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HB1630 • 2026

Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on authority to collect fees from paroled offenders for deposit into.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO COLLECT MONTHLY FEES FROM OFFENDERS WHO ARE ON PROBATION, PAROLE OR ANY OTHER FIELD SUPERVISION AND TO DEPOSIT THOSE FEES INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE REVOLVING FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Crime
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Shanks
Last action
2026-03-03
Official status
Dead
Effective date
July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was not enacted, so its provisions would not have taken effect.

Extend Authority to Collect Fees for Community Service Fund

This bill extends the authority of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to collect monthly fees from offenders on probation, parole, or other field supervision and deposit those funds into a special revolving fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends until June 30, 2029, the authority for the Mississippi Department of Corrections to collect monthly fees from certain offenders.
  • Requires these offenders to pay $55 per month unless they receive a hardship waiver.
  • Deposits $50 of each payment into the Community Service Revolving Fund in the State Treasury.
  • Allocates remaining funds: $3 goes to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund, and $2 goes to the Training Revolving Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Offenders on probation, parole, or other field supervision who are required to pay monthly fees.
  • The Mississippi Department of Corrections which collects these fees.
  • Victims of crime through funding for the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.

Terms To Know

Community Service Revolving Fund
A special fund in the State Treasury where monthly fees from certain offenders are deposited to support restitution and satellite centers, as well as drug identification programs and supervision services.
Hardship waiver
An exception granted by a court or the Department of Corrections that allows an offender to delay payment of monthly fees due to financial difficulty.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not enacted.
  • It specifies that offenders cannot be required to pay for more than ten years.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    03/03 (S) Died In Committee

  2. 2026-02-17 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/17 (S) Referred To Corrections

  3. 2026-02-11 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate

  4. 2026-02-10 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/10 (H) Passed

  5. 2026-02-02 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/02 (H) Title Suff Do Pass

  6. 2026-01-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    01/19 (H) Referred To Corrections

Official Summary Text

Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on authority to collect fees from paroled offenders for deposit into.

Current Bill Text

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To: Corrections
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Shanks

HOUSE BILL NO. 1630

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 1
EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE 2
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO COLLECT MONTHLY FEES FROM 3
OFFENDERS WHO ARE ON PROBATION, PAROLE OR ANY OTHER FIELD 4
SUPERVISION AND TO DEPOSIT THOSE FEES INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE 5
REVOLVING FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 7
SECTION 1. Section 47-7-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 8
amended as follows: 9
47-7-49. (1) Any offender on probation, parole, 10
earned-release supervision, post-release supervision, earned 11
probation or any other offender under the field supervision of the 12
Community Services Division of the department shall pay to the 13
department the sum of Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) per month by 14
certified check or money order unless a hardship waiver is 15
granted. An offender shall make the initial payment within sixty 16
(60) days after being released from imprisonment unless a hardship 17
waiver is granted. A hardship waiver may be granted by the 18
sentencing court or the Department of Corrections. A hardship 19
waiver may not be granted for a period of time exceeding ninety 20
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(90) days. The commissioner or his designee shall deposit Fifty 21
Dollars ($50.00) of each payment received into a special fund in 22
the State Treasury, which is hereby created, to be known as the 23
Community Service Revolving Fund. Expenditures from this fund 24
shall be made for: (a) the establishment of restitution and 25
satellite centers; and (b) the establishment, administration and 26
operation of the department's Drug Identification Program and the 27
intensive and field supervision program. The Fifty Dollars 28
($50.00) may be used for salaries and to purchase equipment, 29
supplies and vehicles to be used by the Community Services 30
Division in the performance of its duties. Expenditures for the 31
purposes established in this section may be made from the fund 32
upon requisition by the commissioner, or his designee. 33
Of the remaining amount, Three Dollars ($3.00) of each 34
payment shall be deposited into the Crime Victims' Compensation 35
Fund created in Section 99-41-29, and Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be 36
deposited into the Training Revolving Fund created pursuant to 37
Section 47-7-51. When a person is convicted of a felony in this 38
state, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, the court 39
may, in its discretion, order the offender to pay a state 40
assessment not to exceed the greater of One Thousand Dollars 41
($1,000.00) or the maximum fine that may be imposed for the 42
offense, into the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund created 43
pursuant to Section 99-41-29. 44
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ST: Community Service Revolving Fund; extend
repealer on authority to collect fees from
paroled offenders for deposit into.
Any federal funds made available to the department for 45
training or for training facilities, equipment or services shall 46
be deposited into the Correctional Training Revolving Fund created 47
in Section 47-7-51. The funds deposited in this account shall be 48
used to support an expansion of the department's training program 49
to include the renovation of facilities for training purposes, 50
purchase of equipment and contracting of training services with 51
community colleges in the state. 52
No offender shall be required to make this payment for a 53
period of time longer than ten (10) years. 54
(2) The offender may be imprisoned until the payments are 55
made if the offender is financially able to make the payments and 56
the court in the county where the offender resides so finds, 57
subject to the limitations hereinafter set out. The offender 58
shall not be imprisoned if the offender is financially unable to 59
make the payments and so states to the court in writing, under 60
oath, and the court so finds. 61
(3) An offender's responsibilities under this section may be 62
satisfied by an offender's employer under Section 47-7-36.1(2). 63
(4) This section shall stand repealed from and after June 64
30, * * * 2029. 65
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 66
and after July 1, 2026. 67