Bill Text: MS HB826 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB826 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-HB826-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Corrections; Appropriations
By: Representatives Taylor, Bennett, Boyd, Chism, Clark, Haney, Howell, Kinkade, Ladner, Martinson, Rushing, White, Willis
House Bill 826
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE DAILY FEE FROM $29.74 TO $31.50 THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PAYS TO REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE OFFENDERS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT A CERTAIN ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT PRICE FOR SUCH HOUSING, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-933, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-933. The Department of
Corrections may contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-931 for a
period of not more than twenty (20) years. The contract may provide that the
Department of Corrections pay a fee of up to * * * Thirty-one Dollars and Fifty Cents ($31.50) per day
for each offender that is housed in the facility. The Department of
Corrections * * * shall
include in the contract, as an inflation factor, a three percent (3%) annual
increase in the contract price if funds are available. The state shall
retain responsibility for medical care for state offenders to the extent that
is required by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
