Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 22 > Part 4 - Utah Indigent Defense Commission

• Account: means the Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account created in Section 78B-22-405. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Executive Director: means the executive director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services, created in Section 78B-22-451, who is appointed in accordance with Section 78B-22-453. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Indigent defense resources: means the resources necessary to provide an effective defense for an indigent individual. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Indigent defense service provider: means an attorney or entity appointed to represent an indigent individual through:
       (6)(a) a contract with an indigent defense system to provide indigent defense services;
       (6)(b) an order issued by the court under Subsection 78B-22-203(2)(a); or
       (6)(c) direct employment with an indigent defense system. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Indigent defense services: means :
       (7)(a) the representation of an indigent individual by an indigent defense service provider; and
       (7)(b) the provision of indigent defense resources for an indigent individual. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Indigent defense system: means :
       (8)(a) a city or town that is responsible for providing indigent defense services;
       (8)(b) a county that is responsible for providing indigent defense services in the district court, juvenile court, and the county's justice courts; or
       (8)(c) an interlocal entity, created pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, that is responsible for providing indigent defense services according to the terms of an agreement between a county, city, or town. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Indigent individual: means :
       (9)(a) a minor who is:

            (9)(a)(i) arrested and admitted into detention for an offense under Section 78A-6-103;

            (9)(a)(ii) charged by petition or information in the juvenile or district court; or

            (9)(a)(iii) described in this Subsection (9)(a), who is appealing an adjudication or other final court action; and
       (9)(b) an individual listed in Subsection 78B-22-201(1) who is found indigent pursuant to Section 78B-22-202. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Office: means the Office of Indigent Defense Services created in Section 78B-22-451. See Utah Code 78B-22-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5