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Home » US Law » 2022 Missouri Revised Statutes » Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions » Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections » COST OF CARE, REIMBURSEMENT BY PRISONERS » Section 217.841 – Costs of investigation, how paid — deposit of reimbursement — fund, created — state treasurer, duties.

Effective – 28 Aug 1995

217.841. Costs of investigation, how paid — deposit of reimbursement — fund, created — state treasurer, duties. — 1. The costs of any investigations shall be paid from the reimbursements secured pursuant to the provisions of sections 217.825 to 217.841. The investigative costs shall be presumed to be twenty percent of the reimbursements recovered, unless the attorney general shall demonstrate to the court otherwise. All reimbursements collected shall be paid to the “Inmate Incarceration Reimbursement Act Revolving Fund”, which is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys in the inmate incarceration reimbursement act revolving fund shall be appropriated to the attorney general in order to defray the costs of the attorney general in connection with his duties provided by sections 217.825 to 217.841; and all remaining balances shall be appropriated to the department for purposes of construction and operation of state correctional facilities. The provisions of section 33.080 notwithstanding, moneys in the inmate incarceration reimbursement act revolving fund shall not lapse, be transferred or appropriated to or placed to the credit of the general revenue fund or any other fund of the state.

2. The state treasurer may determine the amount due the state for the cost of care of an offender and render statements thereof and such sworn statements shall be considered prima facie evidence of the amount due.

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(L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348 § 9, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)