(1) It is the policy of the Legislature that all inmates be removed from county jails as early as practicable. Sections 47-5-901 through 47-5-907 are temporary measures to help alleviate the immediate operating capacity limitations at correctional facilities and are not permanent measures to be included in the long-term operating capacity of the correctional system.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to expedite the removal of inmates from county jails as early as practicable, absent a contract negotiated between the Department of Corrections and the county jail, the Department of Corrections shall pay county jails for housing state offenders out of any available funds as follows: (a) Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day per offender for days one (1) through thirty (30);(b) Thirty-two Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($32.71) per day per offender for days thirty-one (31) or greater when: (i) An offender remains in the county jail after the Department of Corrections receives a certified copy of the sentencing order or five (5) days after the sentencing order is sent, in writing, by such county to the Department of Corrections, whichever is earlier; or(ii) An offender

ves a certified copy of the sentencing order or five (5) days after the sentencing order is sent, in writing, by such county to the Department of Corrections, whichever is earlier; or(ii) An offender remains in the county jail after being revoked from parole or probation or is sentenced to a technical violation center.(3) The Department of Corrections is additionally responsible for all medical costs related to offenders housed at county jails under subsection (2) of this section.Laws, 1992, ch. 547, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 408, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 419, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 538, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 426, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 421, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 537, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 395, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 603, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 323, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 317, § 5, eff. 4/5/2012.Reenacted by Laws, 2024, ch. 458, HB 757,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 491, SB 2495,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch.

out change, Laws, 2012, ch. 317, § 5, eff. 4/5/2012.Reenacted by Laws, 2024, ch. 458, HB 757,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 491, SB 2495,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 456, SB 2279,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2020.Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 485, HB 685,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2020.Reenacted by Laws, 2016, ch. 408, HB 479, 5, eff. 7/1/2016.