Bill > HB2780

This bill creates a new Prison Acquisition Revolving Fund within the State Treasury for the Department of Corrections, which will be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations. The fund can receive designated monies and will be used specifically to allow the department to purchase a prison, including associated property and equipment, from a private prison contractor. The bill also updates the list of correctional facilities that the Department of Corrections is authorized to maintain, removing some facilities like the Oklahoma City Community Corrections Center and North Fork Correctional Center, while adding a new, generically described facility purchased under a specific legislative bill. The fund's expenditures will be made through warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bill includes an emergency clause, meaning it will take effect immediately upon passage and approval, which suggests urgency in establishing the fund and updating the list of correctional facilities.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb2780&Session=2600