New Hampshire Revised Statutes 30-B:6 – Policies; Rules and Regulations
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I. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 28:12.
II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.
III. (a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.
II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 30-B:6
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
III. (a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.