HB407 Summary

• Establishes a Prisoner Feeding Fund in each sheriff's office to receive and manage all state payments for feeding prisoners and related services in county jails.

• Sets prisoner food allowance at $1.75 per capita per day plus an additional $1.25 per capita per day for food preparation and service, with payments based on number of prisoners housed.

• Requires sheriffs to maintain detailed records of all funds received and expenditures from the Prisoner Feeding Fund, subject to regular audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

• Specifies that sheriffs are responsible for prisoner feeding in official capacity only and shall not be personally liable for any shortage in feeding funds.

• Takes effect at the beginning of the next term of office of sheriffs, with exceptions allowing counties with existing county commission resolutions to continue paying prisoner feeding allowances to the county general fund.