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AL HB376
Bill
Status
4/9/2019
Primary Sponsor
Christopher England
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 14-1-1.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975 regarding the Department of Corrections and private prison facilities.
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Requires the Department of Corrections to obtain legislative approval by majority vote in both houses before entering into a lease agreement with a nongovernmental entity to incarcerate, supervise, or manage more than 15 percent of the department's jurisdictional inmate population.
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Applies only to lease agreements entered into after the effective date of this act and does not apply to existing leases or renewals of previously executed lease agreements.
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Maintains existing requirement that any leasing, transferring, or placing of corrections institutions under nongovernmental management requires legislative approval.
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Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Corrections Dept., legislative approval required prior to entering into a lease agreement to incarcerate inmates at an institution owned or operated by a nongovernmental entity, Sec. 14-1-1.2 am'd.
Corrections Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
4/9/2019