All legal costs and expenses for the taking into custody, care, investigation, and admission or commitment of a person to a state mental health institute under a finding that the person has residency in another county of this state shall be charged against the regional administrator of the person’s county of residence.

For future amendment to this section, effective July 1, 2025, see 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §92, 137

[S13, §2308-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3590; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.10] 87 Acts, ch 36, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §114, 130; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §6; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §557