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TITLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION
PART 8 - TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL
CHAPTER 174 - INDIGENT DEFENSE POLICIES AND STANDARDS
SUBCHAPTER B - CONTRACT DEFENDER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
SECTION/RULE §174.21 - Caseload Limitations
Chapter Review Date 03/24/2020

The contract shall set the maximum number of cases or workload each attorney may be required to handle pursuant to the contract, which may include a maximum caseload not exceeding the annual full-time equivalent caseload established by the Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads and the Juvenile Addendum and Appellate Addendum: Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads, published by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission pursuant to House Bill 1318, 83rd Texas Legislature.

Source Note: The provisions of this §174.21 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 10094; amended to be effective January 10, 2018, 43 TexReg 229.

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