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Committee approves raising booking fee for convicted defendants from $20 to $40
Summary
The committee passed SB237 to increase the post-conviction booking/administration fee from $20 to $40 and earmark funds for jail training and facility maintenance. Sheriffs argued revenue addresses chronic shortfalls; members warned about cumulative fines burdening people reentering society.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass SB237, a bill that increases the booking and administration fee that convicted persons pay when booked into county jails from $20 to $40. Sponsor Senator Caldwell said the change updates a fee that has not been raised in more than a decade.
Sheriffs and jail administrators testified the revenue would be used for law-enforcement training and jail maintenance. Sheriff Rodney Wright said…
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