Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 211
Juvenile Courts
←211.151
Section 211.156.1
211.161→
August 28, 2015
Care and detention of certain children by county, contribution by state, when.
211.156. 1. Whenever a county shall own or operate an institution as a
home for neglected and delinquent children, the state of Missouri shall pay
to the county toward the care and maintenance of each of these children, upon
an order or voucher submitted to the state by the circuit court fourteen to
thirty-seven dollars per day, subject to appropriations.
2. Whenever a child is detained as provided in section 211.151, the
state shall pay to the county governing body toward the care and maintenance
of each such child upon a voucher or order submitted to the state by the
circuit court the amount specified in this subsection. When submitting the
voucher or order to the state, the circuit court shall certify that the child
was detained only in a manner as provided by section 211.151. The amount to
be paid to the county governing body is fourteen to thirty-seven dollars per
day, subject to appropriations.
(L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1989 S.B. 163, A.L. 1998 H.B. 971)
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