§ 832. Office of indigent legal services. 1. There is hereby created\nwithin the executive department the office of indigent legal services,\nhereinafter referred to in this section as the "office". The purpose of\nsuch office is to monitor, study and make efforts to improve the quality\nof services provided pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law.\nThe office shall report to the indigent legal services board established\npursuant to section eight hundred thirty-three of this article,\nprovided, however, that administrative matters of general application\nwithin the executive department shall also be applicable to such office.\n 2. (a) Following the initial appointment of the members of the\nindigent legal services board established pursuant to section eight\nhundred thirty-three of this article, such board shall promptly nominate\na full-time director of the office and notify the governor of such\nnomination. After approval or disapproval of the first nominee as\ndirector of the office, or at any time thereafter when a vacancy shall\nexist or is anticipated in the position of director of the office, the\nindigent legal services board shall promptly nominate a full-time\ndirector of the office, and notify the governor of such nomination.\nNothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the board from appointing an\ninterim director if there is a vacancy.\n (b) The governor, within thirty days after receiving written notice of\nany nomination of a director made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, may approve or disapprove the nomination. If the governor\napproves such nomination, or fails to act on such nomination within such\nthirty day period, the nominee shall thereupon commence his or her term\nas director of the office. If, within such thirty day period, the\ngovernor serves upon the chair of such board a written notice\ndisapproving such nomination, the nominee shall not be authorized to\nserve as director of the office provided, however, that such board may\nauthorize an interim director appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision to serve or continue to serve as interim director until\nsuch time as a director of the office is approved, or not timely\ndisapproved, by the governor. Following any disapproval, the board shall\nhave sixty days to submit another nominee, although such period may be\nextended, upon request of the board, by the governor. A person appointed\nas interim director may exercise all of the powers available to the\ndirector of such office.\n (c) The director of the office shall serve full-time and for a term of\nfive years. The director may be removed during this term for good cause\nshown, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, by a vote of\ntwo-thirds or more of the nine members of such board. The person serving\nas director shall, upon assuming such position, be admitted to practice\nlaw and shall have not less than five years professional experience in\nthe area of public defense services, and have a demonstrated commitment\nto the provision of quality public defense representation and to the\ncommunities served by public defense providers.\n (d) The director shall appoint employees and perform such other\nfunctions as are appropriate to ensure the efficient operation of the\noffice within the amounts available therefor by appropriation.\n 3. Duties and responsibilities. The office shall, in consultation with\nthe indigent legal services board established pursuant to section eight\nhundred thirty-three of this article, have the following duties and\nresponsibilities:\n (a) to examine, evaluate and monitor services provided in each county\npursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law;\n (b) to collect and receive information and data regarding the\nprovision of services pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law\nincluding, but not limited to:\n (i) the types and combinations of such services being utilized in each\ncounty;\n (ii) the salaries and
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