Section 1. Section 52-6-201 is repealed and reenacted to read:52-6-201. Indictment or information against officer or employee -- Reimbursement of attorney fees and court costs incurred in defense.(1)Except as provided in Subsection (2), a court in which a criminal charge is, by indictment or information, brought against an officer or employee for violation of a state law may order a public entity described in Subsection (3) to pay the reasonable attorney fees and court costs necessarily incurred by the officer or employee in defense of the charge, if:(a)the charge is brought in connection with, or arising out of, an alleged act or omission of the officer or employee:(i)during the performance of the officer's or employee's duties;(ii)within the scope of the officer's or employee's employment; or(iii)under color of the officer's or employee's authority;(b)the charge, or the entire indictment or information, is quashed, dismissed, or results in a judgment of acquittal; and(c)the court finds that the public entity acted in bad faith in relation to the charge.(2)An officer or employee is not entitled to recover attorney fees or court costs under Subsection (1) if the officer or employee is found guilty of another violation of law for substantially the same act or omission that formed the basis for the charge described in Subsection (1).(3)The court may order the following public entities to pay the reasonable attorney fees and court costs described in Subsection (1) if the court finds, under Subsection (1)(c), that the public entity acted in bad faith in relation to the charge:(a)the public entity for which the officer or employee, in relation to the alleged violation:(i)was engaged in performing a duty described in Subsection (1)(a)(i);(ii)acted, or failed to act, within the scope of the officer's or employee's employment; or(iii)acted, or failed to act, under color of the officer's or employee's authority; or(b)the municipal prosecutor's office, the county attorney's office, the district attorney's office, or the attorney general's office that pursued the charges.(4)If the court finds that the entity described in Subsection (3)(a) and the entity described in Subsection (3)(b) both acted in bad faith, the court may order each public entity to pay half of the reasonable court costs and attorney fees.