- (1) The office shall pay for indigent defense services for indigent inmates from the fund.
- (2) A contract under this chapter shall ensure that indigent defense services are provided in a manner consistent with the core principles described in Section 75E-9-104.
- (3) The county attorney or district attorney of a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class shall function as the prosecuting entity.
(4)
- (a) A county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class where a state prison is located may impose an additional property tax levy by ordinance at .0001 per dollar of taxable value in the county.
- (b) If the county governing body imposes the additional property tax levy by ordinance, the revenue shall be deposited into the fund as provided in Section 75E-10-302 to fund the purposes of this chapter.
- (c) Upon notification that the fund has reached the amount specified in Subsection 75E-10-302(6), a county shall deposit revenue derived from the property tax levy after the county receives the notice into a county account used exclusively to provide indigent defense services.
- (d) A county that chooses not to impose the additional levy by ordinance may not receive any benefit from the fund.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session