LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO
Sixty-fifth Legislature
First Regular Session - 2019
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
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AN ACT
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RELATING
TO COUNTY JAILS; AMENDING SECTION 20-612,
IDAHO CODE,
TO REVISE
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PROVISIONS REGARDING RECEPTION AND BOARD OF PRISONERS.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Idaho:
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SECTION 1. That Section 20-612,
Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
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amended to read as follows:
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20-612. RECEPTION AND BOARD OF PRISONERS. The
sheriff must receive all
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persons committed to jail by competent authority except mentally ill persons
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not charged with a crime and juveniles. It shall be the duty of the board
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of
county commissioners to furnish all persons committed to the
county jail
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with necessary food, clothing, and bedding, and medical care as provided in
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section 20-605,
Idaho Code, and the board of
county commissioners is autho-
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rized to pay therefor out of the
county treasury under such rules and regula-
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tions as they may prescribe. The county's obligation herein shall not apply
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to any person no longer committed to the
county jail. This includes, but is
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not limited to, those released from the jail pursuant to bail or any court or-
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der releasing the person from jail or upon dismissal of the case.