Borough of Collingswood, NJ
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2023-12-28
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 15 Court, Municipal
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Article II Public Defender
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Claims Procedure
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Art II Public Defender
- § 15-4 Office established.
- § 15-5 Determination of indigence; representation.
- § 15-6 Application fee; waiver.
- § 15-7 Use of fee moneys.
- Ch 23 Environmental Commission
- Ch 24 Energy
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 33 Health
- Ch 35 Housing Authority
- Ch 45 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Parking Meter Account
- Ch 53 Parking Utility
- Ch 57 Police Department
- Ch 61 Public Works Department
- Ch 63 Residency Requirements
- Ch 65 Retirement
- Ch 69 Salaries, Payment of
- Ch 72 Shade Tree Advisory Committee
- Ch 77 Waterworks
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 85 Affordable Housing
- Ch 89 Air Pollution
- Ch 93 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 97 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated
- Ch 101 Amusements
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 113 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 115 Buildings, Fire Damaged
- Ch 117 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 123 Canvassing and Soliciting
- Ch 131 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 135 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 139 DE-Icing Materials, Storage of
- Ch 141 Development Regulations
- Ch 149 Drug Paraphernalia; Drug- and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 155 Emergency, State of
- Ch 157 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 163 Fire Prevention
- Ch 167 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 171 Games of Chance
- Ch 173 Garage Sales
- Ch 175 Green Development
- Ch 177 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 181 Insurance
- Ch 186 Key Boxes
- Ch 189 Library
- Ch 193 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 195 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 197 Littering and Dumping
- Ch 201 Loitering and Curfew
- Ch 207 Noise
- Ch 211 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 217 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 221 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 223 Poolrooms
- Ch 225 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 227 Property Maintenance
- Ch 228 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 233 Recycling
- Ch 237 Rental Property
- Ch 241 Reports, Documents and Photographs
- Ch 244 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 247 Sewers
- Ch 255 Skateboards
- Ch 258 Smoking
- Ch 261 Solid Waste
- Ch 263 Stormwater Management
- Ch 265 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 271 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 273 Taxation
- Ch 277 Taxicabs
- Ch 281 Tobacco Sales
- Ch 282 Towing and Storage of Motor Vehicles
- Ch 283 Trees
- Ch 285 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 286 Vehicles, All-Terrain, Snowmobiles, and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 289 Vehicle Sales Lots
- Ch 293 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 301 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A312 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-7-1994 by Ord. No. 1047]
The office of Public Defender is hereby established.
The Judge of the Municipal Court of the Borough of Collingswood is authorized
to make decisions as to which defendants are indigent, and, after a determination
is made, the Public Defender shall represent the defendant.
[Amended 4-6-1998 by Ord. No. 1147]
The Municipal Court Administrator shall charge a fee of $200 per application
for a Public Defender. The fee, or a part thereof, may be waived upon a proper
showing of absolute indigency without an ability to pay the application fee.
The Judge of the Municipal Court in the Borough of Collingswood shall make
the determination on the ability to pay the fee, or a part thereof, and the
determination of indigency.
The application fee shall be used to help defray the cost of hiring
a Public Defender and in the administrative costs of the Municipal Court of
the Borough of Collingswood.
