§36-15-16. Payment of necessary expenses.

The Attorney General may incur such expenses as may be necessary in the investigation of violations of the criminal law, in the prosecution of crime and in the conduct, investigation, and prosecution of any civil action in which the state is interested or state funds are involved and such other incidental expenses of the office as may be necessary. All expenses incurred under the authority of this section shall be approved by the Attorney General and the Governor and shall be paid by warrant as other state expenses are paid.

(Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 6; Code 1923, §865; Acts 1939, No. 50, p. 57, §3; Code 1940, T. 55, §238; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)