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§19-531.
§19-531.
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county sheriff may
establish a checking account, to be designated the "Inmate Trust Fund
Checking Account", to be managed by the county sheriff and maintained
separately from regular county funds. The checking account shall be
subject to audit by the State Auditor and Inspector. The county
sheriff shall deposit all monies collected from inmates incarcerated
in the county jail into this checking account and may write checks to
the Sheriff's Commissary Account for purchases made by the inmate
during his or her incarceration and to the inmate from unencumbered
balances due the inmate upon his or her discharge.
B. The sheriff may deduct an amount of Eight Dollars ($8.00) from any
monies collected from an inmate as a medical copayment for each
medical services visit the inmate receives while incarcerated in the
county jail, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The
county sheriff may deduct an amount of ten cents ($0.10) per page from
any monies collected from an inmate for copies made at the request of
the inmate. Any offender injured during the commission of a felony or
misdemeanor offense shall be required to reimburse the sheriff the
full amount paid by the sheriff for any medical care or treatment
administered to such offender during any period of incarceration in
the county jail. The sheriff may deduct the costs of medical care and
treatment resulting from the commission of a felony or misdemeanor
offense from any money collected from such inmate's jail account. If
the funds collected from the inmate's jail account are insufficient to
satisfy the actual medical costs paid as a result of the commission of
a felony or misdemeanor offense, the court shall order the remaining
balance of the medical care and treatment to be paid as provided in
Section 979a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe procedures for the
operation of the Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account. Banking fees on
the account may be paid out of the Sheriff Commissary Account or the
county sheriff's Service Fee Cash Fund.
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