Time period for appointment of counsel

The appointment of counsel pursuant to the provisions of the Indigent Defense Act shall commence for indigent criminal defendants on or subsequent to July 1, 1992 for noncapital cases and on July 1, 1991 for capital cases. Added by Laws 1981, c. 207, § 12, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 253, § 7, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 238, § 20, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 303, § 18, eff. July 1, 1992.