Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "county auditor" includes a person who:
(1) is the auditor of a county that is a member of a multicounty public defender's office; and
(2) is responsible for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of all monies distributed to the multicounty public defender's office.
(b) A county auditor may submit on a quarterly basis a certified request to the public defender commission for reimbursement from the public defense fund for an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the county's expenditures for indigent defense services provided to a defendant against whom the death sentence is sought under IC 35-50-2-9.
(c) A county auditor may submit on a quarterly basis a certified request to the public defender commission for reimbursement from the public defense fund for an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the county's or multicounty public defender's office's expenditures for indigent defense services provided in all noncapital cases except misdemeanors.
(d) A request under this section from a county described in IC 33-40-7-1(3) may be limited to expenditures for indigent defense services provided by a particular division of a court.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-9-14-4.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.69-2019, SEC.2.
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