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S.J.R. 101 Enrolled
This joint resolution of the Legislature approves the legal settlement reached between the
Utah Department of Corrections and Cornell Corrections Corporation and their
subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction. This joint resolution has an
immediate effective date.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
WHEREAS, the Utah Department of Corrections, following a lengthy mediation process
conducted by the Honorable Judge James S. Sawaya (retired), entered into a Stipulation and
Agreement to pay Cornell Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and
Hogan Construction for claims resulting from the cancellation of the privatized prison project;
WHEREAS, the Stipulation and Agreement will be paid out of funds that have already been
budgeted in the Department of Corrections and the Division of Risk Management, thus eliminating
the need for further appropriation;
WHEREAS, the Governor has approved the settlement agreement and is submitting it to
the Legislature for approval as required by Subsection 63-38b-104 (2)(a); and
WHEREAS, Utah Code Section 63-38b-104 requires the Legislature's approval before a
state agency can execute a settlement agreement that might cost government entities more than $1
million to implement:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the State of Utah
approves the settlement agreement that the Utah Department of Administrative Services, the
Attorney General's Office, and the Utah Department of Corrections negotiated with Cornell
Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction for
the payment of $1,547,000, which includes the $675,000 previously paid by the state to Cornell
Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected
to each house, this resolution 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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