RULE 15.5
         ALLOWANCE OF CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSE FOR INDIGENT PARTY


    (a) Allowance Generally. The director of the Office of Public Defense
determines all claims for expense. The director will allow or disallow all or
part of the claimed expense within 15 days, excluding weekends and legal
holidays, after the invoice has been filed in the Office of Public Defense. The
director will notify the claimant of the decision. A claimant may object to the
decision of the director by letter to the Office of Public Defense Advisory
Committee not later than 30 days after the director's decision and the
Committee's decision is final.

    (b) Disallowance of Claim. If a brief is unnecessarily long, improper in
substance, or not in compliance with these rules, all or a portion of counsel's
claim may be disallowed. If the court reporter or counsel has been dilatory,
all or a portion of the claim of the court reporter or the claim of counsel may
be disallowed.


[Amended June 6, 1996; May 29, 2001; September 1, 2010]