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(a) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules or develop administrative directives that set minimum standards for all transitional housing facilities in the State of Arkansas.
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(b)
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(1) The Parole Board, a district court, or a circuit court shall not release a transferee, parolee, or probationer to a transitional housing facility as a resident unless the transitional housing facility provides a copy of a current license issued by the Division of Community Correction under § 16-93-1604.
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(2) The transitional housing facility shall comply with all the standards set by the rules or administrative directives established by the Board of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section.
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(c) The rules and administrative directives described in subsection (a) of this section shall include at least the following:
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(1) Compliance with any local health and safety codes, including housing codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, and electrical codes, set by the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the transitional housing facility is located;
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(2) Compliance with any local zoning ordinances;
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(3) Compliance with any state and federal health and safety codes;
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(4) Consideration of geographic dispersement of transitional housing facilities;
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(5) Allowable ratio of transitional housing facility square footage to residents; and
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(6) Allowable ratio of bathing facilities and restroom facilities to residents.
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(d) Each transitional housing facility shall be licensed by its type.
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(e) As used in this section, “transitional housing facility” includes a reentry, self-governed, or other type of post-incarceration housing as approved by the Board of Corrections and licensed by the division.
