28-6925. Contract counsel fund; appropriation;
exemptions; disbursements; reimbursement
A. The sum of thirty thousand dollars is appropriated from the state highway fund
to the department for deposit in a special fund designated as the contract counsel
fund. The department of transportation shall spend monies in the fund to reimburse the
attorney general for department of law services.
B. The appropriation made by this section is limited to the hiring of attorneys for
condemnation cases pertaining to the purchase and acquisition of rights-of-way on federal
aid projects.
C. The department of administration shall transfer and replenish the sum
appropriated under this section from monies in the state highway fund appropriated for
construction of state highways to the contract counsel fund. On receipt of itemized
verified statements accompanied by proper receipts and vouchers showing in detail the
expenditures from the contract counsel fund, the department of administration shall issue
a warrant to fully replenish the contract counsel fund from monies appropriated for
construction of state highways, except that the total of the warrants shall not exceed
thirty thousand dollars at any time.
D. The appropriation under this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
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