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State bills on corrections, citations and enforcement drew county attention
Summary
Presenters described potential changes including raising prisoner per-diem, limits on jailer-prisoner contact, citation collection and license suspensions, and restrictions on thermal-imaging and drone use for game enforcement.
During the legislative update, presenters raised several public-safety and corrections-related proposals. Jack Nelson summarized bills including a proposed increase in prisoner daily per diem to $80 and a bill addressing inappropriate contact between jailers and prisoners. Mike Pohanka noted an increase in unpaid citations and said licenses may be suspended until citations are paid: "there are over 23 million in unpaid citations, and that licenses will be suspended until citations are paid." He also described a bill to limit thermal imaging and drone use in finding game and referenced a prohibition that the transcript spelled as "cratum" (likely a transcript misspelling of 'kratom').
A Board member asked how enforcement would work for a recently passed restroom restriction affecting transgender people; Ron Taylor said no new hires would be assigned specifically to police that law. Several presenters urged counties to review specific bill texts before drawing conclusions about enforcement or local obligations.
