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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Committee Approved)

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Jail Moratorium Adjustment for Community Custody Standards (language only)

Item 416 #13s

Item 416 #13s

Public Safety
Community Corrections, Division of

Language
Page 319, line 20, insert:
"C.  The Board of Corrections shall not approve or commit additional funds for the state share of the cost of construction, enlargement, or renovation of a local or regional jail facility, except when such project is proposed to be built using Community Custody Facilities Standards as adopted by the Board, unless the use of more expensive construction standards is justified, based on a documented projection of offender populations that would require a higher level of security."


Explanation
(This amendment expresses the intent of the General Assembly that the Board of Corrections require the use of Community Custody Facility Standards, unless more expensive construction standards are justified in a particular case.)