HF0455 - Minnesota: Public defense provisions updated and clarified, right to representation modified, public defender system supervision provided, chief public appellate defender appointment provided, and public defender co-pays statutory language stricken.

HF 455 THIRD ENGROSSMENT Public defense provisions updated and clarified, right to representation modified, public defender system supervision provided, chief public appellate defender appointment provided, and public defender co-pays statutory language stricken. Section 1: Debt definition modified. Section 2: Indigent petitioners language modified. Section 3: Right to representation by public defender language modified. Section 4: Standards for district public defense eligibility language modified. Section 5: Reimbursement schedule guidelines language modified. Section 6: Structure; memberhsip language modified. Section 7: Chief administrator language modified. Section 8: Office of State Public Defender; Appointment; Salary language modified. Section 9: Chief Appellate Public Defender organization of office; assistants

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