Georgia public defender council, §§17-12-1 to 17-12-12.1. Definitions, §17-12-2. Effective date of article. Circuit public defender, §17-12-37. Third-year law students and staff instructors. Assisting in defense of indigent defendants, §17-12-45. Entitlement of indigent to counsel. Actions and proceedings requiring representation, §17-12-23. Financial eligibility for indigent defense services. Determination by circuit public defender and others providing services, §17-12-24. Timing of notification, §17-12-80. Georgia indigent defense act. Short title, §17-12-1. Georgia public defender council, §§17-12-1 to 17-12-12.1. 1638 INDEX PUBLIC DEFENDERS —Cont’d Identification cards. Issuance to circuit public defender, assistant public defender or local public defender, §17-12-27. Immunity of public defender council. Act or failure to act in carrying out purposes of article, §17-12-10.2. Circuit public defender selection panel and other policy-making or administrative personnel, §17-12-10.1. Investigators.