Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 26.047 — MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM
CR § 26.047Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 26. ARRAIGNMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)In this article:
(1)"Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Article 26.044.
(2)"Managed assigned counsel program" or "program" means a program operated with public funds:
(A)by a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or bar association under a written agreement with a governmental entity, other than an individual judge or court; and
(B)for the purpose of appointing counsel under Article 26.04 of this code or Section 51.10, Family Code.
(b)The commissioners court of any county, on written approval of a judge of the juvenile court of a county or a county court, statutory county court, or district court trying criminal cases in the county, may appoint a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or bar association to operate a managed assigned counsel program. The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into a written agreement to jointly appoint and fund a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or bar association to operate a managed assigned counsel program. In appointing an entity to operate a managed assigned counsel program under this subsection, the commissioners court shall specify or the commissioners courts shall jointly specify:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 984 (H.B. 1754), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011.