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Senate Study Bill 2028

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 356.7, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The county sheriff may charge a prisoner who is
  1  4 eighteen years of age or older and who has been convicted of a
  1  5 criminal offense or sentenced for contempt of court for
  1  6 violation of a domestic abuse order for the room and board
  1  7 provided to the prisoner while in the custody of the county
  1  8 sheriff.  Moneys collected by the sheriff under this section
  1  9 shall be credited to the county general fund and distributed
  1 10 as provided in this section.  If a prisoner who has been
  1 11 convicted of a criminal offense or sentenced for contempt of
  1 12 court for violation of a domestic abuse order fails to pay for
  1 13 the room and board, the sheriff may file a room and board
  1 14 reimbursement claim with the district court as provided in
  1 15 subsection 2.  The county attorney may file the room and board
  1 16 reimbursement claim on behalf of the sheriff and the county.
  1 17 This section does not apply to prisoners who are paying for
  1 18 their room and board by court order pursuant to sections
  1 19 356.26 through 356.35.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 602.8107, subsection 4, unnumbered
  1 21 paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as
  1 22 follows:
  1 23    This subsection does not apply to amounts collected for
  1 24 victim restitution, the victim compensation fund, criminal
  1 25 penalty surcharge, or amounts collected as a result of
  1 26 procedures initiated under subsection 5 or under section
  1 27 421.17, subsection 25, or sheriff's room and board fees.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that a sheriff may collect room and
  1 30 board charges from a prisoner serving a sentence of contempt
  1 31 of court for violation of a domestic abuse order.  The bill
  1 32 also exempts the sheriff's room and board fees collected as
  1 33 delinquent fees from distribution as other delinquent fines,
  1 34 penalties, court costs, surcharges, and restitution payments
  1 35 are distributed.  
  2  1 LSB 3655SC 77
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