Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 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.

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Georgia Code

Title 42 - Penal Institutions

Chapter 5 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 42-5-1. Definitions

§ 42-5-2. Responsibilities of Governmental Unit With Custody of Inmate; Costs of Emergency and Follow-Up Care; Access to Medical Services or Hospital Care; Hospital Requirements for Providing Emergency Health Care Services to State Inmates

§ 42-5-3. Department’s Responsibility for Trial Costs and Expenses

§ 42-5-4. Payment of Trial Costs and Expenses

§ 42-5-5. Reimbursement of Court Costs and Transportation and Detention Expenses Incurred in Trying Escapees From State Correctional Institutions