SB248 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip W. Williams

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Indigent Defense Advisory Boards, immunity for board members, annual meetings required, governing rules to be adopted by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, Sec. 15-12-4 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a voluntary indigent defense advisory board is created in each judicial circuit to analyze, study, and determine the method of indigent defense systems to be used in the circuit.

This bill would provide civil immunity for actions taken by the advisory board, and authorize substitution for the Presiding Judge in the event of a conflict of interest.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses