Section 78B-22-701.5 - Duties of board(1) The commission shall establish rules and procedures for the application by a county for disbursements, and the screening and approval of the applications for the money from the fund.(2) The office shall: (a) receive, screen, and approve, or disapprove the application of a county for disbursements from the fund;(b) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the fund by each participating county;(c) prescribe forms for the application for money from the fund;(d) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from the fund as described in Section 78B-22-701; and(e) 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 an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder.Renumbered from § 78B-22-502 and amended by Chapter 193, 2024 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 392, 2020 General Session ,§ 17, eff. 5/12/2020.Renumbered from § 77-32-402 and amended by Chapter 326, 2019 General Session ,§ 33, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 56, 2017 General Session ,§ 9, eff. 5/9/2017.Enacted by Chapter 354, 1997 General Session.