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abarrus County heriff's February 24, 1992 Mr. John Witherspoon County Manager Cabarrus County Dear Mr. Witherspoon; I have received your request for information regarding legislative goals. I would suggest that the counties again seek increased fee rates for the service of Civil Process. The legislature increased the fee from $4.00 to $5.00 last year but this is still the lowest service fee on the east coast of the U.S. that I am aware of. The fee should be at least $15.00 for true civil process (Civil Summons, Writ of Possession For Real or Personal Property, Claim & Delivery, Attachments, Etc.) Subpoenas for appearances in civil and criminal courts are acceptable at the $5.00 rate since most can be handled by telephone. The jail fees for confinement of state prisoners was increased to $14.50 but this is still too low. It should be closer to $30.00 per day to truly reflect the actual cost. Another aspect that should be of high priority is the cost of medical care provided by the Department of Corrections for inmates who we send to them on Safekeeping orders under N.C. General Statute 162-39 (Copy Attached). We use this to place an inmate in the prison system when it is apparent that there will be extended medical treatment of the inmate. We do not have the manpower nor the facilities to securely house an inmate during extended medical treatments. We currently do not have to pay the cost of the medical treatment. We do have to pay to DOC the cost of housing the inmate at the same rate they pay us for housing a state prisoner ($14.50). We use this to defray the cost of major medical care provided to inmates when we have time to transfer them. DOC has attempted to bill some counties for these expenses. 6 P.O. BOX 525 85 UNION STREET SOUTH, CONCORD,(/IN~ ~. 28025 PHONE (704) 78l~-3108 ORI NC0130000