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Willacy County court approves $20,000 capital‑fund line for DA trial and appeal expenses
Summary
The Willacy County Commissioners Court approved creating a contracts and legal budget line from the capital fund, capped at $20,000, to pay district attorney trial and appellate expenses after the district attorney outlined rising expert, translation and appellate costs and efforts to seek grant relief.
The Willacy County Commissioners Court voted to create a contracts and legal budget line from the county's capital fund capped at $20,000 to cover district attorney trial and appeal expenses.
The court took the action after a discussion led by Speaker 4, who described how the district attorney's office outsources appellate work because hiring a full‑time appellate attorney is not cost‑effective. Speaker 4 said typical appeal costs "run about between $2,000 to…
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