RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; INCREASING FEES FOR OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS INCARCERATED IN PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 33-15-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2001, Chapter 169, Section 4) is amended to read:
"33-15-4. CLASSIFICATION REVIEW OF OUT-OF-STATE INMATES IN PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES--ASSESSING A FEE.--
A. An out-of-state inmate shall not be incarcerated in a privately operated correctional facility in New Mexico unless the privately operated correctional facility is designed to meet or exceed the appropriate classification level for the out-of-state inmate.
B. The operator of a privately operated correctional facility that houses out-of-state inmates shall
pay a fee, on a quarterly basis, to the county in which the
privately operated correctional facility is located. The
amount of the fee shall be a minimum of two dollars ($2.00)
per inmate per day for each out-of-state inmate who is
incarcerated in the privately operated correctional
facility."