AL SB149

State per diem reimbursement to counties for prisoner feeding increases from $2.25 per day to $2.50 (Oct 1, 2024), $2.75 (Oct 1, 2025), and $3.00 (Oct 1, 2026).

Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund automatic annual appropriation increases from $500,000 to $750,000 beginning fiscal year 2025.

Maximum county emergency fund assistance per year increases from $25,000 to $50,000, capped at 80 percent of actual cost overrun substantiated by financial records.

Department of Finance may not deny emergency fund applications based on transfers from other local funding sources to continue feeding prisoners.

Act becomes effective June 1, 2024.