The expenses or costs of the operation and maintenance of the Union Parish Detention Center, including salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and the feeding and maintenance of prisoners incarcerated there, shall be paid monthly by the Union Parish Police Jury treasurer, upon approval of such expenses and costs by the Union Parish Detention Center Commission, out of the funds derived from special taxes voted, levied, and collected, or budgeted for that purpose. The commission may by resolution delegate to the chairman or one of its other members the duty of approving such monthly expenses and maintenance costs.
La. R.S. § 15:850.5