If a county is in a district where the court has granted relief to the public defender office due to caseload issues, the presiding judge for that court may enter a waiver of compliance with criminal time standards (only associate criminal, only circuit felony or for both classes of cases). If the presiding judge enters a waiver, a copy will be submitted to the state courts administrator, so that all cases disposed during the period of limited availability will be omitted for the purposes of sections 17.40 and 17.45, and a copy will be submitted to the state public defender director.