29600. Charges incurred against the county pursuant to this title
are county charges.
29601. The following expenses of the district attorney and the
sheriff are county charges:
(a) Traveling and other personal expenses incurred in criminal
cases arising in the county and in civil actions and proceedings in
which the county is interested.
(b) All other expenses necessarily incurred by either of them:
(1) In the detection of crime. Except as to violations of Section
23152 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the
detection of those crimes declared to be misdemeanors by the Vehicle
Code.
(2) In the prosecution of criminal cases, and in civil actions and
proceedings and all other matters in which the county is interested,
or in which any officer or employee, or former officer or employee,
of the county is a defendant in an action for damages instituted for
any act performed by him or her in good faith in furtherance of his
or her duty while in the employ of the county and in which the
district attorney is authorized to represent him or her.
29601.5. Expenses incurred by a county in returning a fugitive or
escaped prisoner to another county for trial or detention in a county
facility shall be paid by the county of trial or detention to the
county which incurred the expenses of returning the fugitive.
29602. The expenses necessarily incurred in the support of persons
charged with or convicted of a crime and committed to the county jail
and the maintenance therein and in other county adult detention
facilities of a program of rehabilitative services in the fields of
training, employment, recreation, and prerelease activities, and for
other services in relation to criminal proceedings for which no
specific compensation is prescribed by law are county charges.
However, nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit the
county from receiving reimbursement from a provider of medical
insurance coverage for the provision of medical services to a
prisoner or detainee received by or held in the county jail or other
detention facilities, in those instances where the prisoner or
detainee has private medical insurance coverage.
29603. The sums required by law to be paid to the grand and trial
jurors and witnesses in criminal cases tried in a superior or
municipal court are county charges.
29604. The accounts of the coroner for such services as are not
otherwise provided for are county charges.
29606. The necessary expenses incurred in the support of the county
hospitals, almshouses, and the indigent sick and otherwise dependent
poor, whose support is chargeable to the county, are county charges.
29607. When authorized by the board of supervisors, expenses
incurred by county authorities pursuant to Section 1451.5 of the
Health and Safety Code or for temporary, emergency, or extended care
or treatment of indigent patients of the county by local hospitals or
any hospital maintained and operated by any county, the State, any
state college, university, or other institution supported in whole or
in part by taxation or exempted in whole or in part from taxation
are county charges.
29608. The contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and
benefit of the county are county charges.
29609. The premiums on official bonds of county officers are county
charges.
29610. The expenses of any elected county officer incurred while
traveling to and from and while attending the annual convention of
his or her respective association, are county charges which do not
require prior approval of the board of supervisors. The board of
supervisors may require prior approval by the board of supervisors
for any other officer or employee to incur those expenses as county
charges.
29611. The necessary expenses, incurred by the auditor and
treasurer in the defense and prosecution of any action brought by or
against them to test the validity or constitutionality of any act of
the Legislature or of the board of supervisors or of any order
providing for the payment of any funds held in the county treasury
are county charges.
29612. The expenses necessarily incurred in searching for and
rescuing persons who are lost or in danger of their lives are county
charges.
29613. The expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation of
plans for meeting any emergency caused by a flood, fire, earthquake,
pestilence, tornado, or other act of God which may cause
extraordinary loss of life or destruction of property are county
charges.
29617. Every sum directed by law to be raised for any county
purpose under the direction of the board of supervisors or declared
to be such is a county charge.
29618. The actual and necessary expenses incurred in the drafting
of a county charter by a board of freeholders, when such expenses are
authorized by the board of supervisors, are county charges.
29600. Charges incurred against the county pursuant to this title
are county charges.
29601. The following expenses of the district attorney and the
sheriff are county charges:
(a) Traveling and other personal expenses incurred in criminal
cases arising in the county and in civil actions and proceedings in
which the county is interested.
(b) All other expenses necessarily incurred by either of them:
(1) In the detection of crime. Except as to violations of Section
23152 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the
detection of those crimes declared to be misdemeanors by the Vehicle
Code.
(2) In the prosecution of criminal cases, and in civil actions and
proceedings and all other matters in which the county is interested,
or in which any officer or employee, or former officer or employee,
of the county is a defendant in an action for damages instituted for
any act performed by him or her in good faith in furtherance of his
or her duty while in the employ of the county and in which the
district attorney is authorized to represent him or her.
29601.5. Expenses incurred by a county in returning a fugitive or
escaped prisoner to another county for trial or detention in a county
facility shall be paid by the county of trial or detention to the
county which incurred the expenses of returning the fugitive.
29602. The expenses necessarily incurred in the support of persons
charged with or convicted of a crime and committed to the county jail
and the maintenance therein and in other county adult detention
facilities of a program of rehabilitative services in the fields of
training, employment, recreation, and prerelease activities, and for
other services in relation to criminal proceedings for which no
specific compensation is prescribed by law are county charges.
However, nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit the
county from receiving reimbursement from a provider of medical
insurance coverage for the provision of medical services to a
prisoner or detainee received by or held in the county jail or other
detention facilities, in those instances where the prisoner or
detainee has private medical insurance coverage.
29603. The sums required by law to be paid to the grand and trial
jurors and witnesses in criminal cases tried in a superior or
municipal court are county charges.
29604. The accounts of the coroner for such services as are not
otherwise provided for are county charges.
29606. The necessary expenses incurred in the support of the county
hospitals, almshouses, and the indigent sick and otherwise dependent
poor, whose support is chargeable to the county, are county charges.
29607. When authorized by the board of supervisors, expenses
incurred by county authorities pursuant to Section 1451.5 of the
Health and Safety Code or for temporary, emergency, or extended care
or treatment of indigent patients of the county by local hospitals or
any hospital maintained and operated by any county, the State, any
state college, university, or other institution supported in whole or
in part by taxation or exempted in whole or in part from taxation
are county charges.
29608. The contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and
benefit of the county are county charges.
29609. The premiums on official bonds of county officers are county
charges.
29610. The expenses of any elected county officer incurred while
traveling to and from and while attending the annual convention of
his or her respective association, are county charges which do not
require prior approval of the board of supervisors. The board of
supervisors may require prior approval by the board of supervisors
for any other officer or employee to incur those expenses as county
charges.
29611. The necessary expenses, incurred by the auditor and
treasurer in the defense and prosecution of any action brought by or
against them to test the validity or constitutionality of any act of
the Legislature or of the board of supervisors or of any order
providing for the payment of any funds held in the county treasury
are county charges.
29612. The expenses necessarily incurred in searching for and
rescuing persons who are lost or in danger of their lives are county
charges.
29613. The expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation of
plans for meeting any emergency caused by a flood, fire, earthquake,
pestilence, tornado, or other act of God which may cause
extraordinary loss of life or destruction of property are county
charges.
29617. Every sum directed by law to be raised for any county
purpose under the direction of the board of supervisors or declared
to be such is a county charge.
29618. The actual and necessary expenses incurred in the drafting
of a county charter by a board of freeholders, when such expenses are
authorized by the board of supervisors, are county charges.
29600. Charges incurred against the county pursuant to this title
are county charges.
29601. The following expenses of the district attorney and the
sheriff are county charges:
(a) Traveling and other personal expenses incurred in criminal
cases arising in the county and in civil actions and proceedings in
which the county is interested.
(b) All other expenses necessarily incurred by either of them:
(1) In the detection of crime. Except as to violations of Section
23152 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the
detection of those crimes declared to be misdemeanors by the Vehicle
Code.
(2) In the prosecution of criminal cases, and in civil actions and
proceedings and all other matters in which the county is interested,
or in which any officer or employee, or former officer or employee,
of the county is a defendant in an action for damages instituted for
any act performed by him or her in good faith in furtherance of his
or her duty while in the employ of the county and in which the
district attorney is authorized to represent him or her.
29601.5. Expenses incurred by a county in returning a fugitive or
escaped prisoner to another county for trial or detention in a county
facility shall be paid by the county of trial or detention to the
county which incurred the expenses of returning the fugitive.
29602. The expenses necessarily incurred in the support of persons
charged with or convicted of a crime and committed to the county jail
and the maintenance therein and in other county adult detention
facilities of a program of rehabilitative services in the fields of
training, employment, recreation, and prerelease activities, and for
other services in relation to criminal proceedings for which no
specific compensation is prescribed by law are county charges.
However, nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit the
county from receiving reimbursement from a provider of medical
insurance coverage for the provision of medical services to a
prisoner or detainee received by or held in the county jail or other
detention facilities, in those instances where the prisoner or
detainee has private medical insurance coverage.
29603. The sums required by law to be paid to the grand and trial
jurors and witnesses in criminal cases tried in a superior or
municipal court are county charges.
29604. The accounts of the coroner for such services as are not
otherwise provided for are county charges.
29606. The necessary expenses incurred in the support of the county
hospitals, almshouses, and the indigent sick and otherwise dependent
poor, whose support is chargeable to the county, are county charges.
29607. When authorized by the board of supervisors, expenses
incurred by county authorities pursuant to Section 1451.5 of the
Health and Safety Code or for temporary, emergency, or extended care
or treatment of indigent patients of the county by local hospitals or
any hospital maintained and operated by any county, the State, any
state college, university, or other institution supported in whole or
in part by taxation or exempted in whole or in part from taxation
are county charges.
29608. The contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and
benefit of the county are county charges.
29609. The premiums on official bonds of county officers are county
charges.
29610. The expenses of any elected county officer incurred while
traveling to and from and while attending the annual convention of
his or her respective association, are county charges which do not
require prior approval of the board of supervisors. The board of
supervisors may require prior approval by the board of supervisors
for any other officer or employee to incur those expenses as county
charges.
29611. The necessary expenses, incurred by the auditor and
treasurer in the defense and prosecution of any action brought by or
against them to test the validity or constitutionality of any act of
the Legislature or of the board of supervisors or of any order
providing for the payment of any funds held in the county treasury
are county charges.
29612. The expenses necessarily incurred in searching for and
rescuing persons who are lost or in danger of their lives are county
charges.
29613. The expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation of
plans for meeting any emergency caused by a flood, fire, earthquake,
pestilence, tornado, or other act of God which may cause
extraordinary loss of life or destruction of property are county
charges.
29617. Every sum directed by law to be raised for any county
purpose under the direction of the board of supervisors or declared
to be such is a county charge.
29618. The actual and necessary expenses incurred in the drafting
of a county charter by a board of freeholders, when such expenses are
authorized by the board of supervisors, are county charges.
