Section 9541 - Cost controls and administrative support

(a) Cost controls.--An independent counsel shall: (1) Conduct all activities with due regard for expense. (2) Authorize only reasonable and lawful expenditures. (3) Promptly upon taking office assign to a specific employee the duty of certifying that expenditures of the independent counsel are reasonable and made in accordance with law. (b) Office of Administration policies.--An independent counsel shall comply with the established policies of the Office of Administration of the Governor respecting expenditures of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.