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MS HB846
Bill
Status
Failed
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Daryl Porter
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AI Summary
- Removes authority for counties to charge public political subdivisions (including municipalities) for housing, feeding, and caring for pre-trial detainees from those subdivisions in county jails
- Preserves counties' ability to charge the Department of Corrections for keeping persons committed, sentenced, or otherwise placed under Department custody
- Amends Section 19-25-73 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 by striking language that previously allowed counties to charge political subdivisions for prisoner housing and care costs
- Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Counties; remove authority to charge municipalities for the housing of pre-trial detainees in county jails.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/4/2025
Committee Referrals
County Affairs1/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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