Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement.

Existing law authorizes a county that is responsible for the cost of a trial or trials or any hearing of a person for the offense of homicide to apply to the Controller for reimbursement of a portion of the costs incurred by the county in excess of the amount of money derived by the county from a tax of 0.0125 of 1% of the full value of property assessed for purposes of taxation within the county, if the homicide occurred on or after January 1, 2005. This bill would authorize a county, when the victim of a homicide that occurred on or after January 1, 2005, was a peace officer, as specified, to apply to the Controller for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the county, as specified. This bill would also authorize a city in that county to apply to the Controller for reimbursement of investigative costs incurred by the city that are attributable to that trial, trials, or hearing.