09 LC
25 5407
House
Bill 284
By:
Representatives Greene of the
149th
and Barnard of the
166th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 42-5-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to jurisdiction over certain misdemeanor offenders, designation of place of
confinement of inmates, reimbursement of counties, and transfer of inmates to
federal authority, so as to change certain provisions relating to reimbursement
rates; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 42-5-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
jurisdiction over certain misdemeanor offenders, designation of place of
confinement of inmates, reimbursement of counties, and transfer of inmates to
federal authority, is amended by revising subsection (c) as
follows:
"(c)
After proper documentation is received from the clerk of the court, the
department shall have 15 days to transfer an inmate under sentence to the place
of confinement. If the inmate is not transferred within the 15 days, the
department will reimburse the county, in a sum not less than
$7.50
$30.00
per day per inmate and in such
an
additional
amount as may be appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly, for the
cost of the incarceration, commencing 15 days after proper documentation is
received by the department from the clerk of the court. The reimbursement
provisions of this Code section shall only apply to payment for the
incarceration of felony inmates available for transfer to the department, except
inmates under death sentence awaiting transfer after their initial trial, and
shall not apply to inmates who were incarcerated under the custody of the
commissioner at the time they were returned to the county jail for trial on
additional charges or returned to the county jail for any other purposes,
including for the purpose of a new trial."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2011.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.