S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 16C.2 of S.L. 2017-57 authorizes the Department of Public Safety (DPI) to use funds available to it for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium to reimburse counties up to $40 per day per prisoner for the cost of housing convicted inmates, parolees, and post-release supervisees awaiting transfer to the State prison system.

DPI must report annually by February 1 of each year to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the expenditure of funds to reimburse counties for prisoners awaiting transfer.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.