§ 10-32. General duty of board of commissioners.

The governing authority of each county of this state having a population of not less than 600,000 as determined by the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census shall provide for the defense of indigents who are subject to criminal proceedings originating in the county by:

(1)

Arranging with the courts of criminal jurisdiction in the county to assign attorneys;

(2)

Arranging with a nonprofit legal aid or defender organization to provide attorneys;

(3)

Establishing and maintaining an office of public defender; or

(4)

Adopting a combination of the choices specified by paragraphs (1) through (3).

(1967 Ga. Laws (Act No. 373), page 3014, § 2; 1992 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1160), page 2052, § 2)