1. A. The Board shall have the following powers and duties:

   1. 1. To establish policies for the indigent defense programs as provided by law;
   2. 2. To require annual reports of expenditures of funds, cases involved in, and status of such cases for the preceding fiscal year from the Executive Director;
   3. 3. To approve a master budget for the System, which will be prepared and administered by the Executive Director;
   4. 4. To authorize the acceptance of monies, gifts, grants, or services from any public or private source;
   5. 5. To review claims for expenditures of monies from whatever source, on a bimonthly basis;
   6. 6. To authorize entering into contracts with individuals, educational institutions, or state or federal agencies and to approve or disapprove the provisions of any such contract;
   7. 7. To establish an equitable distribution plan for allocation of any funds or gifts received from public or private sources for indigent defense and distribute such funds in accordance with such plan; and
   8. 8. To appoint an advisory council made up of indigent defenders and defense lawyers who represent indigents pursuant to contract or who volunteer to represent indigents to discuss problems and hear recommendations concerning necessary research, minimum standards, educational needs, and other matters imperative to conducting Oklahoma criminal defense in a professional manner.
2. B. The Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, and the Presiding Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals regarding the efforts of the Board to implement the purposes of the Indigent Defense Act.

Laws 1991, c. 238, § 4, eff. July 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 328, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994.