Sec. 4. (a) The responsible party may petition the court before which the responsible party is to be tried or in which the responsible party has been convicted for an order requiring the division to distribute money from the escrow account to the responsible party in an amount up to the total in the escrow account at the time the petition is filed.
(b) The court shall make an order under subsection (a) only upon a showing that:
(1) without use of the money held in the escrow account, the responsible party would be indigent; and
(2) the money will be used for the exclusive purpose of retaining legal counsel or for investigation during any stage of the felony proceedings against the responsible party, including the appeals process.
(c) Upon receipt of a court order issued under this section, the division shall distribute the required amount from the money in the escrow account.
As added by P.L.47-1993, SEC.3.
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