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HB 2765 Corrections; payment of costs by local inmates.

Introduced by: Thelma Drake | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Corrections; payment of costs by local inmates. Allows local sheriffs and jail superintendents to establish a program under which they would charge each inmate in their facility a reasonable fee, not to exceed $1 per day, to defray the costs of his keep. The Board of Corrections would develop a model plan and adopt regulations to govern such a program. The funds generated would stay with the locality where collected to be used for general jail purposes.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Corrections; payment of costs by local inmates. Allows local sheriffs and jail superintendents to establish a program under which they would charge each inmate in their facility a reasonable fee, not to exceed $1 per day, to defray the costs of his keep. The Board of Corrections would develop a model plan and adopt regulations to govern such a program. The funds generated would stay with the locality where collected to be used for general jail purposes.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Corrections; payment of costs by local inmates. Allows local sheriffs and jail superintendents to charge each inmate in their facility a fee of $1 per day to defray the costs of his keep. This fee would be in addition to any other fee or costs imposed upon the inmate. These funds would stay with the locality where collected to be used for general jail purposes. The Board of Corrections would develop regulations to govern such a program.