H.J.R. 17

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JOINT RESOLUTION ON JAIL FACILITIES

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Richard A. Greenwood

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This joint resolution of the Legislature supports contracting for beds for state inmates at
             10      correctional facilities in the counties of Tooele, Weber, Davis, Iron, Kane, Emery,
             11      Grand, and Garfield.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This resolution:
             14          .    supports jail expansion as beneficial to both the state and the counties through a
             15      contract with the Utah Department of Corrections; and
             16          .    approves contracting for beds dedicated to housing state inmates in the counties of
             17      Tooele, Weber, Davis, Iron, Kane, Emery, Grand, and Garfield.
             18      Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20     
             21      Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             22          WHEREAS, counties in Utah contract with the Utah Department of Corrections to
             23      provide prison bed space for state prisoners;
             24          WHEREAS, this contracting arrangement has proved beneficial to both the state and
             25      the counties and saved taxpayers from the burden of building new state correctional facilities
             26      while, at the same time, assisting counties to meet their own correctional space needs;
             27          WHEREAS, in accordance with Utah Code Annotated Subsection 64-13e-103 (6), the


             28      Utah Department of Corrections may not enter into a contract with a county to house state
             29      inmates unless the Legislature has previously passed a joint resolution that includes the
             30      approximate number of beds to be contracted, the final state daily incarceration rate, the
             31      approximate amount of a county's long-term debt, and the repayment time of the debt for the
             32      facility where the inmates are to be housed;
             33          WHEREAS, the Utah Department of Corrections is prepared to contract for:
             34          1. 100 beds in Tooele County
             35          2. 100 beds, in addition to the current 150 beds, in Weber County
             36          3. 30 beds, in addition to the current 100 beds, in Davis County
             37          4. 25 beds, in addition to the current 10 beds, in Iron County
             38          5. 6 beds, in addition to the current 160 beds, in Kane County
             39          6. 10 beds in Emery County
             40          7. 10 beds, in addition to the current 10 beds, in Grand County
             41          8. 4 beds, in addition to the current 92 beds, in Garfield County;
             42          WHEREAS, the state daily incarceration rate that the department will pay the county
             43      per inmate is currently $46.85 per day;
             44          WHEREAS, the debt on the facilities that would house the inmates, and the payment
             45      time on the debt, is:
             46          1. $25 million for 28 years in Tooele County
             47          2. $6.6 million for 4 years in Weber County
             48          3. $19 million for 11 years in Davis County
             49          4. no facility debt in Iron County
             50          5. $18 million for 37 years in Kane County
             51          6. no facility debt in Emery County
             52          7. no facility debt in Grand County
             53          8. $49,000 for 7 years in Garfield County;
             54          WHEREAS, these counties have sufficient existing facilities and beds to accommodate
             55      state inmates and have met the requirements of Utah Code Annotated Subsection
             56      64-13e-103 (6); and
             57          WHEREAS, contracting with the Utah Department of Corrections for additional prison
             58      bed space would greatly assist the state in addressing projected bed space and treatment needs,


             59      and Iron County's efforts to have sufficient capacity to house its prison populations:
             60          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah
             61      supports contracting for beds in jail facilities in the counties of Tooele, Weber, Davis, Iron,
             62      Kane, Emery, Grand, and Garfield in the amounts specified in this resolution.
             63          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Tooele,
             64      Weber, Davis, Iron, Kane, Emery, Grand, and Garfield County Commissions and the Utah
             65      Department of Corrections.





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