IC 33-40-6-4 Certified Request For Reimbursement For Indigent Defense Services

• Library: Indiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 255-2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: IC 33-40-6-4

(a) For purposes of this section, the term "county auditor" includes a person who:

(1) is the auditor of a county that is a member of a multicounty public defender's office; and

(2) is responsible for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of all monies distributed to the multicounty public defender's office.

(b) A county auditor may submit on a quarterly basis a certified request to the public defender commission for reimbursement from the public defense fund for an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the county's expenditures for indigent defense services provided to a defendant against whom the death sentence is sought under IC 35-50-2-9.

(c) A county auditor may submit on a quarterly basis a certified request to the public defender commission for reimbursement from the public defense fund for an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the county's or multicounty public defender's office's expenditures for indigent defense services provided in all noncapital cases except misdemeanors.