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| Jail Booking Could Fill State Funding Gap |
| By smdailyjournal.com |
| Published: 06/15/2009 |
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Jail booking could fill state funding gap June 15, 2009, Daily Journal staff report Cities booking suspects in the county’s detention facilities will be charged $246 to cover processing costs under a proposal Sheriff Greg Munks is bringing before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. The county already imposes a $215 jail access fee but Munks wants to increase it to fill the difference between the cost and the state reimbursement. Charging $246 will cover the state fund’s gap which is estimated for San Mateo County at $75,865, according to Munks’ calculations. Booking fees are required of each arresting agency each time a suspect is taken into custody at the Maguire Correctional Facility or Women’s Correctional Center. Since 1994, the fee has ranged from $159 to the flat $202 rate of 2003 through 2005. In recent years, booking fees were considered fair game by state legislators seeking ways to lower the debt and balance the budget. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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