Ordinance 3429-15 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 2. Indigent defense services shall be in accordance with the following: 2.1 Indigent defense services shall be provided to all clients in a professional, skilled manner consistent with the Standards set forth by the Washington State Bar Association and Standards for Indigent Defense Services (June 3, 2011), as such standards may be hereafter amended. 2.2 The Washington State Rules of Professional Conduct, as such rules may be hereafter amended. 2.3 The decision of the Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, Western District of Washington, in Wilbur, et al v. Mt. Vernon, et al, Case No. 2:11-cv-01100. 2.4 All providers of indigent defense services shall comply with all federal, state and local non-discrimination laws or ordinances in the provision of services to indigent defendants as well as with respect to the hiring and employment practices of their employees. 2.5 City staff shall propose revisions to the above standards as needed to City Council. Section 3. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any references thereto. Section 4. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. 2