HB 1695
Housing of municipal prisoners in county jails; revise method that counties and municipalities use to calculate costs for payment of.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 19-25-73, mississippi code of 1972, to remove a certain provision that authorizes counties to charge municipalities, which have municipal prisoners housed at county jails, at a rate that is tied to the state rate for the housing of state inmates; To provide that such removal will allow counties and municipalities to negotiate the costs for the housing and care of municipal prisoners held IN county jails; And for related purposes.
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