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Senate Judiciary Committee concurs in House amendments to SB 544 changing routing and use of federal relief funds for incarcerated people
Summary
The committee voted to concur in two House amendments to SB 544, which add municipal treasurers as a routing option and direct funds to pay court fines, fees and restitution; if no fines exist, funds will be split between the inmate welfare fund and the Division of Correctional Inmate Care and Custody Fund.
Speaker 1, a committee member, explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee that House amendments to SB 544 change who may receive federal relief or stimulus funds on behalf of people in correctional custody and how those funds may be used. "The bill was amended in the house…requiring a person in custody of a correctional facility to use funds from a federal relief or stimulus program," Speaker 1 said, and added that DCC and counsel had reviewed the changes.
The House amendments add the city treasurer in a…
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