41-196. Witness protection
A. The director of the department of public safety with the concurrence of the
attorney general may upon the director's own initiative or at the request of any county
attorney or law enforcement agency provide for the security of government witnesses,
potential government witnesses and their immediate families in official criminal or civil
proceedings instituted or investigations pending against a person alleged to have engaged
in a violation of the law. Providing for this security of witnesses may include
provision of housing facilities and for the health, safety and welfare of such witnesses
and their immediate families, if testimony by such a witness might subject the witness or
a member of his immediate family to a danger of bodily injury, and may continue so long
as such danger exists. The director of the department of public safety with the
concurrence of the attorney general may authorize the purchase, rental or modification of
protected housing facilities for the purpose of this section. He may also with the
concurrence of the attorney general contract with any government or department of
government to obtain or to provide the facilities or services to carry out this
section. Any appropriation for witness protection shall be made to and administered by
the department of public safety.
B. The offer of protection to a person may be conditioned by the director of the
department of public safety upon reimbursement in whole or part to the state by a
government of the cost of maintaining and protecting such person.
C. Monies deposited in the anti-racketeering revolving fund established pursuant to
section 13-2314.01 may be used for witness protection.
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