O.C.G.A. § 17-12-1

Short title; Georgia Public Defender Council; responsi- bilities

— Code 1981, § 17-12-1, enacted by Ga

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia

Indigent Defense Act of 2003.”

(b) The Georgia Public Defender Council shall be an independent agency within the executive branch of state government.

(c) The council shall be responsible for assuring that adequate and effective legal representation is provided, independently of political considerations or private interests, to indigent persons who are entitled to representation under this chapter.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.