§ 19-9. Position established; application fee.


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  • A. 
    The City of North Wildwood shall have at least one Public Defender for its Municipal Court, appointed by the governing body for a term of one year, and until the appointment of a successor. In the event two or more Public Defenders are appointed, one of them shall be designated "Chief Municipal Public Defender."
    B. 
    Applications for the Public Defender.
    (1) 
    An indigent defendant applying for representation by a Municipal Public Defender in the City of North Wildwood shall pay an application fee of $200.
    (2) 
    The Municipal Court Judge may waive the required application fee, in whole or in part, if the Judge determines, in his or her discretion, that the application fee represents an unreasonable burden on the person seeking representation.