INMATE REIMBURSEMENT TO MUNICIPALITY S.B. 393 (S-1):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 393 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Senator Rick Jones
Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Inmate Reimbursement to Municipalities Act to allow any city, village, or township to seek reimbursement from a convicted inmate for expenses of incarceration, including per diem costs, medical expenses, and the cost charged to a municipality by a county for housing the inmate.
The Act defines "municipality" as a city, village, or township located in a county that has a population of 500,000 or more (Kent, Macomb, Oakland, or Wayne County).
The bill, instead, would define "municipality" as any city, village, or township.
MCL 801.312 Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on the State and an indeterminate fiscal impact on local governments. To the extent that additional municipalities could obtain prisoner reimbursement for certain costs related to jail commitments, some savings could accrue to those municipalities in the form of reduced expenditures on local incarceration.
Date Completed: 8-29-11 Fiscal Analyst: Matthew Grabowski
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb393/1112