HB2133 Summary

• Establishes new notice requirements for the Arizona Department of Corrections before establishing or changing the use of any correctional facility, including notice to property owners within a 2-mile radius and various state and local officials.

• Requires the department to hold a public hearing in the affected county, city, or town at least 45 days after providing notice, with published announcements in local newspapers and a posted sign at the proposed site.

• Mandates the department to compile written and oral comments from the public hearing into a report, post it on the department website within 5 days, and make a final site determination at least 15 days after the hearing.

• Defines "change of use" to include introducing adult offenders into juvenile facilities, new classifications of offenders into community facilities, or adult inmates into facilities previously designated as community correctional centers.

• Applies notification requirements to adult correctional facilities, juvenile correctional facilities, community correctional centers, private prisons, and juvenile secure care facilities.