76-7-317.1. Abortion Litigation Trust Account.
(1) As used in this section, "account" means the Abortion Litigation Trust Account
created in this section.
(2) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the Abortion
Litigation Trust Account.
(3) The Division of Finance may accept, for deposit in the account, grants, gifts,
bequests, or any money made available from any private sources for the purpose described in
Subsection (4).
(4) Except as provided in Subsection (9), money deposited into the account on or after
May 12, 2009, shall be retained in the account for the purpose of paying litigation and appellate
expenses of the Office of the Attorney General, including any court-ordered payment of
plaintiff's attorney fees, to defend any law passed by the Legislature on or after January 1, 2009,
that:
(a) challenges the legal concept that a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion; or
(b) places a restriction on the right to an abortion.
(5) Money shall be appropriated by the Legislature from the account to the Office of the
Attorney General under Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act.
(6) The account may be used only for costs, expenses, and attorney fees connected with
the defense of an abortion law described in Subsection (4).
(7) Any funds in the account on May 11, 2009, shall be first used to offset the monies
expended by the state in connection with litigation regarding Senate Bill 23, passed in the 1991
General Session.
(8) Any funds described in Subsection (7) that are not needed to offset the monies
expended by the state in connection with litigation regarding Senate Bill 23, passed in the 1991
General Session, shall be retained in the account for the purpose described in Subsection (4).
(9) (a) If the Legislature does not pass a law described in Subsection (4) on or before July
1, 2014, the funds in the account shall be used by the Division of Child and Family Services,
within the Department of Human Services, for adoption assistance.
(b) If, on or before July 1, 2014, the Legislature passes a law described in Subsection (4),
any funds remaining in the account after the litigation and appellate expenses to defend the law
are paid shall be used by the Division of Child and Family Services, within the Department of
Human Services, for adoption assistance.
Amended by Chapter 43, 2009 General Session
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