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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
     (1)(a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account.”
     (1)(b) Appropriations from the account are nonlapsing.
(2) The account consists of:

     (2)(a) money appropriated by the Legislature based upon recommendations from the commission consistent with principles of shared state and local funding;
     (2)(b) any other money received by the commission from any source to carry out the purposes of this part; and
     (2)(c) any interest and earnings from the investment of account money.
(3) The commission shall administer the account and, subject to appropriation, disburse money from the account for the following purposes:

     (3)(a) to establish and maintain a statewide indigent defense data collection system;
     (3)(b) 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;
     (3)(c) to provide training and continuing legal education for indigent defense service providers; and
     (3)(d) for administrative costs.