Bill No.: HB0190 Drafter: LGC
LSO No.: 13LSO-0397 Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0074
Chapter No.: CH0087
Prime Sponsor: Representative Walters
Catch Title: Public defender-fee schedule and indigency standard.
Subject: Publication of fee schedules and establishment of indigency standards for cases involving a public defender.
Summary/Major Elements:
· The state public defender establishes a standard fee schedule for services provided by attorneys through rule.
· This act requires the state public defender to publish that fee schedule on the agency’s website.
· Under current law, the state public defender establishes by rule standards for determining when a person is indigent.
· This act repeals that authority and requires a court to consider the standards for indigency set forth in Rule 44 of the Wyoming rules of criminal procedure.