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Call Now: 904-383-7448After proper documentation is received from the county, the board shall reimburse the county, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the board and in the amount appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly, for the cost of incarceration of any person who is arrested pursuant to any warrant issued in accordance with Code Section 42-9-48. To the extent that funds are appropriated by the General Assembly for the purpose of reimbursement of medical expenses, the board may reimburse counties for the cost of medical services provided to persons so arrested. The liability of the board for such costs of incarceration shall begin when the person is incarcerated and shall end upon revocation of parole or conditional release of the person. This Code section shall apply only to cases in which the board's warrant is the sole basis for incarceration.
(Ga. L. 1979, p. 798, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 428, § 1.)
- Because a county could sue the state agencies by challenging the constitutionality of O.C.G.A. §§ 42-5-51(c) and42-9-49 (regarding reimbursement of the detention costs of certain state inmates), and because the county did not dispute that the agencies complied with the sections, the trial court should have granted the agencies' motion for summary judgment. Ga. Dep't of Corr. v. Chatham County, 274 Ga. App. 865, 619 S.E.2d 373 (2005).
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2006-10-02
Citation: 281 Ga. 147, 635 S.E.2d 718, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 3003, 2006 Ga. LEXIS 647
Snippet: claims and seeking a declaration that OCGA §§ 42-9-49 and 42-5-51 (c), the statutory provisions controlling