Bill > SB566

This bill appropriates $250,000,000 from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the Department of Corrections for the expansion, improvement, or construction of state and county correctional facilities and to address prison overcrowding. * **State Correctional Facilities:** $250,000,000 is allocated for the construction and expansion of new and existing correctional facilities, including a new or existing facility designated as a mental health facility. * **County Correctional Facilities:** The funds will also be used for grants to counties to cover construction-related costs for jail improvements, expansions, and new jail construction, as well as for the payment of principal on county jails.