Montana Code 7-32-2249. False claims by detention center administrator
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7-32-2249. False claims by detention center administrator. A detention center administrator who falsely represents to the governing body of a local government the actual expenses of boarding detention center inmates, furnishing food and supplies, or providing services, who presents to the governing body false items in a claim or false vouchers, or if the administrator is not a private detention center administrator, who makes any profit from the keeping of inmates in the administrator’s custody and a person who gives a false item or false voucher to be used by the detention center administrator in any claim against the local government is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-32-2249
- Detention center: means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to the detention center. See Montana Code 7-32-2241
- Detention center administrator: means the sheriff, chief of police, administrator, superintendent, director, or other individual serving as the chief executive officer of a detention center. See Montana Code 7-32-2241
- Local government: means a city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government. See Montana Code 7-32-2241
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Private detention center: means a detention center owned by private industry and leased to or operated under a contract with a local government. See Montana Code 7-32-2241