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Senate
File
2368
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2368
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3137)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
cost-benefit
analyses
of
county
jail
projects,
1
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2368
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
356.38
County
jail
cost-benefit
1
analysis
——
study.
2
1.
Before
a
county
approves
a
project
to
build
a
new
jail,
3
renovate
fifty
percent
or
more
of
the
existing
jail
property,
4
or
expand
the
grounds
or
structure
of
the
jail,
a
county
shall
5
conduct
a
study
to
determine
the
cost
difference
between
the
6
project
and
contracting
with
another
county
to
utilize
the
7
other
county’s
jail
facilities.
8
2.
The
study
shall
include
all
of
the
following
metrics:
9
a.
The
average
monthly
total
prisoners
booked
into
the
10
current
jail,
including
the
following
information:
11
(1)
County
residents
booked
into
the
jail
compared
to
12
noncounty
residents
booked
into
the
jail.
13
(2)
Those
booked
at
the
current
jail
compared
with
those
14
needing
to
be
booked
at
a
jail
in
a
different
county
but
whose
15
case
originated
in
the
county.
16
b.
The
average
food
and
medical
costs
per
prisoner
per
year.
17
c.
The
average
annual
staffing
costs.
18
d.
The
average
annual
equipment
costs
including
19
depreciation,
replacement
costs,
and
required
planning
costs
20
for
the
following
five
years.
21
e.
The
average
costs
for
transporting
prisoners
to
and
from
22
the
jail.
23
f.
A
list
of
surrounding
counties’
jails
including
the
24
following
information:
25
(1)
The
rated
capacities
of
each
jail.
26
(2)
The
actual
capacity
of
each
jail.
27
3.
The
study
shall
be
accessible
to
the
public
and
available
28
for
review
upon
request
and
at
each
meeting
at
which
the
county
29
considers
the
measure
of
the
project.
30
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
31
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
requires
a
county
to
conduct
a
study
before
1
approving
a
project
to
build
a
new
jail,
renovate
50
percent
2
or
more
of
the
existing
jail
property,
or
expand
the
grounds
3
or
structure
of
the
jail.
The
study
must
compare
the
cost
4
difference
between
the
project
and
contracting
with
another
5
county
to
utilize
the
other
county’s
jail
facilities.
6
The
study
shall
include
all
of
the
following
metrics:
(1)
7
the
average
monthly
total
prisoners
booked
into
the
current
8
jail,
including
county
residents,
noncounty
residents,
those
9
booked
at
the
current
jail,
and
those
needing
to
be
booked
at
10
a
jail
in
a
different
county
but
whose
case
originated
in
the
11
county;
(2)
the
average
food
and
medical
costs
per
prisoner
per
12
year;
(3)
the
average
annual
staffing
costs;
(4)
the
average
13
annual
equipment
costs
including
depreciation,
replacement
14
costs,
and
required
planning
costs
for
the
following
five
15
years;
(5)
the
average
costs
for
transporting
prisoners
to
and
16
from
the
jail;
and
(6)
a
list
of
surrounding
counties’
jails
17
including
the
rated
capacities
of
each
jail
and
the
actual
18
capacity
of
each
jail.
19
The
study
shall
be
made
accessible
to
the
public
and
20
available
for
review
upon
request
and
at
each
meeting
at
which
21
the
county
considers
the
measure
of
the
project.
22
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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