MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Corrections; Appropriations

By: Representative Clark

House Bill 55

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-933, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE DAILY FEE FROM $29.74 TO $41.00 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; 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 * * *Twenty‑nine Dollars and Seventy‑four Cents ($29.74) Forty-one Dollars ($41.00) per day for each offender that is housed in the facility.  The Department of Corrections * * *may shall include in the contract, as an inflation factor, a three percent (3%) annual increase in the contract price.  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, 2018.

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