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Utah House OKs bill changing county jail reimbursement and sets one-time funding
Summary
The House passed HB 282 to revise how the state calculates and pays county corrections costs — moving the state daily incarceration rate to a three-year average and formalizing 70%/50% reimbursement formulas — and included a $7 million one-time appropriation to ease counties’ shortfalls.
The Utah House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill 282 on Feb. 26, 2008, a measure that changes how the state reimburses counties for housing state prisoners and contract inmates and includes a one-time appropriation to help counties bridge a funding gap.
Representative Michael Noel, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the legislation modifies the statutory "state daily incarceration rate" by basing it on a three-year average, which he said lowers the current statutory rate from about $72.50 to $68.43. Noel said the change "evens out the highs" and argued the bill also codifies reimbursement formulas that provide 70% of the state rate for…
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