H.B. 337 Enrolled

GOVERNMENTAL LAW AMENDMENTS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Greg J. Curtis
This act requires that the Legislature pass a resolution regarding a proposed contract
between the Department of Corrections and a county government to house inmates in county
facilities not currently under construction or in existence. The act also clarifies that the
resolution does not bind the Legislature or the department regarding the proposed contract.
The effective date of this act is upon approval.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
64-13c-302, as enacted by Chapter 287, Laws of Utah 1999
ENACTS:
64-13c-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 64-13c-302 is amended to read:
64-13c-302. Procedures for setting county reimbursement for core inmate
incarceration costs, and medical and transportation costs.
(1) (a) In order for counties to receive reimbursement under this chapter, the Utah Sheriffs
Association and the department shall annually before [July] January 1 negotiate for the fiscal year
beginning on July 1 of the same year a single reimbursement rate, applicable to all counties, for
daily core inmate incarceration costs.
(b) The reimbursement rate negotiated under Subsection (1)(a) shall be approved by the
Legislature in the annual appropriations act before the rate may be implemented.
(2) Each county shall negotiate directly with the department to establish reimbursement
rates for providing transportation services and medical care for inmates housed under Section
64-13c-201 .
Section 2. Section 64-13c-401 is enacted to read:
64-13c-401. Legislative approval of contracting.

(1) Except as provided under Subsection (2), the department may enter into a contract with
a county government to house inmates only if the Legislature has previously passed a joint resolution
which includes the following information regarding the proposed agreement:
(a) the approximate number of beds to be contracted;
(b) the county's average daily rate the department will pay the county per inmate, as
determined under Title 64, Chapter 13c, Part 3, Reimbursement of Inmate Costs; and
(c) the approximate amount of the county's long-term debt and the length of that debt for the
facility where the inmates are to be housed.
(2) The department may enter into a contract with a county government to house inmates
without complying with the approval process in Subsection (1) only if the county facility is currently
under construction or currently exists as of the effective date of this act.
(3) Any resolution passed by the Legislature under Subsection (1) does not bind or obligate
the Legislature or the department regarding the proposed contract.
Section 3. Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect upon
approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution
Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto
override.

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