The district attorney shall only use the special appropriation to pay:

(a) Expenses lawfully incurred in criminal cases arising in the county.

Terms Used In California Government Code 29404

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19

(b) Expenses lawfully incurred in the detection of crime, other than those declared to be misdemeanors by the Vehicle Code.

(c) Expenses lawfully incurred in civil actions or proceedings.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 38, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)