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Committee recommends increasing prosecution witness reimbursement and allows counties to share unused funds
Summary
The committee voted 12–0, 1 absent, to give House Bill 1399 a do‑pass recommendation. The bill raises the attorney general’s per‑county reimbursement cap for prosecution witness expenses from $25,000 to $30,000 per biennium and allows counties to enter written agreements to transfer unused funds to other counties with AG approval.
The House Political Subdivisions Committee recommended a do‑pass for House Bill 1399 after hearing testimony that some counties routinely exceed the current reimbursement cap for prosecution witness expenses.
Representative Killemin introduced the bill on behalf of the North Dakota State’s Attorneys Association. The proposal would increase the statutory cap on county prosecution witness reimbursements from $25,000 to $30,000 per county per biennium. Under current practice, counties submit incurred prosecution witness expenses to the attorney general’s office for reimbursement; the attorney general’s office…
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