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, andthe screening and approval of the applications for money 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 fordisbursements from each fund;
(c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the funds by eachparticipating county;
(d) prescribe forms for the application for money from each fund;
(e) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from each fund as provided inSections 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 ofits members and other people as may be reasonable and necessary;
(g) negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts with legal counsel, qualified under andmeeting the standards consistent with this chapter, to provide defense counsel services to:
(i) indigents prosecuted in participating counties for serious offenses in violation of statelaw; 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 ofCriminal Procedure, Rule 8, with which the board has a preliminary contract to defend indigentcases for an assigned rate.
Enacted by Chapter 354, 1997 General Session