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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-5-5. Reimbursement of court costs and transportation and detention expenses incurred in trying escapees from state correctional institutions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-5-5. Reimbursement of court costs and transportation and detention expenses incurred in trying escapees from state correctional institutions.

The department is authorized and directed to reimburse the clerk of the court for court costs incurred in trying a defendant for the crime of escape when the escape is from a state correctional institution and to reimburse the sheriff of the county wherein the trial takes place for the expense of transporting the defendant from the place of detention to court for trial and returning the defendant from the court to the place of detention, such reimbursement to be at the rate of 10¢ per mile.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 572, § 1.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Responsibility, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Departmental Operations, Offender Administration, Rules 125-2-4-.01.