Bill Text: AZ SB1103 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Private prison contracts; reduced rate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-01-26 - Senate APPROP Committee action: Held [SB1103 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2010-SB1103-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: private prison contracts; reduced rate

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Forty-ninth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2010

 

 

SB 1103

 

Introduced by

Senator Pearce R

 

 

AN ACT

 

Providing for the procurement of discounted additional prison beds by the state department of corrections.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  State department of corrections; procurement of discounted additional prison beds

Beginning on the effective date of this act through June 30, 2012, if a private prison contractor submits an offer to the state department of corrections for additional prison beds over the number of prison beds that are under any current contract and the new prison beds are offered at a price of at least fifty per cent or more below the current contracted price, the department shall purchase those prison beds before securing any other comparable prison beds at a higher price.

Sec. 2.  Emergency

This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.