2006 Utah Code - 76-7-317.1 — Creation of Abortion Litigation Trust Account.

     76-7-317.1.   Creation of Abortion Litigation Trust Account.
     (1) (a) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the Abortion Litigation Trust Account. All money received by the state from private sources for litigation expenses connected with the defense of Senate Bill 23, passed in the 1991 Annual General Session, shall be deposited in that account.
     (b) On behalf of the Abortion Litigation Trust Account, the Division of Finance may accept grants, gifts, bequests, or any money made available from any private sources to implement this section.
     (2) Money shall be appropriated by the Legislature from the account to the Office of the Attorney General under Title 63, Chapter 38, Budgetary Procedures Act.
     (3) The Abortion Litigation Trust Account may be used only for costs, expenses, and attorneys fees connected with the defense of the abortion law identified in Subsection (1).
     (4) Any funds remaining in the abortion litigation trust account after final appellate procedures shall revert to the General Fund, to be first used to offset the monies expended by the state in connection with litigation regarding Senate Bill 23.

Enacted by Chapter 288, 1991 General Session