§1802-A. Employed counsel and public defender; court appointment and assignment of counsel
1.
Duties.
An attorney may be employed by the commission both as employed counsel and as a public defender.
[PL 2025, c. 511, §2 (NEW).]
2.
Direct assignment by court prohibited.
A court may not directly assign or appoint a public defender or employed counsel to represent a party entitled to indigent legal services.
[PL 2025, c. 511, §2 (NEW).]
3.
Compensation of attorneys appointed or assigned by court to provide indigent legal services.
The commission is not required to reimburse the expenses of or to compensate an attorney appointed or assigned by a court to provide indigent legal services unless the attorney is an assigned counsel; the commission has determined that the attorney is eligible for appointment or assignment in the type of court proceeding to which the attorney has been appointed or assigned; and the attorney consents in advance to the appointment or assignment.
[PL 2025, c. 639, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2023, c. 638, §4 (NEW). PL 2025, c. 511, §2 (RPR). PL 2025, c. 639, §§1, 2 (AMD).