Bill Text: MS HB915 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Persons held in custody for contempt; cost of support during incarceration may be charged to.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB915 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB915-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative DeBar
House Bill 915
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-25-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A PRISONER IS HELD IN CUSTODY FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, THE COST OF SUPPORTING THE PERSON DURING HIS OR HER INCARCERATION MAY BE CHARGED TO THE PRISONER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SHERIFF SHALL NOT HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF SUPPORTING THE PERSON OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, BUT THE SHERIFF SHALL BE ALLOWED THE SAME COMPENSATION FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THOSE PRISONERS AS IS ALLOWED FOR KEEPING OTHER PRISONERS, TO BE PAID BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM THE COUNTY TREASURY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-25-77, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-25-77. When a prisoner is
held in custody for contempt of court * * *,
including contempt for failure to pay child support, the cost of
supporting the person during his or her incarceration shall be charged to the
prisoner. All funds received from the prisoner for support during his or her
incarceration shall be deposited in the county treasury. The sheriff shall not
have to pay the cost of supporting the person out of the sheriff's budget, but
the sheriff shall be allowed the same compensation from the county for
the support of * * * those prisoners as is allowed for keeping other
prisoners, to be paid by the board of supervisors in the same way out of
the county treasury. Such person shall not be detained in prison for such
fees.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
