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IN HB1622
Bill
Status
1/22/2019
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Lauer
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AI Summary
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Sets the per diem rate from the Department of Correction to counties for incarcerating Level 6 felons at $55 per day
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Requires county fiscal bodies to appropriate at least $25 of each $55 per diem to the county sheriff for law enforcement or county jail operations
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Allows the DOC commissioner to accept custody of Level 6 felons from county jails upon sheriff request if the inmate poses a substantial safety threat, committed a new crime while incarcerated, or for other good cause
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Removes the prior requirement that per diem payments be subject to appropriation from the General Assembly
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
County jails. Provides that the per diem from the department of correction for the cost of incarcerating a Level 6 felon is $55 per day. Provides that a county must appropriate at least $25 of each $55 per diem to the county sheriff which shall be used by the sheriff only for the purposes of law enforcement or county jail operations. Provides that upon a request from the sheriff, the commissioner may agree to accept custody of a person convicted of a Level 6 felony: (1) if placement in the county jail represents a substantial threat to the safety of others; (2) the inmate committed a new criminal offense while incarcerated in the county jail; or (3) for other good cause shown.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/22/2019