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      22-3801.   Liability for costs. (a) If the defendant in a criminal case is convicted, the court costs shall be taxed against the defendant and shall be a judgment against the defendant which may be enforced as judgments for payment of money in civil cases.

      (b)   Jury fees are not court costs and shall be paid by the county in all criminal cases.

      (c)   Whenever jury fees are paid by the county in a case in which the defendant was a person who had been committed to an institution under the control of the secretary of corrections and had not been finally discharged or released from the institution, the department of corrections shall reimburse the county for jury fees paid by the county. The reimbursement shall be paid from funds made available by the legislature for that purpose.

      (d)   The county shall not be reimbursed for the cost of employing a special prosecutor.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3801; L. 1978, ch. 128, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 116, § 4; July 1.