3; 99 Acts, ch 135, §7; 2000 Acts, ch 1115, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1154,
      §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1067, §6--8; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §117