Section 45-14-81 District Attorney’s Fund.

(a) The District Attorney for the 40th Judicial Circuit shall maintain and keep a special fund known as the District Attorney’s Fund. Any funds on deposit in the treasuries of the counties in the circuit that generally would be designated for appropriation to the District Attorney’s Fund shall be transferred to the office of the district attorney to be deposited and maintained in the District Attorney’s Fund. (b) All fees taxed as costs and collected in all criminal cases heretofore paid to the respective county treasuries in the circuit for the District Attorney’s Fund shall be paid directly to the district attorney for deposit into the District Attorney’s Fund. All other fees collected by the district attorney including, but not limited to, fees collected by the Worthless Check Unit and fees collected by forfeiture shall also be deposited in this fund. (c) The district attorney shall make expenditures from the District Attorney’s Fund for expenses incurred in performing the duties of his or her office.