(1) The board shall: (a) establish rules and procedures for the application by a county for disbursements, and the screening and approval of the applications for money from the: (i) Indigent Inmate Trust Fund established in Part 6, Indigent Inmates; and (ii) Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund, established in Part 7, Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund; (b) receive, screen, and approve, or disapprove the application of a county for disbursements from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a); (c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the fund described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) by each participating county; (d) prescribe forms for the application for money from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a); (e) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a) as provided in Sections 78B-22-602 and 78B-22-701; (f) establish the board's own rules of procedure, elect the board's own officers, and appoint committees of the board's members and other people as may be reasonable and necessary; and (g) negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts with legal counsel, qualified under and meeting the standards consistent with this chapter, to provide indigent defense services to: (i) an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder; and (ii) an indigent inmate who is incarcerated in a county described in Section 78B-22-601.

(a) establish rules and procedures for the application by a county for disbursements, and the screening and approval of the applications for money from the: (i) Indigent Inmate Trust Fund established in Part 6, Indigent Inmates; and (ii) Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund, established in Part 7, Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund;

(i) Indigent Inmate Trust Fund established in Part 6, Indigent Inmates; and

(ii) Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund, established in Part 7, Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Trust Fund;

(b) receive, screen, and approve, or disapprove the application of a county for disbursements from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a);

(c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the fund described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) by each participating county;

(d) prescribe forms for the application for money from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a);

(e) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from a fund described in Subsection (1)(a) as provided in Sections 78B-22-602 and 78B-22-701;

(f) establish the board's own rules of procedure, elect the board's own officers, and appoint committees of the board's members and other people as may be reasonable and necessary; and

(g) negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts with legal counsel, qualified under and meeting the standards consistent with this chapter, to provide indigent defense services to: (i) an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder; and (ii) an indigent inmate who is incarcerated in a county described in Section 78B-22-601.

(i) an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder; and

(ii) an indigent inmate who is incarcerated in a county described in Section 78B-22-601.

(2) The board may provide to the court a list of attorneys qualified under Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 8, with which the board has a preliminary contract to provide indigent defense services for an assigned rate.