(a) The Georgia Indigent Defense Council shall prepare an annual budget according to law in order to obtain the necessary funding for fulfilling the purposes of this article. The council is also authorized to seek, solicit, apply for, and utilize funds from any public source for use in fulfilling the purposes of this article. Private funds may be sought, solicited, applied for, and utilized for training purposes and any other purposes of this article.

(b) At least 90 percent of all state appropriated funds shall be distributed by the council to participating counties on an equitable basis, based on judicial administrative district and judicial circuit population, indigent criminal caseloads, and previous year expenditures for the provision of defense services at the local level.

(c) The details of notification of the amount of funds available and the method for the distribution of such funds to the tripartite governing committees for the purpose of carrying out this article shall be set forth in the guidelines approved by the Supreme Court pursuant to Code Section 17-12-41.