House
File
2516
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Enrolled
House
File
2516
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
APPOINTMENT
OF
COUNSEL
FOR
INDIGENT
PERSONS
BY
THE
COURT
IN
CERTAIN
CASES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
815.10,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
An
indigent
person
is
entitled
to
the
appointment
of
one
attorney
in
all
cases,
except
that
the
court
may
appoint
two
attorneys
in
class
“A”
felony
cases
the
court
may
appoint
two
attorneys
and
in
cases
where
an
assistant
state
public
defender
from
the
wrongful
convictions
division
of
the
office
of
the
state
public
defender
enters
an
appearance
after
a
private
attorney
has
been
appointed
to
represent
the
indigent
person
.
However,
in
a
class
“A”
felony
case,
a
person
who
is
represented
by
a
privately
retained
attorney
or
by
an
attorney
who
has
agreed
to
represent
the
person
is
not
entitled
to
have
House
File
2516,
p.
2
an
attorney
appointed
to
represent
the
person
based
upon
the
indigence
of
the
person.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2516,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor