(a)(1) Any public official or employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof who is under any investigation for committing a felony offense related to or arising out of, or in connection with, the public official’s or employee’s service in his or her public position may use, if otherwise authorized by law, public funds to defend himself or herself unless and until the public official or employee is indicted for that felony offense. (2) If the public official or employee is indicted for the felony offense, the public official or employee may not use any public funds to pay for his or her legal defense. (b) Any public official or employee described in subsection (a) who is placed on leave with pay while under investigation, upon conviction for that felony offense, shall be required to pay back all compensation received since the commission of the felony offense.
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