SB596 SFA Karnes #1 2-21

Jones  7898

Senator Karnes moved to amend the amendment on page 6, section 16, lines 38 through 51, by striking out subsection (l) and adding thereto two new subsections (l) and (m), to read as follows:

 (l) Payment for fees incurred by a county related to housing and maintaining inmates shall be applied in reverse chronological order, to the most recent bills first and the oldest bills last, unless a different application is specifically authorized by a county commission.

(m) County Commissioners may be liable in both their official and individual capacity for the payment of the fees established in this section except where one of the following exceptions apply:

(i) A County Commissioner may not be held personally liable for fees incurred before their service on the county commission commenced.

(ii) A County Commission’s inability to pay, as a result of fulfilling other constitutional or statutory obligations, shall negate any personal liability of individual County Commissioners.

(iii) If a County Commission has entered into a payment agreement to pay the amount of arrears for the housing and maintenance of inmates and continues to remain current in the payment of the arrears as set forth in the agreement, that shall stay any personal liability of a county commissioner as set forth in this subsection.

Adopted

Rejected