Authority to offer reward in certain cases.
1. If any person who has been sentenced to confinement in the state prison, by any court having competent authority within this State, escapes therefrom, or is charged with murder or the perpetration of any crime punishable with death, the Governor may, upon satisfactory evidence of the guilt of the accused, offer a reward for information that leads to his apprehension. The reward offered by the Governor must not exceed the sum of $5,000, and must be paid out of the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon approval by the State Board of Examiners.
2. If any person who has been sentenced to confinement in a jail, branch county jail or other local detention facility by any court having competent authority within this State, escapes therefrom, or is charged with murder or the perpetration of any crime punishable with death, the board of county commissioners of the county, the governing body of the city or other local government responsible for the operation of the facility may, upon satisfactory evidence of the guilt of the accused, offer a reward for information that leads to his apprehension. The reward offered by the board, governing body or other local government must not exceed the sum of $5,000.
Last modified: February 26, 2006