{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-498.9","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-498.9","heading":"Annual report on Office of Indigent Defense Services.","body":"The Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Justice and Public Safety by March 15 of each year on the following:\n(1)\tThe volume and cost of cases handled in each district by assigned counsel or public defenders;\n(2)\tActions taken by the Office to improve the cost-effectiveness and quality of indigent defense services, including the capital case program;\n(3)\tPlans for changes in rules, standards, or regulations in the upcoming year; and\n(4)\tAny recommended changes in law or funding procedures that would assist the Office in improving the management of funds expended for indigent defense services, including any recommendations concerning the feasibility and desirability of establishing regional public defender offices. (2014-100, s. 18B.1(j); 2015-241, s. 18B.1.)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER IX. REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT PERSONS.","Article 39B. Indigent Defense Services Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-498.9.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"1daebf5ad604a84f9e4290e95067a38265a913d6cef3a25e7ae58610c98ca06a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-498.8","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-499"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}