Adopt Fees for Issued Items

RESOLUTION # _______
RESOLUTION TO CHARGE INMATES FOR ISSUED ITEMS

WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-4-142(a), authorizes county legislative bodies to pass a resolution to establish and implement a plan authorizing the jail or workhouse administrator to charge an inmate committed to the county jail or workhouse a fee, not to exceed the actual cost, for items issued to the inmate upon each new admission to the jail or workhouse; and

WHEREAS, the __________ County Legislative Body has determined that it is in the best interests of _________County that the county establish a plan to charge inmates for issued items upon each new admission to the county jail or workhouse;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the _________ County Legislative Body meeting in _______________ session in ____________, Tennessee, on the ___ day of _____________, 20___, that:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-4-142(a), the jail or workhouse administrator of _________ County is authorized to charge an inmate incarcerated in the county jail or workhouse, a fee, not to exceed the actual cost, for items issued to the inmate upon each new admission to the county jail or workhouse.

SECTION 2. Pursuant to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-4-142(c), the jail or workhouse administrator is authorized to deduct the amount of the fee authorized by Section 1 of this resolution from such inmate’s jail trust account or any other account or fund established by or for the benefit of such inmate while incarcerated.

SECTION 3. This resolution shall not be construed as authorizing the county to deny necessary clothing or hygiene items to an inmate based on the inmate's inability to pay the fee authorized by this resolution.

SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption, the general welfare requiring it.

Adopted this _____ day of __________________, 200__. APPROVED:

______________________________ County Mayor

ATTEST:

______________________________ County Clerk