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45-4-13 - Governmental entities prohibited from paying salaries of uncertified jail officers.

§ 45-4-13. Governmental entities prohibited from paying salaries of uncertified jail officers.
  

Any governmental entity that employs a person as a jail officer who does not meet the requirements of this chapter, or who employs a person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, is prohibited from paying the salary of such person, or providing any public monies for the equipment or support of the jail duties of such person and any person violating this subsection shall be personally liable for making such payment. 
 

Sources: Laws, 1999, ch. 482, § 7; Laws, 2000, ch. 515, § 10, eff from and after July 1, 2000.