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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 8TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL
CHAPTER 174INDIGENT DEFENSE POLICIES AND STANDARDS
SUBCHAPTER BCONTRACT DEFENDER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
DIVISION 3REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF A CONTRACT FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES (EACH COMPONENT BELOW SHALL BE INCLUDED IN A CONTRACT FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES AND SHALL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR THE NOA)
RULE §174.21Caseload Limitations

The contract shall set the maximum number of cases or workload each attorney may be required to handle pursuant to the contract, which may include a maximum caseload not exceeding the annual full-time equivalent caseload established by the Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads and the Juvenile Addendum and Appellate Addendum: Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads, published by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission pursuant to House Bill 1318, 83rd Texas Legislature.


Source Note: The provisions of this §174.21 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 10094; amended to be effective January 10, 2018, 43 TexReg 229

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