Section 502 – Duties of board.

• (1) The board shall:
  • (a) establish rules and procedures for the application by a county for disbursements, and the screening and approval of the applications for money from the fund;
  • (b) receive, screen, and approve, or disapprove the application of a county for disbursements from the fund;
  • (c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the fund by each participating county;
  • (d) prescribe forms for the application for money from the fund;
  • (e) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from the fund as described in Section 78B-22-701;
  • (f) establish the board’s own rules of procedure, elect the board’s own officers, and appoint committees of the board’s members and other people as may be reasonable and necessary; and
  • (g) negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts with legal counsel, qualified under and meeting the standards consistent with this chapter, to provide indigent defense services to an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder.

• (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 provide indigent defense services for an assigned rate.

Amended by Chapter 392, 2020 General Session