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Lopinto HB No. 562
Abstract: Requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to reimburse sheriffs for the
housing of persons committed to the custody of the department who are released on
parole and are subsequently arrested.
Present law provides that for any individual committed to the custody of DPS&C who is housed
in a parish jail or institution after final sentence, the department shall pay to each parish sheriff,
or to the governing authority of those parishes in which the governing authority operates the
parish jail, for keeping and feeding the individual in the parish jail the sum of $24.39 per day.
Such daily sum shall be paid from date of sentencing until the individual is confined in a penal or
correctional institution under the supervision of the department.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the sheriff shall also be reimbursed by the
department at the same rate, less the sum of any monies received from the parish governing
authority for the purpose of housing such persons, for any person committed to the department
who is released on parole and who is subsequently arrested and housed in a parish jail from the
time of arrest until the person either pleads guilty to the subsequent charge or until the committee
on parole makes its determination regarding parole revocation.
(Adds R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(e))