Utah Code 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:

Contractor: means a private entity seeking to contract with or currently contracting with the department to establish or operate a private correctional facility. See Utah Code 64-13d-102
Facility: means a private correctional facility established or operated under a contract with the department. See Utah Code 64-13d-102
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(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