8-42-107 - Appropriations for defense costs.
8-42-107. Appropriations for defense costs.
(a) There shall be appropriated to the attorney general and reporter a sum sufficient from the risk management fund established pursuant to § 9-8-109, to pay for the representation provided to state employees, court costs and any necessary incidental expenses incurred in providing the representation authorized by this chapter.
(b) Subsequent to the close of each fiscal year, the attorney general and reporter shall provide to the state board of claims a report describing the manner in which funds received from the risk management fund were used in representing state employees pursuant to this chapter.
[Acts 1973, ch. 128, § 6; T.C.A., §§ 8-4206, 8-42-106; Acts 1984, ch. 972, § 19; 1995, ch. 370, § 6; 2003, ch. 212, § 8.]