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Utah House approves substitute to reimburse counties for housing state probationers
Summary
The House passed a second substitute for HB220 directing state payment to counties that house condition-of-probation prisoners, setting an annual payment schedule and a 50% reimbursement target though likely funded at a lower percentage; sponsors and county officials said it improves budgeting for jails.
The Utah House on Feb. 23 approved a second substitute to House Bill 220 to revise how the state reimburses counties that house people sentenced to serve time as a condition of probation.
Sponsor Representative Michael Noel told colleagues the bill establishes a predictable payment process: on or before Dec. 15 each year the state will pay each county for housing state probationary and parole inmates based on the number housed during the prior fiscal year and using a three-year average to calculate…
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