2006 Utah Code - 77-32-402 — Duties of board.

     77-32-402.   Duties of board.
     (1) The board shall:
     (a) establish rules and procedures for the application by counties for disbursements, and the screening and approval of the applications for monies from the:
     (i) Indigent Inmate Trust Fund established in Part 5;
     (ii) Indigent Capital Defense Trust Fund established in Part 6; and
     (iii) Indigent Felony Defense Trust Fund established in Part 7;
     (b) receive, screen, and approve or disapprove the application of counties for disbursements from each fund;
     (c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the funds by each participating county;
     (d) prescribe forms for the application for monies from each fund;
     (e) oversee and approve the disbursement of monies from each fund as provided in Sections 77-32-401, 77-32-502, 77-32-601, and 77-32-701;
     (f) establish its own rules of procedure, elect its own officers, and appoint committees of its members and other people as may be reasonable and necessary;
     (g) negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts with legal counsel, qualified under and meeting the standards consistent with this chapter, to provide defense counsel services to:
     (i) indigents prosecuted in participating counties for serious offenses in violation of state law; and
     (ii) an indigent inmate who is incarcerated in certain counties.
     (2) The board may provide to the court a list of attorneys qualified under Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 8, with which the board has a preliminary contract to defend indigent cases for an assigned rate.

Enacted by Chapter 354, 1997 General Session