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47-4-9 - County may contract with private entity for operation of county jail.

§ 47-4-9. County may contract with private entity for operation of county jail.
  

The board of supervisors of any county, with the approval of the sheriff, may contract with a private entity for the management, operation and maintenance of a county jail. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2004, ch. 540, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved May 13, 2004.)