31.010 Department for Public Advocacy -- Establishment -- Functions -- Independent agency. - Kentucky Statutes

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31.010 Department for Public Advocacy -- Establishment -- Functions -- Independent agency. There is hereby established as an independent agency of state government, attached for
administrative purposes to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the Department for Public
Advocacy, in order to provide for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a state
sponsored and controlled system for:
(1) The representation of indigent persons accused of crimes or mental states which may result in their incarceration or confinement; and (2) The pursuit of legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies to insure the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. For the purposes of this chapter, "persons with
disabilities" shall refer to those persons eligible for protection and advocacy services under
Public Laws 99-319, 102-569, 103-218, 106-170, and 106-402 as amended and any other
federal enabling statute hereafter enacted that defines the eligible client base for protection
and advocacy services. Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 115, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 283, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 338, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 19, effective June 17, 1978. -
- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 1. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 1. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of
Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been
changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section.