(1) As used in this act, "agency" means a department, division, agency, commission, board, council, committee, authority, institution, other entity within the state government of Utah, or a large public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802.
(2)
(a) The attorney general may assign a legal assistant to perform legal services for any agency of state government.
(b) The attorney general shall bill that agency for the legal services performed, if:
(i) the agency billed receives federal funds to pay for the legal services rendered;
(ii) the agency collects funds from any other source in the form of fees, costs, interest, fines, penalties, forfeitures, or other proceeds reserved or designated for the payment of legal fees sufficient to pay for all or a portion of the legal services rendered; or
(iii) the agency is a large public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802.
(c) An agency may deduct any unreimbursed costs and expenses incurred by the agency in connection with the legal services rendered.