Rockland County, NY
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2024-02-06
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Administrative Code
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Article XXI Public Defender
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandoned and Lost Property
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 5 Art XXI Public Defender
- § 5-157 Appointment; qualifications.
- § 5-158 Powers and duties.
- § 5-159 Reports.
- § 5-160 Assistant Public Defenders.
- Ch 9 Adult Homes, Committee to Monitor
- Ch 11 Agricultural and Farm Protection Board
- Ch 15 Awards and Recognition
- Ch 18 Beautification Commission
- Ch 22 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 23 Building Construction
- Ch 24 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Community Action Agency
- Ch 31 Community Services Board
- Ch 35 Consumer Protection, Office of
- Ch 37 Correctional Facility
- Ch 39 Credit Card Payments
- Ch 39A County Property
- Ch 40 Department of Information Technology Services
- Ch 45 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 50 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Drainage Agency
- Ch 56 Emergency Rescue Services
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Environmental Management Council
- Ch 62 Environmental Resources Division
- Ch 66 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 70 Fiscal Policy
- Ch 72 Flag, County
- Ch 73 Fund Balance Reserve Account
- Ch 74 General Services, Department of
- Ch 75 Greenspace Preservation Reserve Fund
- Ch 75A Historic Preservation
- Ch 76 Homeowners' Protection Board
- Ch 80 Hospital, Public
- Ch 82 Hudson River Riverfront Preservation/Reclamation
- Ch 85 Insurance, Department of
- Ch 87 Investment Policy
- Ch 92 Labor Relations, Department of
- Ch 94 Lease of Property
- Ch 97 Legal Aid
- Ch 101 Legislature, County
- Ch 108 Mass Transportation
- Ch 115 Medical Examiner
- Ch 118 Municipal Utility Coalition
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Notifications and Alerts
- Ch 121 Officers and Employees
- Ch 123 Open Government
- Ch 128 Park Commission
- Ch 135 People With Disabilities, Office for
- Ch 137 Pollution Control
- Ch 139 Printing and Mail Facilities
- Ch 140 Procurement Policy
- Ch 141 Publication of Legislation
- Ch 142 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 149 Rules of the Legislature
- Ch 155 Safety Council
- Ch 159 Salaries
- Ch 165 Sewer Agency; Sewer District
- Ch 169 Sheriff
- Ch 172 Solid Waste Management Authority
- Ch 175 Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation
- Ch 177 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 178 Water Resources Management
- Ch 180 Travel Demand Management Program
- Ch 189 Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Plan
- Ch 195 Youth Agencies
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 211 Advertising
- Ch 212 Animal Control Organizations
- Ch 213 Apprenticeship Training Programs
- Ch 214 Automated Teller Machines
- Ch 215 (Reserved)
- Ch 217 Bicycles
- Ch 219 Box Cutters, Sale and Possession of
- Ch 220 Building Construction
- Ch 223 Campaign Finance Reform
- Ch 224 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 227 Day Care and Home Care
- Ch 230 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 232 Domestic Partner Registry
- Ch 234 Drones
- Ch 235 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 250 Electricians and Electrical Inspections
- Ch 252 Empire Zones
- Ch 252A Energy Programs
- Ch 253 Environmental Protection
- Ch 254 Ephedra Products
- Ch 261 Fair Housing
- Ch 263 Fees and Charges
- Ch 264 Fertilizer
- Ch 265 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 266 Fireworks
- Ch 267 Food Service
- Ch 270 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 274 Fuels, Sale of
- Ch 277 Funerals
- Ch 278 Furniture, Sale of
- Ch 279 Gender-Motivated Violence, Protection Against
- Ch 280 Ground Meat, Sale of
- Ch 282 Hazardous Materials Notification
- Ch 283 Health Clubs
- Ch 284 Highway Construction
- Ch 286 Home Improvement Contractors
- Ch 287 (Reserved)
- Ch 289 Housing
- Ch 290 Human Rights
- Ch 291 Irrigation Systems
- Ch 293 Laser Pointing Devices
- Ch 295 Littering
- Ch 300 Mercury, Products Containing
- Ch 301 Methamphetamine Production
- Ch 302 Mobile Homes
- Ch 303 Moshing
- Ch 304 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 309 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 312 Obscene Material
- Ch 315 Parks
- Ch 317 Pesticide Notification
- Ch 317A Pharmacies
- Ch 318 Phones, Cellular
- Ch 319 Plumbers; Heating and Cooling Contractors
- Ch 323 Political Contributions
- Ch 327 Prior Notice of Defects
- Ch 328 Prohormones & Precursors to Hormones, Products Containing
- Ch 329 Records, Access to
- Ch 330 Recycling
- Ch 331 Retail Sales
- Ch 338 Scooters, In-Line Skates, Roller Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 340 Secondhand Precious Metals or Gems
- Ch 345 Sewers
- Ch 347 Sex Offenders
- Ch 349 Smoking
- Ch 350 Solid Waste
- Ch 351 Spring Traps
- Ch 353 Stream Conservation
- Ch 354 Tanning Facilities
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 357 Tax-Delinquent Property
- Ch 362 Theater Promoters
- Ch 363 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 369 Transient Merchants
- Ch 371 Trapping
- Ch 375 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 377 Vehicles, Idling of
- Ch 378 Veterans
- Ch 388 Waterfowl, Feeding of
- Ch 388A Weapons, Imitation and Replica
- Ch 389 Wells
- Ch 390 Wireless 911 Calls, Routing of
- Ch 394 Wreckers and Towers
- Appendix
- Ch A601 Acts of the Legislature Applicable to Rockland County
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
There shall be a Public Defender's Office, headed by a Public Defender. The method of choosing the Public Defender shall be as provided in § C15.01 of Article XV of the Charter.[1] He shall be duly admitted to the practice of law in the
State of New York for at least five years prior to his appointment
and at all times during his or her term of office.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Charter is included at
the beginning of this volume.
B.
Throughout his or her term of office, the Public Defender
shall hold no elective office and shall hold no other public office.
The Public Defender shall represent, without
charge, at the request of a defendant or by order of the court with
the consent of the defendant, each indigent defendant who is charged
with a crime in the County, and he or she shall have and exercise
all the powers and duties heretofore or hereafter lawfully granted
or imposed by the Charter, this code, local law, ordinance or resolution
of the County Legislature or by any applicable provision of any act
of the State Legislature not inconsistent with the Charter or this
code. The Public Defender shall also perform such other related functions
as the County Legislature or the County Executive may designate in
order to implement and accomplish the policies and responsibilities
the County Legislature has prescribed.
On or before March 1 of each year, the Public
Defender shall make an annual report for the immediately preceding
calendar year, covering generally the work of his or her Office. The
Public Defender shall make such other reports at such times as may
be required by the County Legislature, County Executive or any other
applicable law. Copies of all reports shall be filed with the Clerk
of the County Legislature and the County Executive.
A.
The Public Defender, within the appropriations provided
therefor, shall appoint such officers, assistants and/or employees
in his or her Department, including such actual deputy positions as
may be authorized and budgeted, as shall be authorized by the County
Legislature. All Assistant Public Defenders shall serve at the pleasure
of the Public Defender, subject to all applicable provisions of New
York State law.
B.
The Public Defender shall designate and deputize a
deputy or deputies to whom shall be delegated all the powers and duties
of the Public Defender and the authority to act generally for and
in place of said Public Defender.
C.
The designation or designations shall be in writing
and shall designate the relative rank of the deputies, including the
order of temporary succession to the duties of the Public Defender
during absence, disability or otherwise, and also may delegate among
them such powers and duties as he or she may determine. The designation(s)
and delegations shall be in writing and filed in the Department of
Records, and copies thereof shall be filed with the Clerk to the County
Legislature and with the County Executive.
