District attorneys and their employees shall be allowed per diem and shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel expenses incurred while absent from their district headquarters upon official business as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. These expenses shall be paid from the appropriation to the district attorney of the judicial district for which the business is transacted. History: 1953 Comp., § 17-1-3, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 49; 1971, ch. 7, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 49, repealed 17-1-3, 1953 Comp., relating to expense allowances of district attorneys and employees, limitations upon private practice of district attorneys and assistants, appointment of assistants and maintenance of offices, and enacted a new 17-1-3, 1953 Comp. Cross references. — For payment of expenses of offices of district attorneys, see 36-1-8 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63A Am. Jur. 2d Prosecuting Attorneys § 18, 41. 27 C.J.S. District and Prosecuting Attorneys § 21.
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