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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-12-50. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-12-50. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) ‘‘Paid in part’’ means payment by a county or municipality for a part of the cost of the provision of indigent defense services pursuant to a contract with a circuit public defender office as set forth in subsection (d) of Code Section 17-12-23. The term shall not include payment by a county or municipality for office space and other supplies as set forth in Code Section 17-12-34.

(2) ‘‘Public defender’’ means an attorney employed by a circuit public defender office or any other attorney who is paid from public funds to represent an indigent person in a criminal case.

## History

Code 1981, § 17-12-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 710, § 6/SB 203; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 39/HB 1245.