Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:150 – Executive staff for office; general qualifications
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:150
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Office: means the office of the state public defender authorized to:
(a) Regulate and fund public defender services and provide financial support to other service programs that provide services to persons adjudicated in the criminal justice system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:143
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- State public defender: means the person appointed by the governor, subject to approval of a majority of the board and Senate confirmation, to administer the statewide public defender system for the delivery of public defender services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:143
A. The office shall employ an executive office staff as necessary to carry out the duties of the office, and the state public defender shall appoint any other officers as necessary to conduct the business of the office, subject to appropriation.
B. Any person eligible to be employed in an executive staff position shall meet each of the following qualifications:
(1) Be a person of good character, honesty, and integrity.
(2) Be a citizen of the United States.
(3) Following his employment, be a domiciliary of Louisiana who is registered to vote in Louisiana.
C. The executive staff positions shall be permanent, full-time employees of the office and these employees shall not otherwise engage in the practice of law, where applicable, or engage in any other business or profession.
D. In addition to the general qualifications provided for in Subsection B of this Section, the executive staff positions shall meet the specific qualifications for employment as otherwise provided by law.
E. The salaries of the executive staff, except for the state public defender, shall be established by the office.
Acts 1993, No. 532, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1012, §1; Acts 2004, No. 658, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024.