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The office shall administer the county’s indigent defense program. In those cases in which a criminal defendant in a Snohomish County court is indigent and has a right to counsel, the office shall provide counsel for the defense. The office shall administer all contracts with private attorneys for the provision of indigent defense services in the district and superior courts, and shall make assignments of counsel who have signed contracts with the office on the basis of experience and qualifications. (Added by Ord. 00-072 § 1, Nov. 13, 2000, Eff date Jan. 1, 2001; Amended by Ord. 02-058, Nov. 20, 2002, Eff date Dec. 13, 2002).