[Adopted 12-3-1990 by Ord. No. 39-90]
[Amended 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95]
A. There are hereby created in the City of Hackensack
offices to be known as "Public Defender" and "Assistant Public Defender."
There shall be two Assistant Public Defenders.
B. The Public Defender and Assistant Public Defenders
shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Hackensack.
[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 35-2014]
A. The Public Defender and Assistant Public Defenders shall be appointed
by the City Council of the City of Hackensack for a term of one year
commencing on July 1 of the year of his or her appointment and continuing
until the appointment of his or her successor.
B. The Public Defender and Assistant Public Defenders shall be retained
as independent contractors and will not be employees of the City of
Hackensack.
C. The Public Defender and Assistant Public Defenders shall receive
such retainer, compensation, or fee as fixed by said City Council.
A. The duties of the Public Defender and Assistant Public
Defender shall include, but not be limited to, the following: to aid
indigent defendants in need of legal assistance in the Hackensack
Municipal Court.
B. Such assistance to indigent defendants in the Hackensack
Municipal Court shall be rendered upon sufficient proofs of such indigents
to the satisfaction of the Judge of the Hackensack Municipal Court.
C. Any person applying for such representation shall
pay an application fee of $200. Said fee may be waived in whole or
in part if the Municipal Court Judge determines, in his or her discretion,
that the application fee represents an unreasonable burden on the
person seeking such representation.
[Added 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 13-95; 12-8-2009 by Ord. No.
42-2009]