Bill Text: AZ SB1172 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Corrections department; incarceration contract reduction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - Referred to Senate PSMT Committee [SB1172 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2016-SB1172-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: corrections department; incarceration contract reduction

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

SB 1172

 

Introduced by

Senators Farley, Dalessandro, Hobbs: Contreras, Pancrazi

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending laws 2015, chapter 17, section 11; relating to 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.  Laws 2015, chapter 17, section 11 is amended to read:

Sec. 11.  State department of corrections; incarceration contracts implementation; fiscal year 2016-2017

A.  The state department of corrections shall award a contract or contracts to open up to one thousand beds on July 1, 2016 pursuant to requests for proposals issued by the state department of corrections for up to a total of two one thousand medium security prison beds at new or existing contracted bed facilities or expansions of contracted bed facilities in this state under the authority of section 41‑1609, Arizona Revised Statutes.

B.  The state department of corrections may award a contract or contracts for the remaining male medium security prison beds under the requests for proposals described in subsection A of this section only if specific legislative authorization for the award is provided.