Connecticut § 7-135a - Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners.
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§ 7-135a. Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners.
Sec. 7-135a. Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners. The town operating any lockup wherein prisoners are detained for arraignment before, or trial by, the Superior Court shall be reimbursed by the town where the offense took place for keeping, providing for and feeding such prisoners at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents for each twenty-four hours or fraction thereof of detention until the prisoner has been arraigned and thereafter such town shall be so reimbursed by the state. Each town entitled to reimbursement from the state under the provisions of this section shall make claim for such reimbursement on forms to be provided by the Comptroller.
(1961, P.A. 1, S. 2; 566, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 194, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 49, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 165, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 144, 681; P.A. 79-497, S. 3, 6.)
History: 1967 act provided for transportation of persons writs of habeas corpus; 1971 act deleted provision re transportation added by 1967 act; P.A. 74-183 substituted court of common pleas for circuit court; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas and specified that if person is sentenced to community correction center, town where court held provides transportation from geographical area courthouse, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-497 deleted provision concerning transportation from geographical area courthouse to community correction center.
Expense of hospitalization of arrestee not placed upon city; statute applies only to a town. 166 C. 113.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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