S.J.R. 101
         JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING GARFIELD COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION

senate floor Amendments

Amendment 1 August 22, 2007 11:32 am



Senator Dennis E. Stowell proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 25 through Page 2, Line 34 :    

             25          
{   WHEREAS, in accordance with Utah Code Annotated, Subsection 64-13c-401 (1), "the

             26      department [of Corrections] may enter into a contract with a county government to house
             27      inmates only if the Legislature has previously passed a joint resolution" containing the
             28      approximate number of beds contracted, the county's average daily rate the department will pay
             29      the county per inmate, and the approximate amount of the county's long-term debt and the
             30      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;      

             31          WHEREAS, the approximate number of beds to be contracted in Garfield County is 80;
             32          WHEREAS,
{   Garfield County's average   }        the state       daily        incarceration       rate      {   the department will pay the county

             33      per inmate, as determined under Title 64, Chapter 13c, Part 3, Reimbursement of Inmate Costs,  
}

             34      is currently
{   $45   }        approximately $64.68       per day;


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