Senate Bill No. 368
(By Senators Love, Bailey and Hunter)
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[Introduced January 29, 1999;
referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article eight, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen, relating to imposing a processing fee for persons
sentenced to county or regional jails.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article eight, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. JAIL AND JAILER.
§7-8-13. Jail processing fee.
A person sentenced to be confined in a regional or county
jail by order of magistrate, circuit judge or by temporary
commitment order shall at the time of initial booking and first commitment into the jail, or upon sentencing if already confined
in the jail, pay a processing fee of twenty dollars. If the
person is unable to pay at the time of booking or sentencing, the
fee shall be deducted from the person's jail trust account at a
rate of fifty percent of any new deposits made into the person's
jail trust account until the jail processing fee is paid. The fee
shall be credited to the regional jail's or county jail's
facilities operating budget.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow regional and
county jails to collect a $20 processing fee for each person
sentenced to the jail.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
This bill is recommended for passage during the 1999 regular
session by the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jails
and Correctional Facility Authority.