(a) (1) All expenses incurred and disbursements made by the Division of Correction under § 9-511 of this subtitle for the guarding, transporting, lodging, feeding, clothing, and medical and other care of inmates working under §§ 9-508 through 9-513 of this subtitle for the State Highway Administration shall be paid out of money in the Treasury that has not been otherwise appropriated and is available for those purposes or, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, out of money appropriated for those purposes.
(2) (i) The Division of Correction may not pay the expenses specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection out of money appropriated for those purposes unless the Governor approves the payment and orders the Comptroller to make the payment.
(ii) The Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the Treasury, as otherwise provided by law, for the amount ordered by the Governor.
(b) A county or municipal corporation to which inmates have been assigned under § 9-510 of this subtitle may make any appropriations, assessments, and levies necessary to enable the county or municipal corporation to pay the expenses and payments authorized or required under §§ 9-508 through 9-513 of this subtitle.
(c) The payments required to be made by the State Highway Administration under § 9-512 of this subtitle shall be paid out of the State Highway Administration’s appropriation.