Opinion No. 68-300 (1968) Ag

Sanity Hearings — Expenses Paid From Expenses of county court mental health proceedings are payable out of the county general fund with the exception of expenses for providing jurors in certain instances to determine the issue of mental illness. The Attorney General has had under consideration your letter dated August 12, 1968, in which you inquire as follows: "Is the budgetary expense of the County Court mental health proceedings payable out of the court fund or is the said expense payable out of the general fund? If the aforenoted expense is paid out of the court fund, upon what date does…