South Dakota HB1252 provides indigent legal services through the Commission on Indigent Legal Services and appropriates funds for this purpose.
South Dakota HB1252 amends the state's indigent legal services provisions. It mandates the Commission on Indigent Legal Services to determine and verify county expenditures for court-appointed attorneys and public defender offices. The commission establishes a percentage ratio applied to county expenditures to determine payments from the fund. The bill also outlines procedures for appointing attorneys, setting compensation, and filing liens on property. It appropriates $27,573,984 from the general fund to reimburse counties for indigent legal services.
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