File #: 2013-0237    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 5/13/2013 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 2/3/2014
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE creating a public defender district and public defense advisory board for King County, amending Ordinance 11955, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130, Ordinance 8257, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.020, Ordinance 11955, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.110 and Ordinance 10167, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.054, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.60, adding a new section to K.C.C. Title 4A and repealing Ordinance 14412, Section 3, as amended and K.C.C. 2.60.027, Ordinance 383, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.060 and Ordinance 8257, Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.60.070.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski, Julia Patterson
Indexes: Public Defense
Code sections: 2.16.110 - , 2.16.130 - , 2.60 - , 2.60.020 - , 2.60.027 - ., 2.60.054 - ., 2.60.060 - ., 2.60.070 - ., 4A - .
Attachments: 1. Staff Report 05-15-13 2013-0212, 0215, 0216, 0237, 0242 OPD Reorg SR 5-15-13 FINAL.docx, 2. Attachment 1 Striking Amendment (S1) to PO 2013-0212.docx, 3. Attachment 2 Title Amendment (T1) to PO 2013-0212.docx, 4. Attachment 4 2013-0242 Striker S1 to impl ord for exec appt charter amend FINAL.docx, 5. Attachment 7 Striking Amendment (S1) to PO 2013-0215.docx, 6. Attachment 8 Title Amendment (T1) to PO 2013-0215.docx, 7. Attachment 10 2013-0216 Interim Supplemental Striker S1 FINAL.docx, 8. Attachment 10 A GG CIP to 2013-0216 Revised 5-15-13.xlsx, 9. Attachment 11 Title Amendment (T1) to PO 2013-0216.docx, 10. Staff Report 6-5-13 OPD Reorg.docx
Staff: Hamacher, Patrick
Title
AN ORDINANCE creating a public defender district and public defense advisory board for King County, amending Ordinance 11955, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130, Ordinance 8257, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.020, Ordinance 11955, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.110 and Ordinance 10167, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.054, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.60, adding a new section to K.C.C. Title 4A and repealing Ordinance 14412, Section 3, as amended and K.C.C. 2.60.027, Ordinance 383, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.060 and Ordinance 8257, Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.60.070.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 2.60 a new section to read as follows:
A. There is hereby constituted a public defender district encompassing all of King County.
B. There is established an office of public defender for the King County public defender district. The office of public defender shall be the department of public defense.
C. The public defender shall be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in Washington state. The public defender should be an attorney who is an active member of the Washington State Bar Association in good status and should have, at the time of appointment at least ten years of experience as an attorney primarily practicing criminal defense, including both felonies and misdemeanors, as well as supervisory and managerial experience.
D. The public defender shall be selected by a selection committee appointed by the council. The committee is hereby appointed by the council and shall consist of the chair of the county council, the presiding judge of the superior court, and the president of the King County Bar Association, provided, that the presiding judge of the superior court may substitute another member of the superior court for the judicial appointment and the president of the King County Bar Association may ...

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