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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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