78B-22-405. Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account — Administration.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-22-405- Account: means the Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account created in Section 78B-22-405. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commission: means the Utah Indigent Defense Commission created in Section 78B-22-401. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account.” |
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Appropriations from the account are nonlapsing. |
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The account consists of:
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money appropriated by the Legislature based upon recommendations from the commission consistent with principles of shared state and local funding; |
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any other money received by the commission from any source to carry out the purposes of this part; and |
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any interest and earnings from the investment of account money. |
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The commission shall administer the account and, subject to appropriation, disburse money from the account for the following purposes:
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to establish and maintain a statewide indigent defense data collection system; |
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to establish and administer a grant program to provide grants of state money and other money to indigent defense systems as set forth in Section 78B-22-406; |
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to provide training and continuing legal education for indigent defense service providers; and |
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for administrative costs. |
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Amended by Chapter 392, 2020 General Session
