Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:149.2 – Offices; meetings
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:149.2
- Board: means the Louisiana Public Defender Board authorized to regulate public defender services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:143
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- State Public Defender: means the person in the employment of the board chosen to administer the statewide public defender system for the delivery of public defender services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:143
A. The board shall maintain an office in East Baton Rouge Parish but may maintain such branch offices as it deems necessary to provide for the efficient and thorough regulation and governance of public defender services under its jurisdiction.
B.(1) Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, in order to effect the implementation of the provisions of this Act, the board shall meet four times per year.
(2) The board may meet such additional times as it deems appropriate.
(3) Meetings may be called by the chairman on his own initiative and shall be called by the chairman upon written request of a majority of board members.
C.(1) Upon consultation with the state public defender, if the chairman determines that there is not sufficient business to warrant the conducting of a meeting of the board, the chairman may cancel a meeting that is required by Subsection B of this Section.
(2) The chairman shall provide written reasons for the cancellation of the meeting and give at least seventy-two hours notice thereof by registered or certified mail to the post office address of each member of the board and of persons who previously have indicated that they have business before the board.
D. The board shall conduct a majority of its meetings per year in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2013, No. 175, §1, eff. June 7, 2013.