Bill Text: AZ SB1149 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Technical correction; prisoner education; budget
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Referred to Senate PS Committee [SB1149 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-SB1149-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; prisoner education; budget |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SB 1149 |
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Introduced by Senator Farnsworth D
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AN ACT
amending section 31-240, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 31-240, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
31-240. Prisoner education services budget; prohibitions
A. The director shall establish and maintain a dedicated prisoner education services budget for each state prison to identify the monies appropriated to the department and expended for the following education programs:
1. The functional literacy program established pursuant to section 31‑229.
2. Adult basic education.
3. General equivalency diploma preparation.
4. Vocational and technical education.
B. The director shall not expend the education services budget monies for education programs dedicated to prisoners incarcerated in a special management unit or prisoners sentenced to death.
C. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall not apply to prisoners who are under eighteen years of age and prisoners with disabilities who are under twenty‑two years of age.
