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     243.17 Sheriff, expenses conveying convicts. 

    Subdivision 1.    Allowed expenses.  The necessary 
 expenses of sheriffs and other peace officers incurred in 
 conveying convicted persons and children adjudicated delinquent 
 and committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections 
 to the appropriate adult or juvenile correctional facility as 
 designated by the commissioner of corrections, including per 
 diem and expenses of correctional officers, shall be allowed by 
 the commissioner of finance and paid out of the state treasury.  
 The commissioner of finance may allow and pay for the necessary 
 expenses incurred by the sheriff, deputy, or other peace officer 
 in going to and returning from the correctional facility and $10 
 per day for each correctional officer.  Not more than one 
 correctional officer shall be allowed for one prisoner, but one 
 additional correctional officer shall be allowed for every two 
 additional prisoners.  All bills shall be in writing, fully 
 itemized, verified, and accompanied by the receipt of the chief 
 executive officer of the facility for the delivery of the 
 convicted or adjudicated persons, in a form prescribed by the 
 commissioner of finance. 

    Subd. 2.    Transportation of prisoners.  The conveyance 
 of prisoners to and from court in connection with 
 postconviction, habeas corpus, or intrastate mandatory 
 disposition of detainers proceedings shall be by the sheriff of 
 the county in which the proceedings are to be held and at the 
 expense of the state as provided in subdivision 1.  

    HIST: (10826) 1909 c 70 s 1; 1945 c 327 s 1; 1951 c 339 s 3; 
 1959 c 630 s 3; 1971 c 905 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1979 c 102 s 
 13; 1983 c 264 s 5; 1994 c 636 art 6 s 33 

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