Juvenile detention facilities.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0412

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0096

Juvenile
d
etention
f
acilities.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s)
Jennings
, Landen, Perkins and Scott and Representative(s) Brechtel and Stubson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
juvenile detention facilities; providing for grants to counties to build or remodel short term detention facilities; providing for rules and regulations; providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 14
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108(a)(int
ro) and by creating
new subsection
s
(e)
and (f)
is amended to read:

14
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108.

Grant eligibility; allocation of funds.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, t
o qualify for a grant under this act, an applicant shall:

(e)

The department of family services may develop rules and regulations to administer grants to counties to build
or remodel
adequate facilities for the detention of juveniles for more than forty-eight (48) hours
for preadjudication assessment or post adjudication case planning purposes. Grant applicants shall submit plans which include:

(i)

Adequate space for education and
treatment
of juvenile detainees;

(ii)

A statement of intent to seek accreditation for educational services from the department of education prior to operation of the facility;

(iii)

Limitations on the number of beds per facility as provided by department of family services rule
s
and
regulation
s
;

(iv)

Sight and sound segregation from adult offenders; and

(v)

Agreements with other counties to maintain availability of beds for periodic use on a fee basis.

(f)

Grants under subsection (e) of this sec
tion shall require a twenty-five percent (25%) match and no grant under subsection (e) of this section shall be more than six million dollars ($6,000,000.00).

Section
2
.

There is appropriated eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000.00) from the general fund to the juvenile services block grant account created by W.S. 14
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104. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2010. This appropriation shall only be expended for the purposes of funding grants for juvenile detention faci
lities as provided in W.S. 14
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108(e)
. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2010.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 200
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