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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 356.16, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 356.16 HARD LABOR. 1 4 Able-bodied persons over the age of sixteen, confined in 1 5 any jail under the judgment of any tribunal authorized to 1 6 imprison for the violation of any law, ordinance, bylaw or 1 7 police regulation, may be required to labor during the whole 1 8 or part of the time of their sentences, as hereinafter 1 9 provided, and such tribunal, when passing final judgment of 1 10 imprisonment, whether for nonpayment of fine or otherwise, 1 11 shall have the power to and shall determine whether such 1 12 imprisonment shall be at hard labor or not. The county and 1 13 its officers, employees, and agents are not liable for any 1 14 injury caused by implementing and conducting any type of labor 1 15 program under this section including a hard labor program, 1 16 unless the injury is the result of gross negligence on the 1 17 part of the county, its officers, employees, or agents. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 85.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 19 following new subsection: 1 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Any person confined as a prisoner in a 1 21 county jail or confined in any other facility in lieu of 1 22 confinement in a county jail. 1 23 Sec. 3. Section 85.62, Code 2001, is repealed. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill relates to prisoner labor at county jails. The 1 26 bill provides that a county which implements a labor program, 1 27 including a hard labor program at a county jail, is not liable 1 28 for any injury to a prisoner, unless the county, its officers, 1 29 employees, or agents were grossly negligent. The bill also 1 30 provides that a prisoner is not eligible to collect workers' 1 31 compensation benefits for injuries sustained while working. 1 32 LSB 1213XS 79 1 33 jm/gg/8
Text: SF00117 Text: SF00119 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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