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13B.2 - POSITION ESTABLISHED.

        13B.2  POSITION ESTABLISHED.
         The position of state public defender is established within the
      department of inspections and appeals.  The governor shall appoint
      the state public defender, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
      governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, no less frequently
      than once every four years, whether or not there has been a new state
      public defender appointed during that time, and shall establish the
      state public defender's salary.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [81 Acts, ch 23, § 2, 8] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 516; 88 Acts, ch 1161, § 2
         Confirmation, see § 2.32