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Utah Code § 78B-22-405

Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account -- Administration

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session; Amended by Chapter 392, 2020 General Session; End date 7/1/2026

(1)

(a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the "Indigent Defense Resources Restricted Account."

(b) Appropriations from the account are nonlapsing.

(2) The account consists of:

(a) money appropriated by the Legislature based upon recommendations from the commission consistent with principles of shared state and local funding;

(b) any other money received by the commission from any source to carry out the purposes of this part; and

(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:

(a) to establish and maintain a statewide indigent defense data collection system;

(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;

(c) to provide training and continuing legal education for indigent defense service providers; and

(d) for administrative costs.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.