HB274 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul W. Lee Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Prisoners, increases the money paid by the state to counties to feed prisoners and the money deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund
Description: Under existing law, the state pays each county $2.25 per day for each prisoner in the county jail for the feeding of prisoners.
This bill would require the state to pay $3.25 per day for each prisoner in the county jail for the feeding of prisoners.
This bill would also authorize a sheriff or county commission to use funds from any available source to feed prisoners.
Under existing law, all monies received in a sheriff's office for the feeding of prisoners shall be deposited in the Prisoner Feeding Fund.
This bill would provide that all state monies received in a sheriff's office for the feeding of prisoners shall be deposited in the Prisoner Feeding Fund.
Under existing law, $500,000 is deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund each fiscal year.
This bill would provide that $750,000 shall be deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund each fiscal year.
Under existing law, a county commission and sheriff may only apply for funds from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund after their local feeding fund HB274 INTRODUCED has been fully depleted by an unforeseeable emergency cost overrun.
This bill would authorize a county commission to apply for funds from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund following an unforeseeable emergency cost overrun.
This bill would also prohibit the Department of Finance from considering the transfer of funds from another local source to continue feeding prisoners as grounds to deny an application for funds from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund.
Under existing law, a county commission may not receive more than $25,000 per year from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund.
This bill would provide that a county commission may not receive more than $50,000 per year from the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund.
This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Subjects: Counties & Municipalities