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64-13d-107. Facility construction — Housing out-of-state inmates.

  • (1) A contractor may not expand its original housing capacity without the approval of the:
    • (a) Legislature; and
    • (b) county or municipal legislative body within whose jurisdiction the facility is located.
  • (2) A contractor may not incarcerate out-of-state inmates in a facility operated in the state, except in accordance with any interstate compact of which Utah is a party.

Enacted by Chapter 288, 1999 General Session