Gov. Code, § 996 · Part 7. DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Gov. Code, § 996
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A public entity may provide for a defense pursuant to this part by its own attorney or by employing other counsel for this purpose or by purchasing insurance which requires that the insurer provide the defense. All of the expenses of providing a defense pursuant to this part are proper charges against a public entity. A public entity has no right to recover such expenses from the employee or former employee defended.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.
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