Ind. Code § 4-3-1-2 : STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION — GOVERNOR — THE GOVERNOR —3-1-2 - Employment of counsel; fugitives from justice; recapture

The governor may employ counsel to protect the interest of the state in any matter of litigation where the same is involved; and the expenses incurred under this section, and recapturing fugitives from justice, may be allowed by the governor and paid out of any money appropriated for that purpose.