Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 752
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00995-21                                            2021752__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public defender duties; amending s.
    3         27.51, F.S.; specifying additional circumstances under
    4         which a public defender may not be appointed to
    5         represent a defendant; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 27.51, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         27.51 Duties of public defender.—
   12         (2) The court may not appoint the public defender to
   13  represent, even on a temporary basis, any person who is not
   14  indigent. If a defendant has retained private counsel, the court
   15  may not appoint the public defender to represent that defendant
   16  simultaneously on the same case. The court, however, may appoint
   17  private counsel in capital cases as provided in ss. 27.40 and
   18  27.5303.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.