Revises provisions relating to indigent petitioners. (BDR 3-1153)

AB 541 changes how costs for indigent petitioners in postconviction habeas corpus cases are funded. It replaces references to the "Office of State Public Defender" with the "Department of Indigent Defense Services" in state law, requiring all related costs (including attorney fees and court expenses) to be paid from that department's budget first. If those funds run out, the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account will cover remaining costs. This bill directly affects indigent defendants filing postconviction petitions and shifts administrative responsibility to the Department of Indigent Defense Services.