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(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 fund;
(b) receive, screen, and approve, or disapprove the application of a county for disbursements from the fund;
(c) calculate the amount of the annual contribution to be made to the fund by each participating county;
(d) prescribe forms for the application for money from the fund;
(e) oversee and approve the disbursement of money from the fund as described in Section 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 an indigent individual prosecuted in a participating county for an offense involving aggravated murder.
(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.