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Senate fast-tracks resolution backing DOC contracts for Davis County jail beds, increases capacity to 100
Summary
The Senate lifted and amended Senate Joint Resolution 7 to support the Department of Corrections contracting for bed space in the new Davis County jail, approving an amendment to raise the authorized placements from 50 to 100 and passing the resolution under suspension of the rules (28–0, 1 absent).
The Utah Senate on the floor on the first day of the 2007 session moved SJR 7 to the top of the second-reading calendar and approved it for immediate consideration. Sponsor Senator Wadhams said the joint resolution would allow the Department of Corrections to contract with Davis County to place more inmates in the county'owned facility and thereby reduce state incarceration costs.
During floor remarks, the sponsor said…
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