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![handle is hein.sag/sagar0066 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF ARKANSAS
Office of the Attorney General
Winston Bryant Telephone:
Attorney General (501) 682-2007
Opinion No. 93-174
August 10, 1993
The Honorable George Hopkins
State Senator
78 Harver Hills
Malvern, AR 72104
Dear Senator Hopkins:
This is in response to your request for an opinion
regarding Act 1290 of 1993. Your specific question is as
follows:
Whether (a] municipality is only
responsible for payment of costs to a
county for municipal prisoners convicted
of a violation of a municipal ordinance
or for any conviction for a misdemeanor
violation under the jurisdiction of that
municipal court for instance, DWI No.
2? [Emphasis original.]
Your question requires reference to subsection (b) of A.C.A.
S 12-41-506, as amended by Act 3, which states:
Municipalities whose prisoners are
maintained in the county jail shall be
responsible for paying the fee
established by the quorum court in the
county. When a person is sentenced to a
county lail for violating a municipal
ordinance, the municipality shall be
resoonsible for Davina the fee
established by aareement or ordinance of
the quorum court in the county.
Municipalities may appropriate funds to
assist the county in the maintenance and
operation of the county jail.
Municioalities ooeratina law enforcement
aaencies shall adopt state criminal laws
by reference. (Emphasis added.]
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