221.400. Regional jail districts may be established, procedure, contents, holding of prisoners. - Missouri Statutes

Regional jail districts may be established, procedure, contents,holding of prisoners.

221.400. 1. Any two or more contiguous counties within the state mayform an agreement to establish a regional jail district. The districtshall have a boundary which includes the areas within each member county,and it shall be named the "........... Regional Jail District". Suchregional jail districts may contract to carry out the mission of thecommission and the regional jail district.

2. The county commission of each county desiring to join the districtshall approve an ordinance or resolution to join the district and shallapprove the agreement which specifies the duties of each county within thedistrict.

3. If any county wishes to join a district which has already beenestablished under this section, the agreement shall be rewritten andreapproved by each member county.

4. The agreement which specifies the duties of each county shallcontain the following:

(1) The name of the district;

(2) The names of the counties within the district;

(3) The formula for calculating each county's contribution to thecosts of the district;

(4) The types of prisoners which the regional jail may house, limitedto prisoners which may be transferred to counties under state law;

(5) The methods and powers which may be used for constructing,leasing or financing a regional jail;

(6) The duties of the director of the regional jail;

(7) The timing and procedures for approval of the regional jaildistrict's annual budget by the regional jail commission; and

(8) The delegation, if any, by the member counties to the regionaljail district of the power of eminent domain.

5. Any county, city, town or village may contract with a regionaljail commission for the holding of its prisoners.

(L. 1994 S.B. 520, A.L. 1997 S.B. 89 merged with S.B. 218)