Section 926 Of Article 2. Investigation Of County, City, And District Affairs From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
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. (a) If, in the judgment of the grand jury, the services of one
or more experts are necessary for the purposes of Sections 925,
925a, 928, 933.1, and 933.5 or any of them, the grand jury may employ
one or more experts, at an agreed compensation, to be first approved
by the court. If, in the judgment of the grand jury, the services of
assistants to such experts are required, the grand jury may employ
such assistants, at a compensation to be agreed upon and approved by
the court. Expenditures for the services of experts and assistants
for the purposes of Section 933.5 shall not exceed the sum of thirty
thousand dollars ($30,000) annually, unless such expenditures shall
also be approved by the board of supervisors.
(b) When making an examination of the books, records, accounts,
and documents maintained and processed by the county assessor, the
grand jury, with the consent of the board of supervisors, may employ
expert auditors or appraisers to assist in the examination. Auditors
and appraisers, while performing pursuant to the directive of the
grand jury, shall have access to all records and documents that may
be inspected by the grand jury subject to the same limitations on
public disclosure as apply to the grand jury.
(c) Any contract entered into by a grand jury pursuant to this
section may include services to be performed after the discharge of
the jury, but in no event may a jury contract for services to be
performed later than six months after the end of the fiscal year
during which the jury was impaneled.
(d) Any contract entered into by a grand jury pursuant to this
section shall stipulate that the product of that contract shall be
delivered on or before a time certain to the then-current grand jury
of that county for such use as that jury finds appropriate to its
adopted objectives.