PREFILED    JAN 05 2018

REFERENCE TITLE: private prison contractors; public records

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

HB 2095

Introduced by Representatives Andrade: Alston, Chávez, Engel, Fernandez, Gabaldón, Navarrete, Powers Hannley, Saldate, Senator Miranda

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1609.07; relating to private prisons.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1609.07, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1609.07.  Private prison contractors; public records

A private contractor that contracts with a governmental entity to provide detention or incarceration services for offenders in this state shall make public, on request, all records relating to the contractor's costs, operations, staff and inmates to the same extent that is required of state, county or municipally operated prisons or jails. END_STATUTE