S.J.R.
101
JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING GARFIELD COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION
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Amendments
Amendment 1 August 22, 2007 11:32 am
Senator Dennis E. Stowell
proposes the following amendments:
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1, Line 25 through Page 2, Line 34
:
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{
WHEREAS, in accordance with Utah Code Annotated, Subsection
64-13c-401
(1), "the
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department [of Corrections] may enter into a contract with a county government to house
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inmates only if the Legislature has previously passed a joint resolution" containing the
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approximate number of beds contracted, the county's average daily rate the department will pay
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the county per inmate, and the approximate amount of the county's long-term debt and the
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length of that debt for the facility where the inmates are to be housed;
}
WHEREAS, in accordance
with Utah Code Annotated, Subsection 64-13e-103(6), the Department of Corrections may not enter into
a contract with a county to house state inmates unless the Legislature has previously passed a joint
resolution that includes the approximate number of beds to be contracted, the state daily incarceration
rate, the appoximate amount of the county's long-term debt, and the repayment time of the debt for the
facility where the inmates are to be housed;
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WHEREAS, the approximate number of beds to be contracted in Garfield County is 80;
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WHEREAS,
{
Garfield County's average
}
the state
daily
incarceration
rate
{
the
department will pay the county
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per inmate, as determined under Title 64, Chapter 13c, Part 3, Reimbursement of Inmate Costs,
}
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is currently
{
$45
}
approximately $64.68
per day;
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