State Sen. Don Balfour’s attorneys say state law allows their client to recoup more than $156,000 he paid for his successful defense against charges that he overbilled the state for his legislative per diem and travel expenses.
In a letter to the state Department of Administrative Services, Balfour attorney Kenneth Hodges III cited O.C.G.A. § 45-9-1, which allows state public officials to seek reimbursement through the state’s liability insurance for “reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in the successful defense of any criminal proceeding … where such action arises out of the performance of his or her official duties.”
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