Section 405 – Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account — Administration.
Effective 5/12/2020 78B-22-405. Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account — Administration. (1) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account.” (b) Appropriations from the account are nonlapsing. (2) The account consists of: (a) money appropriated by the Legislature based upon recommendations from the commission consistent […]
Section 406 – Indigent defense services grant program.
Effective 5/4/2022 78B-22-406. Indigent defense services grant program. (1) The commission may award grants: (a) to supplement local spending by an indigent defense system for indigent defense services; and (b) for contracts to provide indigent defense services for appeals from juvenile court proceedings in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class. (2) […]
Section 407 – Cooperation and participation with the commission.
Effective 5/14/2019 78B-22-407. Cooperation and participation with the commission. Indigent defense systems and indigent defense service providers shall cooperate and participate with the commission in the collection of data, investigation, audit, and review of indigent defense services. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 326, 2019 General Session
Section 451 – Office of Indigent Defense Services — Creation.
Effective 5/5/2021 78B-22-451. Office of Indigent Defense Services — Creation. There is created under the commission the Office of Indigent Defense Services. Amended by Chapter 235, 2021 General Session
Section 202 – Determining indigency.
Effective 11/16/2021 78B-22-202. Determining indigency. (1) A court shall find an individual indigent if the individual: (a) has an income level at or below 150% of the United States poverty level as defined by the most recent poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; or (b) has insufficient […]
Section 203 – Order for indigent defense services.
Effective 5/4/2022 78B-22-203. Order for indigent defense services. (1) (a) A court shall appoint an indigent defense service provider who is employed by an indigent defense system or who has a contract with an indigent defense system to provide indigent defense services for an individual over whom the court has jurisdiction if: (i) the individual […]
Section 204 – Waiver by a minor.
Effective 5/5/2021 78B-22-204. Waiver by a minor. A minor may not waive the right to be represented by counsel at all stages of court proceedings unless: (1) the minor has consulted with counsel; and (2) the court is satisfied that in light of the minor’s unique circumstances and attributes: (a) the minor’s waiver is knowing […]
Section 301 – Standards for indigent defense systems — Written report.
Effective 5/12/2020 78B-22-301. Standards for indigent defense systems — Written report. (1) An indigent defense system shall provide indigent defense services for an indigent individual in accordance with the core principles adopted by the commission under Section 78B-22-404. (2) (a) On or before March 30 of each year, all indigent defense systems shall submit a […]
Section 128 – Transition.
Effective 5/9/2017 78B-21-128. Transition. This chapter does not apply to a receivership for which the receiver was appointed before May 9, 2017. Enacted by Chapter 431, 2017 General Session
Section 129 – Finality of orders.
Effective 5/9/2017 78B-21-129. Finality of orders. A court order that is entered pursuant to this chapter and that resolves a discrete factual dispute or legal issue is a final appealable order within the meaning of Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 54(a), unless expressly stated otherwise in the court order. Enacted by Chapter 431, 2017 […]