HB274 Summary

• Increases state payment for prisoner feeding from $2.25 to $3.25 per day for each prisoner in county jails.

• Increases annual appropriation to the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund from $500,000 to $750,000 each fiscal year.

• Increases maximum annual payment from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund to counties from $25,000 to $50,000 per year.

• Authorizes sheriffs and county commissions to use funds from any available source to feed prisoners and clarifies that only state monies must be deposited in the Prisoner Feeding Fund.

• Allows county commissions to apply for Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund assistance after an unforeseeable cost overrun, and prohibits the Department of Finance from denying applications based on transfers from other local funding sources.