File #: 23-1145   
Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/8/2023 In control: Clark County Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 8/15/2023 Final action:
Title: Select nominee, Susan Bush, to present to the Governor for appointment to the Board on Indigent Defense Services; or take any action deemed appropriate. (For possible action)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report

CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Petitioner:

Kevin Schiller, County Manager

Recommendation: 

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Select nominee, Susan Bush, to present to the Governor for appointment to the Board on Indigent Defense Services; or take any action deemed appropriate.  (For possible action)

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BACKGROUND: 

Assembly Bill 81, enacted by the 2019 Nevada Legislature and signed by the Governor, creates the Board on Indigent Defense Services.  Two members of the Board will be appointed by the Governor from nominees selected by and presented to him by the Clark County Board of County Commissioners.  The Board on Indigent Defense Services is to be appointed as soon after July l, 2019, as practicable.  The initial appointments to this Board will have staggered terms and thereafter will be for 3 years.  It is recommended that Susan Bush serve an initial term expiring on June 30, 2026.  The second nominee will be presented to the Board of Clark County Board of County Commissioners at a future date.

Assembly Bill 81 provides that each person appointed to the Board on Indigent Defense Services must have:

                     Experience in providing legal representation to indigent persons who are charged with public offenses or                      to children who are alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision;

                     A demonstrated commitment to providing effective legal representation to such indigent persons; or

                     Expertise or experience, as determined by the appointing authority, which qualifies the person to                      contribute to the purpose of the Board or to carrying out any of its functions.

It is recommended that the Board of County Commissioners present to the Governor the following individual: Susan Bush, Director of the Office of Appointed Counsel

Staff is directed to notify the Governor of the persons selected as nominees for the Board on Indigent Defense Services.