SB2323 Summary

• Requires private prison contractors operating facilities in Oklahoma with more than 100 beds to pay an annual registration fee to the state.

• Fee calculated as 5% of the average daily per diem rate from federal and out-of-state contracts, multiplied by 365 days and total facility capacity.

• Creates the Prison Management Revolving Fund in the State Treasurer's office to receive quarterly fee payments.

• Fund revenues directed to the Administrative Office of the Courts for outpatient substance abuse treatment for persons eligible for alternatives to incarceration.

• Effective July 1, 2010, with emergency declaration for immediate implementation.