(A) Each county office is authorized to budget, and the County Council is authorized to appropriate funds to provide membership for the county and for the elected appointed officials and members of the county’s boards, Council, departments or agencies in national and state organizations of an educational or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of county government operations. No funds may be paid to a private organization unless its membership consists entirely of public officials. Attorneys who are employed full-time in the judicial system or the Prosecutor’s Office may have their dues paid to bar associations and for continuing legal education.
(B) Each county office is further authorized to budget, and the County Council is authorized to appropriate, funds to pay the expenses of duly authorized representatives to attend educational seminars, meetings and functions of organizations to which it belongs, but no out-of-state expenses may be paid without the prior approval of the County Commissioners.
(’86 Code, § 2-77) (Ord. 1995-5G, passed 5-22-95)