1.  The State Public Defender shall submit:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 180.080

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.

(a) A report on or before December 1 of each year to the Executive Director and to each participating county containing a statement of:

(1) The number of cases that are pending in each participating county;

(2) The number of cases in each participating county that were closed in the previous fiscal year;

(3) The total number of criminal defendants represented in each participating county with separate categories specifying the crimes charged and whether the defendant was less than 18 years of age or an adult;

(4) The total number of working hours spent by the State Public Defender and the State Public Defender’s staff on work for each participating county;

(5) The amount and categories of the expenditures made by the State Public Defender’s office; and

(6) Such other information as requested by the Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services or the Board on Indigent Defense Services.

(b) To each participating county, on or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the total proposed budget of the State Public Defender for that county, including the projected number of cases and the projected cost of services attributed to the county for the next biennium.

2.  As used in this section, ‘participating county’ means each county in which the State Public Defender acts as the public defender for the county.

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